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...

The HIV/AIDS Clinic started representing parents in child abuse and neglect cases as of September of this year. The clinic is one of only two...

Each August, Dena Bauman, Director of Career Services, works with Professor Edgar Cahn to organize a Community Service Panel Discussion and "Meet Your Community Service...

The School of Law lost three champions — and I lost three dear friends — over a three month period this past winter. First, Mrs....

On Monday, June 30th, 2008 the Council of the District of Columbia unanimously passed a resolution honoring the School of Law’s clinical program and its...

US News & World Report has ranked the UDC-DCSL as having the 13th best law school clinical program in America (tied with Stanford) in 2008.  UDC-DCSL...

Each year the School of Law invites experienced attorneys from a wide variety of law-related disciplines to come to UDC to meet first-year law students...

Prof. William Robinson served as Master of Ceremonies for the 2008 Honors Convocation.  Welcomes were made by Robinson and by UDC Board Chair James Dyke. ...

Each year, the UDC David A. Clarke School of Law first-year students with excellent grades are designated Dean’s Fellows, feted at a luncheon at the...

Through the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law’s internship program, students gain "real-life” legal skills and academic credit while...

Rauh Scholarships Joseph L. Rauh was a civil rights attorney and political activist who wholeheartedly believed in hands on legal education.  The Rauh Scholarships are...

Niblack Scholarships David C. Niblack, the former Clinic Director of the Antioch School of Law and professor of Trial Advocacy at UDC-DCSL, spent his career...

Julius Hobson, Sr. Civil Rights Scholarships Julius Hobson, Sr. was a civil rights activist in Washington, D.C., for some two decades.  He advocated for Statehood...

Cafritz Advocate for Justice Scholarship The Cafritz Advocate for Justice Scholarship is awarded to an entering student based on academic merit and proven commitment to...

Bristol Cone Activist Scholarships The Bristol Cone Activist  Scholarship is awarded annually to students who have outstanding records in public service and activism. Jenny Fein, ‘09,...

Beech Street Scholarship The Beech Street Scholarship is awarded annually to a Washington, D.C. resident who demonstrates academic rigor and a desire to pursue public...

Each year, dozens of representatives of public interest organizations and government agencies from throughout the region come to UDC-DCSL for lunch and an opportunity to...

Here at UDC!  John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Barak Obama, Hillary Clinton, Dennis Kucinich, John Edwards! (um… well, kinda...the Student Surrogate Debates!) UDC David...

Liz Crow, John White, Julie Akemann, and Keri Nash.   On Thursday, April 24th, 2008, a group of Disaster and the Law course students participated in...

In Spring of 2008, Sound Advice continued to shine a light on outstanding legal services providers like Legal Counsel for the Elderly and the Neighborhood...

The Impact of Film and Video on Criminal Justice The Screen Justice Film Series presented a panel discussion with excerpts from relevant films and asked...

Hon. Eric Washington, Chief Judge, D.C. Court of Appeals addressing the audience.   The Law Review of the University of the District of Columbia hosted...

An enthusiastic crowd gathered in the early evening of March 20, 2008, in the big classroom at the law school for the Second Annual Hynes/Goodman...

On March 19th, in partnership with the ACLU of the National Capital Area, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Amnesty International, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the...

There’s a Quiet Revolution going on... Can we stop it? Does the Constitution forbid social security? Minimum wages? Workplace safety laws? Does the Constitution authorize...

On March 3, the School of Law hosted "Defending the Rule of Law in Pakistan” in partnership with the American Civil Liberties Union of the...

Vernon Jordan gave the 16th Annual Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., Lecture on April 14, 2008, before more than 250 honored guests in standing room only...

The D.C. Court of Appeals has appointed Dean Shelley Broderick to the D.C. Access to Justice Commission, which seeks to increase significantly the resources for...

The University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law will offer up to 20 three-year full-tuition Advocate for Justice Scholarships each...

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...

After completing a semester in the Juvenile and Special Education Law Clinic, a UDC-DCSL student is prepared to practice in the area of special education...

Professor Joseph Tulman and Emmanuel Nwazuo Agbara, a former law student in the Juvenile and Special Education Law Clinic, argued an important case before the...

Students, clients and faculty of the HIV/AIDS clinic worked together to respond to a ruling by the D.C. Court of Appeals that non-parents had no...

The Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) saw a variety of taxpayers with an interesting array of issues.  The overwhelming majority of taxpayers served at the clinic...

The Spring and Fall semesters turned out to be very busy for the GAP Whistleblower clinic student attorneys.  There was—and is— much happening on the...