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2016-2017YEAR IN REVIEW

2016-2017 YEAR IN REVIEW 2

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Academic year 2016-2017 was a banner year for UDC Law. As a result of a generous gift from our long-time Foundation Board member and supporter, Jack H. Olender, we were able to great-

ly expand the capacity of both our Immigration and Human Rights Clinic and Legislation Clinic with the addition of two new professors, Lindsay Harris and Marcy Karin. We are already seeing great results in the breadth and depth of the legal services and academic training both clinics provide. In addition, our long-time professor and former Aca-demic Dean, Laurie Morin, has joined the Legislation Clinic to launch the new Gender Justice Project.

2016-2017 also saw UDC Law successfully complete its seven-year Amer-ican Bar Association sabbatical accreditation review, increase job place-ment for graduates within 10 months of graduation by 10% to reach the national average of 87%, and place 16 graduates in clerkships as part of our new judicial clerkship initiative. Our US News & World Report rankings improved to 6th (up from 10th) for clinical programs and 7th (up from 18th) for diverse student body. Our hardworking students and faculty continued to provide more than 100,000 hours of legal services to the District of Colum-bia’s most vulnerable residents again this year.

On June 1st, UDC Law hosted its first-ever gala, bringing together former Attorney General Eric Holder and Mayor Muriel Bowser, along with 300 guests from the bench and bar, to honor Leslie T. Thornton of Washing-ton Gas and Judge William C. Pryor of the DC Court of Appeals. The event raised more than $400,000 which, with the DC Council match, will significantly increase support of scholarships and summer public in-terest fellowships for our extraordinary students. Our community also weathered what was a difficult presidential election for many. Short-ly after the election, Senator Cory Booker provided an inspirational speech at our annual Rauh Lecture and issued a call to action. Our community was out in force with the Women’s March the day after the inauguration and participated avidly in town meetings, the DC Democ-racy During the Time of Trump Symposium and countless other activ-ities designed to move our institution, our community, and our nation forward in these difficult days.

I am proud to share with our friends some of UDC Law’s achieve-ments during the 2016-2017 academic year. I hope you will enjoy perusing this book and feel the energy of our community at its best.

Very truly yours,

Katherine “Shelley” Broderick Dean and Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Chair of Social Justice UDC David A. Clarke School of Law

UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | DAVID A. CLARKE SCHOOL OF LAW 3

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A+ Diversity RankingsPreLaw Magazine (2017)

#1 Most Community Service Hours Per Student PreLaw Magazine (2017)

#2 Most Chosen by Older StudentsPrinceton Review (2017)

#3 Best Environment for Minority StudentsPrinceton Review (2017)

#4 Most Diverse FacultyPrinceton Review (2017)

#6 Best Clinical Legal TrainingUS News & World Report Best Law Schools (2018)

#7 Government/Public Interest Job Placement RateNational Law Journal (2016)

#7 Diversity US News & World Report Best Law Schools (2018)

#8 Best Schools for Public Service PreLaw Magazine (2016)

NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED


SUPPORTER HIGHLIGHT

JACK & LOVELL OLENDER FOUNDATION FUNDS CLINIC EXPANSION

Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of renowned DC malpractice attorney Jack H. Olender, UDC Law saw a significant expansion in the capacity of both its

Immigration and Human Rights Clinic and Legislation Clinic to serve low-income people and the public interest last year. As a result of the transformative, multiyear commitment by the Jack and Lovell Olender Foundation, UDC Law has added outstanding professors in two clinics and conferred the title of “Jack and Lovell Olender Professor of Law” upon Prof. Marcy Karin, director of the Legislation Clinic, and Prof. Kristina Campbell, co-director of the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic. Both clinics have since successfully expanded the breadth and depth of their legal services and training and opportunities offered to our students.

Mr. Olender’s support for the School has been more than merely financial over the years. In addition to previously serving on the University of the District of Columbia’s Board of Trustees, Mr. Olender has devoted decades of service on the DC School of Law Foundation’s Board and, for many years, hosted Board meetings at his law firm, Jack H. Olender & Associates. In addition, Mr. Olender hosts an annual gala to recognize and celebrate unsung heroes in the law and others who have given their time and talent to making the world a better place. At the gala every year, Mr. Olender invites six UDC Law students to be honored for their outstanding clinical service. Mr. Olender has also placed his faith in UDC Law’s legal education; two UDC Law alumni, attorneys Lesley Zork (’88) and Joshua Basile (’13) currently work for his elite law firm. UDC Law is grateful for the steadfast and most generous support of Mr. Jack Olender and the Jack and Lovell Olender Foundation.

Associate Professor Marcy Karin (seated front, center), the Jack and Lovell Olender Director of the Legislation Clinic, is the second newly funded professor. Professor Karin will be ably assisted by another outstanding young lawyer, Clinical Instructor Monica Bhattacharya (seated front, right). In addition, Professor Laurie Morin (seated, front left) directs the school’s new Gender Justice Project in collaboration with the Legislation Clinic. Pictured here with students at a US House of Representatives Education and Workforce Committee Meeting.

Pictured, left to right: Kristina Campbell, Jack Olender, Lindsay Harris.

Professor Kristina Campbell is a Jack and Lovell Olender Professor of Law and the Co-Director of the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic. One of the newly funded professors, Assistant Professor Lindsay Harris, co-directs the Clinic with Professor Campbell.


FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS

� JOHN BRITTAIN received the 2017 Gertrude E. Rush Award from the National Bar Association in April. Prof. Brittain is currently writing a book on his lifetime of legal work to seek equal educational opportunity for all Americans. The book is designed for a general audience but will also contain legal concepts, scholarly analysis, and suggested remedies to problems wrestled with over his four decades of legal advocacy.

�DEAN SHELLEY BRODERICK was honored with the 2016 Education Leadership Award presented by the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Dean Broderick also earned the National Bar Association’s 2017 Heman Sweatt Award.

