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Katherine S. Broderick
Dean and Professor of Law
B.A., cum laude, The American University, 1973; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1978; M.A.T., Antioch School of Law.
Katherine S. Broderick was appointed Dean of the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law in August of 1999, having previously served as Interim Dean, Clinical Director, Associate Dean and faculty member since 1979.
Dean Broderick began her academic career as a clinical faculty member. She directed the Criminal Defense Clinic at the Antioch School of Law for ten years representing more than 2,000 individuals charged with crimes in the Superior and District Courts of the District of Columbia. She also co-directed the Legislation Clinic for four years, supervising students working primarily on health and safety, environmental justice and criminal justice legislation with the D.C. Council. She has taught Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Professional Responsibility and a seminar, "Perspectives on Social Justice." She taught in Harvard Law School's Trial Advocacy Workshop, often in the Fall Semester, for many years.
Under her leadership during the last nine years as dean, major accomplishments include securing the highest level of American Bar Association Accreditation, increasing the number of qualified applicants by 400%, serving the legal needs of thousands of low-income District residents through the school's legal clinics, completing a handsome $1.6 million library expansion and renovation project and raising over $4 million for the Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., Chair of Public Interest Law, scholarships, summer public interest fellowships, and clinical programs.
A committed civil libertarian, Dean Broderick is President and has served on the Board of the American Civil Liberties Union of the National Capital Area for many years. She is a founder and ardent participant in the D.C. Consortium of Legal Services Providers, an organization committed to increasing the quantity, improving the quality and coordinating the delivery of legal services to low-income D.C. residents. She was appointed by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to serve on the District of Columbia's Access to Justice Commission for 2008-2011. She also hosts Sound Advice, a UDC cable television show available in 175,000 D.C. households, providing information about legal issues affecting the District's most vulnerable residents, including predatory lending, domestic violence, AIDS and the District's abuse and neglect system.
Dean Broderick was named "Hero in the Law" by the Olender Foundation for 2007 and one of the 100 most powerful women in Washington by the Washingtonian Magazine in 2006. She was honored with the "Servant of Justice Award" by the Legal Aid Society in 2005. Dean Broderick received the national Equal Justice Works Outstanding Law School Dean award in 2002, and the William Pincus Award for "Outstanding Contributions to Clinical Legal Education" given by the Association of American Law Schools in 1999. Dean Broderick was named a Fellow of the American Bar Association in 2000.
Dean Broderick is happily married to John Clegg, a general contractor and avid sailor. Their daughter, Isabella, is an aspiring actress and tenth grader at Wilson Senior High, a D.C. public school.
Contact
Telephone: (202) 274-7332
E-mail: sbroderick 
udc.edu
