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Home>The Advocate>Spring 2005 |
Charles M. and Hilda H.M. Mason Law Library Dedication!
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 On Tuesday, November 16, more
than 500 Washingtonians gathered at
the University of the District of Columbia
with a dual purpose: to celebrate
the dedication of the Charles N. and
Hilda H.M. Mason Law Library and
 to demonstrate the support of the
bench, the bar, political leadership, and
the friends of the School of Law to the
ABA’s visiting Site Evaluation Team.
Speakers included D.C. Delegate
Eleanor Holmes Norton; UDC Board
of Trustees Vice-Chair Peter Rosenstein
(who read portions of a congratulatory
letter from D.C. Mayor Anthony
Williams); D.C. Council Chair Linda
Cropp; D.C. Court of Appeals Chief
Judge Annice Wagner; D.C. Superior
Court Chief Judge Rufus King, III;
UDC President William Pollard; D.C.
Bar President Jack Keeney and President-
elect John Cruden; D.C. School
of Law Foundation Chair Michael
Rauh; and Council Chair Dave Clarke’s widow, Carole Clarke. All
praised the Masons for their vision and
commitment, and all praised the School
of Law for its effective representation of
thousands of low-income Washingtonians
and for its growing excellence. Dean
Shelley Broderick noted that each year
law students provide 70,000 hours of
free legal service—the equivalent of 35
full-time attorneys. The Mason’s grandson
Stefan C. Nicholas, Esq. expressed
his family’s pride in the work of his
grandparents and their gratitude for the
appreciation shown to them.
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 Barney Frank Delivers 13th Rauh Lecture
On Monday, April
18th, Congressman
Barney Frank delivered
the 13th
annual Joseph L.
Rauh Jr. Lecture to
a standing room only crowd of 250.
Frank was introduced by Wade Henderson,
Rauh Professor of Public Interest
Law at UDC-DCSL. (Photos and complete
article will appear in the next edition). More about Congressman Barney Frank on page 5.
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Civil Rights attorney Thomas N. Todd,
above left, who delivered a riveting keynote
address at the University’s Founder’s
Day Convocation in February, will
deliver the 2005 Commencement address
on Saturday May 14. Theodore
M. Shaw, head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, will deliver the School of Law’s
Honors Convocation speech on Friday, May
13th. (Continued on page 6)
 
Honors Convocation Honorees, Hon. Annice Wagner and Jonathan Smith, '84
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Additional attendees included current
Council Members Adrian Fenty,
Phil Mendelson, and Kathy Patterson;
former Council Members Sterling
Tucker, Wilhelmina Rolark, Frank
Smith and Betty Ann Kane; U.S. District
Court Judge Richard Roberts; D.C.
Court of Appeals Judges Inez Smith
Reid and Eric Washington; Senior D.C.
Court of Appeals Judges Julia Cooper Mack and William Pryor; D.C. Superior
Court judges Patricia Broderick,
Thomas Motley, Rafael Diaz, ’81 and
Mary Terrell; Special Tax Court Chief
Judge Peter Panuthos, Contracts Board
of Appeals Judge Matthew Watson,
Bar Association of D.C. President William
Davis, Leadership Conference on
Civil Rights Executive Director Wade
Henderson, DCSLF Board member-Jack
Olender, many members of the
UDC Board of Trustees, the School of
Law Foundation Board, numerous
alumni, students, and other clients and
friends of the School of Law. (Continued on next page)
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