�KRISTINA CAMPBELL was chosen as a 2017 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Scholar at the Newberry Library in Chicago, and she wrote an article on Mexico’s role in policing the southern border of the US and its role in enforcing its own deportation laws to benefit ours. Earlier this year, Prof. Campbell’s article “Operation Sojourner: The Government Infiltration of the Sanctuary Movement in the 1980s and its Legacy on the Modern Central American Refugee Crisis” was published by the University of Saint Thomas Law Journal.

�WADE HENDERSON received the prestigious 2017 Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Prof. Henderson’s keynote from UDC Law’s symposium “DC Democracy During the Time of Trump: 51 and 45” will be published in an upcoming issue of the 2017 UDC Law Review.

�FAITH MULLEN’S work on the “Community Listening Project” was recognized by the Neighborhood Legal Services Program in 2016. Prof. Mullen’s recent scholarly research has focused on how states can better insulate low-wage workers from the catastrophic consequences of wage garnishments while at the same time providing a mechanism for the payment of judgments.

�JOE TULMAN was awarded the 2017 Justice Potter Stewart Award by the Council for Court Excellence. Last year, Prof. Tulman co-authored a book chapter “A Systems Theory Analysis for Ending the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Using Disability Rights Laws to Keep Children in Schools and out of Courts, Jails, and Prisons.” He is currently working on three projects: “The Matrix Project: Applying 504 and ADA to Court-ordered Evaluations and Blocking the School-to-Prison Pipeline,” “Young Adults, Like Children, Are Different,” and “Training, Mentoring, and Mobilizing Court-Appointed Delinquency and Child Welfare Attorneys.”

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

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� LASHANDA ADAMS wrote an article “Backward Progress Toward Reinstating Parental Rights,” which will be published in the next issue of the New York University School of Law Review of Law and Social Change.

�NORRINDA BROWN HAYAT’S article, “Accommodating Bias in the Sharing Economy,” was accepted for publication by the Brooklyn Law Review. This summer, she worked on “Residential Race Discrimination as Economic Justice,” which examines biases against Section 8 and voucher housing programs. Prof. Hayat was the keynote speaker for the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission during Fair Housing Month.

�EDGAR CAHN has two publications accepted for 2018: “Clinical Legal Education: Where Next?: Clients as CoProducers of System Change” (co-author Christine Gray) in Clinical Legal Education Review and “Unmet Needs and Unused Capacities: Time Banking as a Solution” (co-author Neva R. Goodwin) in Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies. Prof. Cahn appeared on the Ralph Nader Radio Hour in July to defend the Legal Services Corporation.

�RAFAEL COX ALOMAR had two articles accepted for publication during the last academic year; “Investment Treaty Arbitration in Cuba” appeared in the University of Miami Law Review and the second, “Cuba’s Constitutional Moment,” was published by the Texas Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy of the University of Texas at Austin. He is also at work on his third book, The Puerto Rico Constitution, which will be published by the Oxford University Press. In June, Prof. Cox Alomar spoke on the topic of U.S. and E.U. Territories at the Institut des Amériques in Paris.

�ANDREW FERGUSON’S book, The Rise of Big Data Policing: Surveillance, Race, and the Future of Law Enforcement, was recently published by NYU Press. Over the last year, Prof. Ferguson wrote five law review articles: “The Smart Fourth Amendment” (Cornell Law Review); “The Miranda App: Metaphor and Machine” (co-author Richard Leo) (Boston University Law Review); “Policing Predictive Policing” (Washington University Law Review); “Policing Criminal Justice Data” (co-author Wayne Logan) (Minnesota Law Review); and “Predictive Prosecution” (Wake Forest Law Review). He also coauthored an amicus brief to the Supreme Court on behalf of 42 law professors in Carpenter v. US. His many media appearances included one on WBAL in July on the topic of surveillance technologies utilized by Baltimore police.

�MATT FRAIDIN published two articles this past year. “The Importance of Family Defense,” featured in The Harbinger, was derived from the adapted text of his keynote address at the symposium marking the 25th anniversary of the NYU Law School Family Defense Clinic, held in April 2016. The second article “Reimagining Family Defense” was published by the City University of New York Law Review.

� New UDC Law professor TIANNA GIBBS is examining the access to justice issues that arise in the current voluntary acknowledgement of paternity process, with a focus on the process in DC. Her article will outline proposed reforms that enhance due process in areas such as notice and the right to be heard.

� MELISSA HALE presented “The Lost Art of Professionalism: How Basic Professional Skills Can Shape Academic Success” with Rebecca Flanagan at the AASE conference in Fort Worth, Texas, in May. Prof. Hale’s article on that presentation will be published in an upcoming issue of The Learning Curve.

�LINDSAY HARRIS wrote “Learning in ‘Baby Jail:’ Lessons from Law Student Engagement in Family Detention Centers” which explores the proliferation of law school service learning trips, clinical programs, and spring break projects involving students working within family detention centers. Prof. Harris published “The One-Year Bar to Asylum in the Age of the Immigration Court Backlog” in the Wisconsin Law Review in 2017 and “From Surviving to Thriving? An Investigation of Asylee Integration in the United States” in 2016 in the NYU Review of Law & Social Change.

�New Director of Academic Success TWINETTE JOHNSON is looking forward to the release of the co-authored textbook Advanced Legal Analysis and Strategies, due out in 2018 from Wolters Kluwer Law Publishers. Prof. Johnson’s article “Reimagining Accountability: A Move Toward Re-Entrenching the Higher Education Act” will appear in the University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy.

FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS

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�PHIL LEE served as a panelist at the University of Virginia School of Law’s Center for the Study of Race and Law conference in July. Prof. Lee spent the summer researching and writing an article titled “A Wall of Hate: Eminent Domain and Interest-Convergence.” His article “Student Protests and Academic Freedom in an Age of #BlackLivesMatter” will be published this fall in the Ohio State Law Journal.

