February 10 — Technology in the Courtroom, a presentation by Prof. Jim Gray, UDC-DCSL.

February 11 — "Fireside Chat" with Prof. Edgar Cahn, UDC-DCSL.

Fireside Chats are informal conversations with distinguished members of the District of Columbia legal community who have an extensive background and commitment to legal services. The program presents a forum in which senior lawyers can share knowledge and formulate ideas for achieving progressive reform with others. The series is a collaboration of the District of Columbia Bar Foundation and the District of Columbia Consortium of Legal Services Providers. Building 39 Faculty Study.

A Fulbright Scholar, Cahn began his career as a special counsel and speech-writer for Attorney General Robert Kennedy under President John Kennedy, and was assigned to the Solicitor General's office for the government's amicus brief in civil rights sit-in cases. Cahn and his late wife, Jean Camper Cahn, co-authored an article in 1963 and published in the Yale Law Journal that provided a blueprint for the creation of a neighborhood-based legal services program. Subsequently, the Cahns worked in the Johnson Administration and they are regarded as co-founders of the national legal services program in the Office of Economic Opportunity.

In 1972, the Cahns created the Antioch School of Law - the first clinical law school in the U.S. The school pioneered competency-based education in law and broadened access to legal education for minorities, women, and the poor. They were instrumental in the transition of Antioch School of Law into its successor: the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law.

During the 1980s, Professor Cahn conceived a concept now known as Time Dollars. The concept advocates for social change through inclusion. It is based on the premise that every human being, regardless of standing, has something special to contribute, and that the only way for a civil society to truly succeed is to enlist the participation of those less fortunate as partners and co-workers to achieve change. Cahn founded the Time Dollar Institute (www.timedollar.org) in 1987 and is now joined in that work by his wife, Christine Gray-Cahn.

Edgar Cahn has dedicated his life to achieving social justice for the disenfranchised. In a career spanning nearly four decades, he continues to lecture, teach and write, and has been honored with numerous awards including the William Pincus Award for outstanding contributions to clinical legal education (awarded to Prof. Cahn and to Jean Camper Cahn, posthumously, by the American Association of Law Schools in 1997) and the D.C. Superior Court Medal of Distinction in 2000.

February 13 — UDC-DCSL Voces Juridicas 3rd Annual Luncheon, with Maria Carmen Aponte, Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration, the mainland office of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

February 25 — Professor J. Clay Smith of the Howard University School of Law discussed and signed his new book, "Supreme Justice: Speeches and Writings of Thurgood Marshall" after a delicious lunch.

February 24 — Presentation by Prof. Alice Thomas, UDC-DCSL on her Carnegie Foundation Fellowship Research on Law School Pedagogy

March 3 — RFK Foundation 1999 Human Rights Laureate, Archbishop Francis of Liberia Lecture and Luncheon, Noon.

March 17 — Americans with Disabilities Act Current Issues presentation by principal staff author of the ADA, Prof. Robert Burgdorf, UDC-DCSL. Noon, Faculty Study, 2nd Floor, Bldg. 39.

March 21 — A Conversation with Derrick Bell on the subject of his new book, Ethical Ambition: Leading a Life of Meaning and Worth. Noon, Building 39, Room 205

March 24 — Dangerous Issues in Capital Cases, a presentation by Prof. Will McLain, Noon, Faculty Study, 2nd Fl., Bldg. 39

April 3 — Accreditation Celebration and Equal Justice Works Auction, Prof. Tom Mack, Auctioneer! Come out and celebrate the Committee recommendation, see old friends, make new ones! Scrumptious Buffet, 6-10 pm, Building 39, 2nd Floor.

April 7 — Faculty Research Presentation by Prof. Christine Jones: "Federal Jurisdiction Under the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act"

April 14 — Regulation of Assisted Living, a presentation by Prof. Susan Waysdorf, UDC-DCSL. Noon, Faculty Study, 2nd Floor, Bldg. 39.

April 14 — 13th Annual Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Lecture with Marian Wright Edelman. 6-9 p.m. Building 38 Window Lounge

April 21 — Hospital Debt Collection, a presentation by Prof. Ed Allen, Noon, Faculty Study.

April 25 — Mid Atlantic Critical Theory Workshop, Faculty Study

May 9 — School of Law Honors Convocation