Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a reception to welcome the new students from The University of the District of Columbia's David A. Clarke School of Law today in the Rayburn Foyer at 5:00pm. The annual reception will include the entering law school class of 2015 and 2016 Evening Division, UDC
president Dr. Allen Sessoms, and School of Law Dean Shelley Broderick,
as well as administration and faculty members.
"I am
particularly pleased to welcome and honor our new crop of UDC law
students at a reception on Capitol Hill, because they will be doing so
much for our residents well before they graduate,” Norton said. "Our
UDC School of Law is not only a public law school, it is a public
service law school. UDC law students, which are supervised by clinical
law professors, are a legal lifeline to thousands of D.C. residents who
could not otherwise afford expert legal representation. We are not
alone in recognizing the outstanding work of our university’s law school
– U.S. News and World Report recently ranked the David A. Clarke
School of Law in the top 10 accredited clinical law schools
nationwide. These students will be both learning and applying the law
throughout their law school career, to the great benefit of our
residents.”