�JACQUELINE LAINEZ FLANAGAN’S article “Holding U.S. Corporations Accountable: The Convergence of U.S. International Tax Policy and International Human Rights” will appear in the Pepperdine Law Review. This summer, Prof. Lainez Flanagan wrote “Taxing Corporate Behavior,” and “The Hidden Tax Benefits of Undocumented Immigrant Labor.” She is also working on a book chapter, “Securing Relief from Joint and Several Liability” for the 7th Edition of Effectively Representing Your Client Before the IRS, set to be published later this year by the ABA. Prof. Lainez Flanagan was interviewed on PGTVOnline in March on the topic of funds paid into Social Security by undocumented workers.

�HANNAH LIEBERMAN and LOUISE HOWELLS (right) contributed to “Teaching and Practicing Community Development Poverty Law: Lawyers and Clients as Trusted Neighborhood Problem Solvers” with co-authors Alicia Alvarez and Susan Bennett, published in the Clinical Law Review earlier this year.

Dean Lieberman also published “Uncivil Procedures: How State Court Proceedings Perpetuate Inequality” in the Yale Law & Policy Review in 2016 and spoke on “Achieving Civil Justice for All: Recommendations, Next Steps, and the Role of Bar Leaders” at the ABA Midyear Meeting in March.

�LAURIE MORIN and Legislation Clinic Fellow Monica Bhattacharya (right) organized a panel for the National Organization for Women 2017 Forward Feminism Conference held in July. Prof. Morin has been at work on research for “Beyond Formal Gender Equality: Embracing a Human Rights Framework to Ensure Equal Outcomes for Women.”

�New UDC Law professor ETIENNE TOUSSAINT’S research project explores the development of the Social Impact Bond, an innovative financial tool that facilitates unique public-private partnerships by leveraging investment capital to finance social programs.

�SALEEMA SNOW focused her attention this summer on writing “Reclaiming Faith in Public Space,” which addressed how a distorted narrative of religion has created a culture that positions religion against social justice and violates the Equal Protection Clause in the name of protecting us from terrorism. Prof. Snow also completed and submitted for publication to the Drexel Law Review “From the Dark Tower: Unbridled Civil Asset Forfeiture.” Among Prof. Snow’s many engagements was an anti-Muslim bullying discussion she facilitated on C-SPAN in December 2016.

RETIREMENTHELEN FRAZER served as Director of Public Outreach under three library directors and was named Associate Dean for the law library in 2015. During her 19 years in the law library, Dean Frazer built a broad array of library services and was well known for responding positively and effectively to the faculty, student and community needs. During his 10 years as founding Dean, BILL ROBINSON led successful efforts to secure American Bar Association accreditation, first at the DC School of Law and later at the UDC School of Law. For 29 years, Dean Robinson was a leader, mentor, and friend to faculty and staff and an inspirational teacher to our students.

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STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS

Olender Foundation Award winners. Front, from left: Associate Dean Annamaria Steward, Jessica “JJ” Galvan, Erika Cummins, Dean Shelley Broderick. Back, from left: Thomas F. Matthews IV, Perfecta Baffer, Jessica Christy, Michael Wilk (Dec. ‘16).

Natasha Bennett (‘16) received the Student Humanitarian & Civic Engage-ment Award (Graduate & Professional Degree) on UDC Founders’ Day (2017).

Alex Vasquex (‘19) was recognized by Veterans for American Ideals for his exceptional leader-ship (Jul. ‘17).

2017 Dean’s Cup recipients, recognized for outstanding service to UDC Law. From left: Tijuhna “TJ” Green, Nana Yankah, Aysha Iqbal, Jessica Christy, Shakira Hansley, Jonathan Newton.

Jonathan Newton (‘17) was awarded the Richard Semsker Prize for Civil Rights at graduation.

Education advocacy by Stacey Eunnae (left, ‘17) and Nicole Tuchinda (right, ‘17) led to a Washington Post front page expose (Jul. ‘17).

Class of 2017 Dean’s Fellows with Prof. Wade Henderson. In alphabetical order: Brian Burkett, Maria Castro, Jessica Christy, Kathy Davis, Jessica Galvan, Nathaniel Goodman-Johnson, Tijuhna Green, Jessica Guinyard, Jason Imbiano, Aysha Iqbal, Polina Ivko, Angele Nsenga, Ben Ofori, Charlotte Resing, Brian Spiegel, Brian Stubits, and Michael Wakefield

Tijuana Barnes (‘19) was elected Vice Chair for Law Student Division of ABA.

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7070% MEET OUR INCOMING STUDENTS

54 Full-Time / 33 Part-Time

60 Women / 27 Men

24 Graduate Degrees /1 PhD Degree

11 Veterans / Active Duty Military

70% Students of Color (35% African American, 30% Caucasian, 14% Asian, 10% Latino, 11% 2 or more races indicated)

70% receiving at least a partial scholarship1L JD Students 87


SUMMER FELLOWSHIPS

Keli Cochran (‘19) worked at The Judge Alexan-der Williams, Jr. Center for Education, Justice and Ethics (Rauh Fellowship).

LaNise Salley (center, ’19) worked so well at Tzedek DC during the summer that she was invited to stay on as a fellow this fall (Equal Justice America Fellowship).

Makeda Crane (‘19) worked in the DC Office of Human Rights (Hadley Fellowship).

Theodore Wilhite (second from left, ‘19) worked in the DC Office of Planning and with DC At-Large Councilmember Robert White, Jr. (Rauh Fellowship).

Christian Cooper (‘19) played at the DC Chamber of Commerce annual charity golf tournament (Rauh Fellowship).

The Asylum Access Ecuador staff posed for a group shot with Heather Kryzak (center, ‘19) (Rauh Fellowship).

