UDC BLSA, in accordance with the initiatives of the National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA), supports diversity in higher education. On October 9, 2012, the...

On November 14, 2012, Stephen Bright, President and Senior Counsel at the Southern Center for Human Rights spoke to UDC-DCSL about the need for reform...

In March 2012, Professor Tulman conducted a training on the use of special education advocacy to extricate children from the delinquency system for attorneys, probation...

Traditionally at UDC-DCSL, as at all other law schools, first-year law students wait until November to meet with their career service professionals. This gives them...

In Fall 2012, the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic represented a client from Mexico in removal proceedings at the Arlington Immigration Court. The client, who...

Wade Henderson, President and CEO of The Leadership Conference and the Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Chair of Public Interest Law, was quoted in Mother Jones...

Prof. Crisarla Houston, Director of the Legal Writing Program, presented at 2 different conferences during the month of October. On October 17, 2012, Prof. Houston...

On October 9, Professor Matt Fraidin served as a panelist in a brown-bag luncheon for the Superior Court office of Counsel for Child Abuse and...

Karen Forman, Associate Dean of Public Interest, Clinical and Graduate Programs, and Vanita Saleema Snow, Assistant Director of Career and Professional Development served on The...

The National Jurist recognized the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law as the most diverse law school in the...

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Will law school students have jobs after they graduate? By Elizabeth Lesly Stevens, Published: October 31  Updated: Thursday, November 1, 8:00AM   Photo at  left, by Matt McClain/for...

On October 18, 2012, Jacqueline Patterson, NAACP Director of Environmental and Climate Justice, gave a presentation on climate change and its effect on African American...

On October 18, 2012, Mr. Javier Maymir, Assistant District Counsel and Recruiter for the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency discussed some tips,...

On October 19, 2012, the UDC Black Law Students Association and SELDA sponsored a sports and entertainment law panel that featured: Vanessa Williams, Attorney for...

The UDC-DCSL Community Development Clinic , working with the Neighborhood Legal Services Program (NLSP), Weil, Gotshal & Manges , and the Center for Community Change...

Several UDC-DCSL faculty including Prof. Crisarla Houston, Director of the Legal Writing Program, will present at the George Washington University Law School’s One Day Legal...

Professor Andrew Ferguson was quoted in CitiesToday on predictive policing, a new law enforcement strategy to reduce crime by using sophisticated computer algorithms to predict...

Associate Dean of Students Annamaria Steward, a member of the D.C. Bar's Leadership Development Committee (LDC), is helping to launch the D.C. Bar Leadership Academy...

On October 3, 2012, UDC-DCSL held an Immigration Law Panel on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) as part of Hispanic Heritage Month. The panel...

Professor John Brittain was quoted in Politico about the upcoming Supreme Court case on the University of Texas' affirmative action program, set to be argued...

The Community Development Law Clinic (CDLC) continues to preserve affordable housing and support charitable organizations in the District of Columbia. The clinic has eleven active...

On May 16th, 2012, the Council of the District of Columbia enacted the Foster Youth Employment Amendment Act of 2012, which provides a hiring preference...

Professor Matt Fraidin published a new column in The Huffington Post arguing that homeless families should be allowed to reside in housing units available at...

Wade Henderson, President and CEO of The Leadership Conference and the Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Chair of Public Interest Law, was quoted in Politic365 urging...

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...

Two weeks before the traditional curriculum begins, all first year students participate in the Law and Justice course designed and taught by Dr. Edgar S....

Wade Henderson, President and CEO of The Leadership Conference and the Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Chair of Public Interest Law, published a new editorial in...

Stephen Kohn, former Adjunct Professor and Clinical Supervisor at the Antioch School of Law, was featured yesterday in The Washington Post in a major whistleblower...

Students enrolled in the Summer 2012 HIV Clinic were enthusiastically embraced as they provided project management guidance to the young people who partake in programs...

Professor Matt Fraidin spoke at the National Association of Counsel for Children’s 35th National Child Welfare, Juvenile, and Family Law Conference in Chicago recently. Prof....

On September 6, 2012, SBA students attended a swearing in ceremony at the D.C. Court of Appeals, performed by Judge William C. Pryor. View photos...

Professor Andrew Ferguson and Dr. Jeff Brantingham, co-founder or the company, PredPol, joined Lawyer2Lawyer hosts Bob Ambrogi and Craig Williams to discuss the legal issues...

Professor Lisa M. Geis, an LL.M. candidate in the Took Crowell Institute for At-Risk Youth and Juvenile & Special Education Law Clinic, working with Sandra...

On August 27, 2012, the Student Bar Association organized a Judicial Clerkship Panel offering advice for applying to law clerk positions. The Honorable Gregory Jackson,...