Law program had tough road to build program for underserved students   By Tracy Jan  Globe Staff / January 29, 2010 WASHINGTON - Critics say...

UDC-DCSL Annual Law Review Symposium February 26, 2010 A Review of Developmental Disability Law in D.C., Child Welfare and Justice Issues, and the Impact of...

Congratulations to Prof. Louise Howells , who has won the  Washington Council of Lawyers  2009 President's Award  for her work with tenant organizations and in preserving...

Congratulations to UDC-DCSL Professor Edgar Cahn and the late Jean Camper Cahn for winning the National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) Charles Dorsey Award...

The University of the District of Columbia is featured in two local newspapers this week. The first article, from the August, 2009, edition of the...

Distinguished Professor Edgar S. Cahn co-founded Antioch School of Law (now UDC David A. Clarke School of Law), as well as the National Legal Services...

The American Bar Association (ABA) Council on Legal Education has granted approval for the UDC David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC-DCSL) to enroll students...

Dean of Students, Annamaria Steward, has been elected President-Elect of Bar Association of the District of Columbia (BADC)   Dean Steward, will be the first...

Renown civil rights attorney and former Thurgood Marshall School of Law Dean, John Brittain, has joined the UDC-DCSL  f aculty as a Visiting Professor for...

UDC's Environmental Law Society (ELS) held its 3rd Annual Environmental Justice Panel on April 21st, 2009 -- the day before Earth Day -- bringing attention...

On May 8, 2009, the David A. Clarke School of Law held its annual Honors Convocation, a ceremony honoring the graduating Class of 2009, and...

Evolution to Empowerment LEGISLATION CLINIC STUDENTS PRODUCE REPORT ON RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES TO SUPPORT DRAFTING OF DC LEGISLATION Three students in the...

The Annual Barristers’ Ball was a smashing success. This sold out affair brought out over 150 faculty and staff and students, dressed in their very...

UDC-DCSL 3L Chris Viviani's lengthy quote on the unsafe conditions at the DC Jail appears in Jason Cherkis' article " DC Jail's Cell Doors Don't Work -...

UDC School of Law students and friends packed Room 201 for a Second Amendment debate hosted by the UDC Federalist Society Chapter on April 2nd, 2009.  The...

On Friday, March 27th, the David A. Clarke School of Law held its annual Law Review Symposium entitled The Struggle to Vote: the Right to...

Graduate School How Not to Pay for Your M.B.A. 5 ways to go to business or law school for free   (From msn.com on January...

On Monday, January 19, the UDC David A. Clarke School of Law was priviliged to host the Alliance for Justice's special breakfast discussion, Driving Change: The Role of...

The University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law's Dean Shelley Broderick has won the 2009 Deborah Rhode Award, given each...

Each year, the Jack and Lovell Olender Foundation hosts a gala awards banquet honoring "Peacemakers”, "Role Models”, "Advocates for Justice”, "Heroes in the Law”, "Generous...

On November 20, 2008, UDC David A. Clarke School of Law was privileged and honored to have William Neal Moore come share his extraordinary life...

On November 19, 2008 Howard Law Professor Frank H. Wu addressed Prof. Bill Robinson’s Race and the Law course.  Numerous other students, faculty members and staff...

The Princeton Review has named UDC-DCSL one of the nation’s outstanding law schools!  The New York-based education services company profiles the school in the new...

In his new book, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder , Vincent Bugliosi makes a devastating, well documented case that President George W....

Each year, dozens of public-interest organizations, local and national government agencies, and judicial chambers send representatives to the Summer Fellowship Fair at the UDC David...

UDC-DCSL faculty have recently published a substantial number of scholarly works and have received research grants to support scholarly works-in-progress. Professor Edward Allen Professor Allen...

Advocate for Justice Scholarships are three-year full-tuition scholarships awarded to entering students with excellent academic records and a demonstrated commitment to working for justice. Michael...

Legal scholar awards are granted to entering students who have distinguished themselves academically, and whose admission application essays, references, goals, and activities are exceptional. The...

Mason Civil Rights Scholarships are awarded to entering students who have demonstrated characteristics such as contribution and service to the community; overcoming adversity or obstacles;...

Mentor Program The UDC Law School endeavors to match all interested first-year law students with practicing attorneys and law graduates who are interested in providing...

Student attorneys in the Housing and Consumer Law Clinic actively engage in litigation on behalf of low-income tenants, with the goal of maintaining and improving...

During the 2008 Spring semester, the students in UDC-DCSL’s Legislation Clinic worked at the District of Columbia Council on significant, novel and complex legal issues,...

During the spring and summer of 2008, students in the Juvenile and Special Education Law Clinic represented clients in special education matters. A significant number...

Eight students—Vanessa Hagen, Jason Sims, Diane Ritchie, Tonya Gibbs, Jacqueline Smith, Samuel Buo, Jason Seidman, and Nayda Maldonado— participated in the Eleanor Holmes Norton Washington...

The Community Development Law Clinic (CDLC) provides pro bono representation to low-income individuals and community-based organizations serving the residents of the District of Columbia. Our...