Tracey Jackson (‘18) interned with Legal Aid of North Carolina (Rauh Fellowship).

Hamidullah Saahir (‘20) was a Rauh summer fellow through DC Law Students in Court.

Keilah Roberts (‘19) in-terned with the Honor-able Zuberi B. Williams (Rauh Fellowship).

Amina Malik (left, ‘18) and Flor de Maria Garay (right, ‘20) were awarded summer fellowships from the Peggy Browning Fund.

• AARP Legal Counsel for the Elderly • Advocates for Justice and Education (AJE) • Asylum Access - Ecuador • Catholic Charities Legal Immigration Network • Catholic Charities of Baltimore,

Esperanza Center • DC Chamber of Commerce • DC Council, Office of Councilmember David

Grosso and the Committee on Education • DC Council, Office of Councilmember Robert

White, Jr. • DC Law Students in Court/

UDC Law Criminal Law Clinic • DC Mayor’s Office on African American Affairs • DC Office of the Attorney General • DC Office of Human Rights • DC Office of Planning • DC Public Defender Service • DC Public Defender Service, Parole Division • DC Superior Court, Chambers of Judge Todd

Edelman • DC Superior Court, Chambers of Judge

Milton Lee • DC Superior Court, Washington Bar

Association • Department of Housing and Urban

Development, Office of Hearings and Appeals • Department of Justice, Office of Pardons • Department of Justice, US Attorneys Office • District Court of Montgomery County,

Chambers of Judge Zuberi Williams• The Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. Center for

Education, Justice and Ethics • Legal Aid Justice Center • Legal Aid of North Carolina • Maryland Office of the Public Defender • State of Alaska - Kenai District Attorney’s

Office • Tzedek DC • UDC General Counsel’s Office • UDC Law Community Development Clinic • UDC Law Housing and Consumer Law Clinic • UDC Law Immigration and Human Rights

Clinic • US Court of Federal Claims, Office of Special

Masters • US District Court for the District of Columbia,

Chambers of Judge Emmett G. Sullivan • US District Court for the Eastern District of

Virginia, Chambers of Judge Gerald Bruce Lee

2016-2017 PLACEMENTS


CLINIC HIGHLIGHTS AND NEW PROGRAMS

An asylum victory by IMMIGRATION & HUMAN RIGHTS CLINIC. From left: Prof. Kristina Campbell, Liana Montecinos (’18), Jarlens Princilis (’18) (Jun. ‘17).

IMMIGRATION & HUMAN RIGHTS CLINIC wins asylum for family fleeing gang violence. From left: “Manuel,” Michael Wilk (’17), Jason Barros (’18), client “Josie,” Seth Brown (’18), Prof. Lindsay Harris (Apr. ‘17).

Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. thanked Prof. Faith Mullen’s GENERAL PRACTICE CLINIC and students for their advocacy in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia in mat-ters related to guardianships for patients at the Washington DC VA Medical Center.

The GENERAL PRACTICE CLINIC is pictured at a Supreme Court lecture. The Clinic assisted in several cases in 2016-2017, including a Social Security benefits case for a disabled man and his court-appointed guardian and a custody case for a disabled father.

The LOW INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC undertook representation for an elderly, disabled cou-ple in 2014 who had incurred $7,000 in tax debt. In Spring 2017, Aftan Bryant (’18), finalized an Offer in Compromise with IRS Appeals that will settle the couple’s case for a few hundred dollars.

The JUVENILE & SPECIAL EDUCATION CLINIC works to break the “school-to-prison” pipeline. In the Spring, students represented a 9th grade student (not pictured) with a disability whose school sought a 45-day (“long term”) suspension, alleging he had attacked a teacher. After finding the story was not as simple as it seemed, the students negotiated a plan to help the client catch up on missed work to stay on track.


Students enrolled in the CRIMINAL LAW CLINIC participated in DC Law Students in Court’s Criminal Division to represent defendants in misdemeanor cases in the DC Superior Court.

During the 2016-17 academic year, the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CLINIC assisted three housing cooperatives that provide homes to 57 families with struc-turing their loans and resolving other financial challenges. Students also helped a tenant association acquire and renovate 14 units of slum rental housing property and convert it to a cooperative for the building’s residents.

At the GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT (GAP) CLINIC, students work to protect government and corporate whistleblowers who expose illegality, waste, fraud and abuse against retaliation. Over the last academic year, they worked on case topics in-cluding cover-ups of heroin and cocaine smuggling at DEA, fatal negligence at the Department of Veterans Affairs, abandoning of the National Environmental Policy Act for off-shore oil drilling, nuclear safety breakdowns, and occupational threats from uncon-trolled robots. Recently, our students’ investigative work produced over two dozen statements, sparking congressional oversight, and is likely to result in a new, independent investigation and an outside audit of the government program where the whistleblowing and subsequent cover-up effort occurred. Pictured left: GAP Clinic Director Tom Devine (‘80) speaking at a Congressional Committee hearing.

The LEGISLATION CLINIC represented BRAWS (Bringing Resources to Aid Women’s Shelters) and testified before the DC Council in support of the Feminine Hygiene and Diapers Sales Tax Exemption Amendment Act of 2016.

The HOUSING & CONSUMER LAW CLINIC fights for safe and affordable housing for vulnerable DC residents. Students fought on behalf of residents of a local nursing home. Despite the judge ruling against the residents in this particular case, students gained valuable experience and were able to provide written testimony to support legislation to preserve affordable housing for older DC residents.


EXPERIENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND CLINIC

KARNES CITY, TEXAS Nine students, Professor Melissa Hale and Professor Kristina Campbell, Co-Director of the Immigration & Human Rights Clinic, traveled to the Family Detention Center in Karnes City, Texas, over spring break. The UDC team spent their vacation helping de-tained women and their children obtain release from detention while they await a hearing on their petition for asylum.

CUBA Since Dean Broderick and Professor Rafael Cox Alomar forged the first-ever MOU between a US law school and the University of Havana in 2015, UDC Law and the University of Havana have been engaging in an academic exchange.

Over spring break, twelve UDC Law students and four professors traveled to Havana, Cuba, for a one-week exchange program. The centerpiece of the program was three days of thought-provoking instructions at the University of Havana.

In 2007, under the leadership of Professors Will McLain, Susan Waysdorf and Laurie Morin, UDC Law embarked on its first service learning trip to New Orleans, Louisiana, to provide legal services and recovery aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Prof. Ways-dorf has led this effort ever since, working with members of the faculty, staff, and students to benefit hard hit communities. In 2016-2017, students traveled to Mississippi and Karnes City, Texas.

While serving in Mississippi, students worked with the Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ), a highly strategic, non-profit, public interest law firm that combines direct services and systems reform focused on racial justice and anti-poverty advocacy.

MISSISSIPPI Over spring break 2017, students traveled to Mississippi to dive into the state’s complex and troubling civil rights history.

The visit coincided with an inspiring unionizing rally of Nissan workers where students heard speakers, including Senator Bernie Sanders, talk about how economic rights are civil rights.

Jessica Christy (‘17) and Senator Bernie Sanders at the Nissan rally in Mississippi.


CAREER DEVELOPMENT

JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS

Top row: Qualana Alli, Johan Fatemi, Nicole Goodman. Second row: Candace Holmes, Karen Hopkins, Melanie Jones. Third row: Matt Kaplan, Anthony Marsh, Troy Knight. Fourth row: Sebastian Monzon Rueda, Alberto Ortiz, Kenrick Roberts. Bottom row: Ben Voight, Tonya Wood.

Alberto Ortiz Matt Kaplan

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HONORS

CLASS OF 2016 PLACEMENTS BY JOB CATEGORY

35%Business

& Industry

15%Law Firms

8% Education

17%Judicial

Clerkships13%Public

Interest

Government 12%

WITH A 10% INCREASE IN PLACEMENTS IN 2016, UDC LAW HAS REACHED THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, ONE YEAR AHEAD OF OUR GOAL.

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ALUMNI HIGHLIGHTS

ROCHANDA HILIGH-THOMAS (’96) received the Jerrold Scoutt Prize from the DC Bar Foundation and assumed the leadership of the Advocates for Justice and Education.

KAREN NEWTON COLE (‘87) assumed the Directorship of DC’s Neighborhood Legal Services Program.

MICHELE MIRMAN (‘76) became the 58th President of the Brooklyn, NY Women’s Bar Association.

JONATHAN M. SMITH (‘84) was named the 2017 recipient of the DC Bar William J. Brennan Jr. Award.

JOE LIBERTELLI (‘85) was awarded the Paul Phillips Cooke Lifetime Achievement Award on UDC Founders’ Day 2017. With UDC President Ron Mason (right).

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo elevated NY State Supreme Court judges LINDA J. CHRISTOPHER (‘80) and ANIL C. SINGH (‘86) to the State Supreme Court Appellate Division.

NINA GINSBERG (‘78) became First Vice-President of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL).

LESLEY ANN FRIEDLAND (‘85) received the New York City Bar’s Kathryn A. McDonald Award, recognizing Excellence in Service to Family Court.

PROF. STEPHEN MERCER (‘94) discussed DNA collection by police on Vice News.


TYRONA DEWITT (left, ‘02) was elevated to DC Superior Court magistrate judge, joining fellow alum Shana Frost Matini (‘96). Pictured here with Dean Broderick (center) and Hon. Judith Bartnoff (right), for whom DeWitt clerked in the DC Superior Court.

CARAGH FAY (‘05) and her father, Tom Fay, received the American Association for Justice President’s Award “for their perseverance in the pursuit of justice for victims of foreign state-sponsored terrorism.”

LISABRITT SOLSKY (‘96), Executive Director of Well Sense Health Plan of Manchester, NH, was named a Top Woman Leader by Business NH Magazine.

JACKIE SMITH (‘09) was elected Circuit Court Clerk in a special election in Prince William County, Virginia.

ABENA MCALLISTER (‘13) was interviewed on WJLA-TV’s Good Morning Washington as spokesperson for her organization Women of Action Charles County (WOACC) in response to the recent reports of children being molested by a now-former public school employee.

KERI NASH (center, ‘09) started Brown Bag Assembly Parties to provide brown bag lunches to local homeless population.

EVAN MASCAGNI (‘11) published an article in Food Matters about his documentary film, Circle of Poison, that chronicles how pesticides banned in the US are sold overseas by US companies and then find their way back to US consumers.


EVENTS

Fatima Goss Graves, CEO and President of the National Women’s Law Center, spoke at UDC Law on the agenda for women’s rights during the Trump Administration (Feb. ‘17).

Senator Cory Booker delivered an energetic 24th Annual Rauh Lecture and posed for a selfie with Professors Melissa Hale and John Brittain (Nov. ‘16).

Book Event and signing with Wil Haygood on Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination that Changed America (Nov. ‘16).

Bo Shuff (Executive Director, DC Vote), Jon Bouker (Chair, DC Appleseed; Partner, Arent Fox LLP), Mary Cheh (DC Councilmember, Ward 3), Dean Broderick, Eugene Kinlow (Director of Federal and Regional Affairs, Executive Office of the Mayor), and Walter Smith (Executive Director, DC Appleseed) at UDC Law Symposium “DC Democracy During the Time of Trump: 51 and 45” (Apr. ‘17) .

Symposium: “DC Democracy During the Time of Trump: 51 and 45” presented by the UDC Law Review (Apr. ‘17).

Shirley Ann Higuchi, Chair of Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation, and Professor Phil Lee spoke about the effect of Japanese American internment at “Japanese Internment: Past or Prologue” (Jan. ‘17).

Margarita Varela (‘20) organized an event on Puerto Rico’s economy (Jul. ‘17).

Prof. Saleema Snow, Associate Dean Hannah Lieberman, and Prof. Norrinda Brown Hayat addressed post-election impact on UDC Law clients (Dec. ‘16).

Professor Susan Waysdorf spoke at a panel on surveillance, national security, and privacy law issues (Feb. ‘17).

Professor Andrew Ferguson (right) and members of the Free Minds Book Club in his Criminal Justice Seminar.

Board of Ethics and Government Accountability Symposium (Oct. ‘16).

LLP


Hon. Robert L. Wilkins, Hon. Harry T. Edwards, and Hon. Stephen F. Williams, all of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit visited UDC Law (Oct. ‘16).

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Chief Judge Merrick Garland visited UDC Law (Oct. ‘16).

New DC Court of Appeals Chief Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby (left, adjunct professor at UDC) and former Chief Judge Annice Wagner (right) spoke at UDC during Women’s History Month (Mar. ‘17).

UDC Law alumni, students, faculty, and staff joined the Women’s March (Jan. ‘17).

UDC Law hosted “Chasing Liberty” Family Detention Symposium, a day-long conference on the detention of Central American Families in the United States (Feb. ‘17).

Jim Sandman, President of Legal Services Corporation, spoke to students and their guests at commencement (May ‘17).

Author Medea Benjamin discussed and signed her new book, Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.- Saudi Connection. Pictured here with journalist Chris Hedges (Sept. ‘16).

David Cole spoke at the Regional Clinician Summit, organized by Hannah Lieberman, Associate Dean of Experiential and Clinical Programs (Feb. ‘17).


1ST ANNUAL UDC LAW GALA

From left: Prof. Wade Henderson, Dean Broderick, Former AG Eric Holder.

Dean Broderick and Former Attorney General Eric Holder (right) honored Leslie Thornton, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Washington Gas, for her storied career and her devotion to serving those less fortunate.

Dean Broderick and alum James King (center, ’12) praised the Honorable William C. Pryor, Senior Judge, DC Court of Appeals and beloved UDC Law professor for 29 years, for inspiring confidence in students like King.

Law student John Blake (‘18) described his Housing Clinic work on behalf of tenants whose right to organize and right to adequate notice of eviction had been routinely violated. Referencing his own upbringing in public housing, he challenged those in attendance to work with the UDC Law to end such abuses.

Carmen Jones (‘18), who participated in the spring 2017 Service Learning Program, powerfully described an intense interaction she had with a young man named Rossell at a family detention center in Karnes, Texas, that deepened her commitment to serve others.

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser presented appreciation plaques to each honoree. She extolled the virtues and importance of UDC Law, describing how students and graduates help build the fabric of the DC Community.

Dean Broderick announced that longtime supporter, DC developer and philanthropist, Michele Hagans, pledged $50,000 to fund four additional UDC Law scholarships, in honor of Dean Broderick. Ms. Hagans and Dean Broderick agreed to name one scholarship in honor of founding Dean, Bill Robinson.

From left: Leslie Thornton, Dean Broderick, Ward 3 DC Councilmember Mary Cheh.

UDC Law’s first-ever Gala showcased our school – DC’s only public law school – and its impact on the community. 300 guests attended the event on June 1, 2017, to celebrate UDC Law and to honor two outstanding attorneys who embody the school’s missions of public interest and diversity. The Gala was a fundraiser, and with the help of 41

prominent individuals on the Gala Steering Committee, the event successfully raised more than $400,000 for the school’s Summer Public Interest Fellowship Program and Scholarship Funds.


SUPPORTERSThank you!!! UDC Law would like to thank the following supporters for making the achievements of our past academic year possible. (donations between January 1, 2016 and July 31, 2017)

INDIVIDUAL DONORS Benjamin Abellera Joyce Aceves-Amaya (2010) Damon Adams (2008) LaShanda Adams Melinda Agee (1977) Joanna Aguilar (1987) Sarah Alcorn (2010) Azmat & Jahanara Ali James Alissi (1994) Edward G. Allen Irwin Altschuler Janice S. Rodnick

Ambrose (1981) Anonymous Donald Aplin (1987) Joseph Ardito (2016) Adam Arnold (2014) Mary Ellen Arnold (1993) Margot Aronson Levin Rudy Arredondo Janet Aspen Polizzotto (1983) Brandon Atwater (2010) Amanda Aubrey (2013) Devin Baer (2008) Regan Bailey (1994)

& James Sugarman (1994) Orrin Baird (1977) A. Cornelius Baker Morris J. Baller

& Christine Brigagliano Scott Barash Mary L. Barcella Hon. Michael Barnes Hon. Shirley Barnes Patricia Barone (1977) Johnnie Barton (1991) Lezli Baskerville Joyce Stanley Batipps (1996) Maile Huvar Bay (1978) Julian Bellenghi (1981) Rachel Bellis (1982) & Harvey

Holtzman (1982) Hon. James A. Belson Mitchell Berger (1986) Paul R. Berger (1982)

& Janice L. Lower Anthony Bisceglie (1978) James D. Bishop Camille Blake Fall (1997) Beryl Blaustone (1975) Stephen Block

Susanne Blume (1987) Warren U. Bolden (1988) Neda Bolourian (2010) Marc Borbely (2008) Charles Both Gina Botti (2007) Jon S. Bouker Michael D. Bowers (2010) Hon. Diane M. Brenneman

(1982) John C. Brittain Mary Brittingham (1980)

& David Plocher (1980) Janis Broderick Shelley Broderick (1982) Matthew J. Bromeland (2006) Deirdre Brown (2012) James T. Brown Sean Brown (2014) Tamara Simmons Brown (2016) Sarah Bullard (2003) B. Bernei Burgunder Arthur & Frisbieann Burnett Neil Burns (1985) Carol Burroughs A. Lindsay Byrne (1982) Anthony D. Cade (1997) Dominique Cahn Edgar S. Cahn Catherine Campbell Kristina Campbell Jose Campos (2012) Hon. Russell F. Canan (1976) Jeffrey Cardone (2006) Michael Edward Carrigan

(2014) Joseph Carroll (2007) Jack Casciato (2011) Carol Cooper Chadsey (2014) Megan Marie Challender

(2013) Leah Chanin Laura Charity Hon. Mary M. Cheh Vikram Surya Chiruvolu Newton John Chu (1980) Melissa Gail Cisco (1996) Carole Clarke Ty Cobb Mark Coffey (1996) Carol Cohen

Debra R. Cohen Fritzi Cohen Jeffrey Cohn David K. Colapinto (1988) Lionel Collins, Jr. Reuben B. Collins, II (1995) Gilbert Thomas Collinson

(2005) Nancy L. Combs (2008) Richard Condit (1986) Annemargaret Connolly

& Ken Frank Christopher Connolly (2015) Moses Cook Tanya Asim Cooper (2012) Karen Cordry (1977) Chrysanthe A. Courniotes

(2015)Felicia Couts (née Tucker)

(1997) Raymond Covington (1999) Thomas More Cowperthwaite

(2007) Megan Coyle (2012) Elaine A. Crider Thomas F. Cullen, Jr. Beth Curtis Kirk D’Amico (1980) Stephanie D’Angelo Harris

(2007) V. Nadine Daniel (1992) Steven Daniels (1987) Yvonne Davis-Smith (1992) Emon Dawkins (1988) Marshall Dayan (1986)

Pamela de Ocampo Joseph De Simone (1985) Caroline Smith De Waal (1985) Suzanne DeFelice (2015) Peter O’B Dellinger (1981) Lisa Pittman Dennis (1996) Thomas M. Devine (1980) David J. Dickinson Justin & Katherine Dillon Kathleen Dolan (1987)

& John F. Kennedy (1987) Geno R. Donney (2012) Karen Donovan Susan Dorn (1985)

& Roman Lesiw (1983) Sara Dorsch (1996) Daniel K. Dorsey (1987) John Curtis Dortch (1994) Caroline Downey (1977) James E. Drew Gayle Marie Brown Driver

(1993) R. Michael Duffy (1977)

& Jaqueline Guidry (1977) Annette Duke (1984) Susan Dunham (1982) Amanda Dunlap (2008) Renee Dupree Ricardo Durham (1980) James & Ellen Dyke April Rashawn Dyson (2000) William J. Earl Stephen R. Early (1975) Daniel & Toby Edelman Peter B. Edelman Christopher Edgington (2001) Hon. Bert T. Edwards Pegah Ebrahimi Eftekhari

(2014) William Ehrlich, Jr. (1987) Lee C. Eisinberg Jenefer & Damon Ellingston Elizabeth Elliot (1985) Karen Engelhardt (1980) Peter L. Ente (1985) Ed Fagan (1977) Johan Fatemi (2014, 2016

LLM) Sara Fathi-Nejad (2010) Thomas Fortune Fay Edward Fegreus, Jr. (1980) Judith Ferber (1975)

& Gary Altman

Andrew G. Ferguson Ralph & Barbara Ferrara (1975) Hon. John M. Ferren Paul Fields (1975) Samuel Fields (1983) Margaret Ellen Fisher (1976) Angela E. Fitzgerald (1985) Jaunita Flessas (2014) Dewight Flinch Nancy C. Floyd Julie Fortune (1985) Alisha FosterRobert Foster

& Brenda Cureton Amanda Fox Perry (2015) Bruce Comly French (1975) Peter Friday (1987) Lesley Friedland (1985) Matthew Frumin Maryellen Fullerton (1978) Brenda Fulton Gerald (Jerry) Gardner (1979) Edward Garnett Kateri Gasper (1983) Henry Gassner (2004)

& Betty-Chia Karro (2008) Gay Gellhorn Savas Georgas (2015) Leslie Gerwin (1975) Konjit Getachew (1991) Tarama Giles Brian Gilmore (1992) Joan Gilmore (1977) Karin Gjording (1975) Ronald Glancz Greg Glaviano Margaret Gleason (1982) Sarah Goldberg (2017) Daruss Golden (1985) Leah Golshani (2005) Richard W. Goodman Norman Googel (1980) Alex Gordon

& Samantha Mazo Walter Gordon (1976) Adrian Gottshall (2011) Richard S. Granat Michael Gray (2016) Robert Green (2013) Sally Greenberg Hon. Henry Greene

& Karen Greene (2002) Marci Greenstein (1981)

BEGA Alumni, from left: Asia Stewart-Mitchell (‘15), Dean Broderick, Ashley Crooks (‘14), and Darrin Sobin (‘92), Chief Programs Officer, DC Bar

Alumni reunion in Denver, Gina Botti (‘07) and Dean Broderick.

DC OAG Alumni, from left: Shana Frost Matini (‘96), Mary Wilson (‘81), Rick Love (‘80), DC AG Karl Racine, Scott Peary (‘08), Tyrona DeWitt (‘02), Pegah Eftekhari (‘14), and Tracey Ballard Richardson (‘02).


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Seth Greenstein (1984) Aysha Gregory (2012) Nicole Griffin (1996) Bernard S. Grimm (1983) Hon. David Grosso Brian Gruber (1997) Anne Gustason (1996) Joseph & Merna Guttentag Lesley Guyton (1975) Samad Hafezi (1992) Michele V. Hagans Vanessa Hagen (2009) Melissa A. Hale Hon. Betty Jean Hall (1976) Robert Hall Charles Hamilton (1982) David J. Hampton (2015) Sean Hanover (2008) Keisha Hargo Shiela Harmon J. Marinda Harpole (1976) Barbara Burns Harris (1995) Dianne Selma Harris (1978) Lindsay M. Harris & Brian Israel Mary Harrison (1981) Mick Harrison (1991) Peter Hartman (1986) Robin Harvey (1977) Michael Hawkins (1991)Elisabeth & Michael Healey (1976) Christopher Hekimian (2013)Wade Henderson Hon. Kathryn Hens-Greco

(1985) & Sam Hens-Greco (1985)

Pamela Herbert Elizabeth Herman (1977) Susan Herman (1981) Ryan High (2006) Rochanda Hiligh-Thomas

(1996) Theresa Hillhouse (1979) Timothy Hiskey (1996) Aaron Holmes Candace Holmes (2016)Margaret Hoo-Ballade Karen Hopkins (2016) Carol Horwitz (1978) Virginia Howard Louise Howells & Sandy Ogilvy James Hudson (1998) Sharon Hunt Ann Hunter (1987) Judith Ingram (2004) Hon. Diana M. Irizarry (1979)

Francesco Isgro (1982) Samantha Jachion (2015)Hon. Cynthia D. Jackson (1985) Leta Jackson (2014) Timothy & Lauretta JenkinsBradford Johnson (1984) Mark Johnson (1980) James E. Joiner (1975)Christine L. Jones Elizabeth & Stephen JonesKatherine J. Jones (1985) Juli M. Wyatt Jordan (1995)Michelle Jordan Holly Taggart Joseph (2002) Marcia Jovine (1996) Valerie Joyner Emilie Junge (1980) Matthew Kaplan (2016) Daniel A. Katz (1994) George Kendall (1979) Bettie Kennedy (1992) Ruth Kerr Jakoby Armen Kharazian (2016) Edward King (1982) Arlene King-Berry (1986) James Klimaski (1976)

& Katharyn Marks (1976)Maury Knight (1975) Paul L. Knight Susanne Koffsky (1994) Roy Kozupsky (1985) Samuel Kramer (1999) Sheldon Krantz

& Laurie Robinson Sharlene Kranz (2002) Richard Kronheim Rachel S. Kronowitz Lillian Kronstadt Sebastian Krop (2006) Martin Krubit Michael Kurs (1980)

& Bonnie Roswig (1980) Jacqueline Lainez Flanagan Patricia Laird (1986) Hon. Evelyn LaPorte (1986) Laura LaPrade (2015) Rosemary Lyons Larry (2010) Rachel Lawrence (2012) Terri LeClercq Getman Angela Lee (1993) Philip Lee Nicholas Lefevre Charles Leger (1982) Andrew Levine (2016) Ariel Levinson-Waldman

Marc Levitt (1987) Monica Lewis Wade Zev Lewis Joseph Libertelli (1985) Hannah Lieberman Geryl Renae Liles (1983) Elisa Lim (1979) Michael Livingston (1975) Hon. José López Richard Love (1980) Susanne Lowen Michael Lu (1994) John Wayne Lui (2016) Andrea Lyon (1976) James Lyons Havona Madama (1996) Tauheed Maddox Michael & Rose Mage Harrison Magy (2014) Dean Makowski (1999) Maricelly Malave Robert Malone (1991) Michael Mann (1981) JoAnn & Alan Manning Andrew H. Marks

& Susan G. Esserman David Marlin Coury Mascagni (2012) Evan Mascagni (2011) Toni Maschler (2004) Bertrand Mason (1975) Gregory Mathews (1978) Robert Mathis (1980) Hon. Shana Frost Matini (1996) Sandra Mattavous-Frye (1983) Scott Mayhart (1987) Neshonda McCoy (2020) Diane McDaniel-Jackson (1985) Susan McDuffie (1978) James McGrath Carl McIntyre, Jr. Madeline McKeller Offen (2014) H. Vincent McKnight J.E. McNeil Gino Merez (2002) Marcus MiglioreFloris Mikkelsen (1980) Debra Millenson Dawn Miller (1986) Lakesha Miller (2000) Ruthanne Miller (1981) Hon. Stephen Milliken (1978) Candice Mitchell (1997) Hon. Gregory E. Mize

Heather Molina (2007) & Elnur Veliev (2007)

James Molloy (1983) Arlene Montemarano Jillian Moore Dana Morgan Laurie A. Morin Alan B. Morrison David Morrison (1975) Kenneth Morrison (1988) Beatrice Moulton Ali Muhammad (1992) Faith Mullen Maureen Murat (2016) Stanley Myers (2003) Christopher Naab Geoffrey Naab Keri Nash (2009) Jim Nathanson Brandi Nave (2002) James Neher (2001) Robert Newman (2014) Karen Newton Cole (1987) Elizabeth Niblack-Sykes &

Matthew Sykes George Nicholas Michael Nichols (1998) Jocelyn Nieva Chukwuemeka Njoku (1997) Amy Novick (1984) Barbara O’Hearn (1979) Maureen O’Sullivan (1981)

& Laurence Pierce (1981) Jeffrey O’Toole (1976) Aimee Occhetti (1996) Peter Offen (2014) Tarinna Olley Abigail Omojola Iduaoesili Onuorah (2000) Larry Ottinger Jacqueline Oudia (2010) Brion Ovuworie (2014) Eugenia Padilla Hon. Peter Panuthos Zal Parson (2002) S. Bruce Pascal Sara Patton (1976) Lynn Pekkanen Paul Peloquin (1985) John Perazich Matthew Perdoni (2011) Cecilia Perry (1993) Gayle Petersen (1996) James Phillips, Jr. (1988) Saul Pilchen

Anne Pilsbury (1975) Catrina Platt Ruth & Stephen Pollak Virginia Popper Vicki Portney Claudia Postell (1992) Keisha Potter Awowale (2008) David & Connie Povich Faith Powell Sharis & Thorn Pozen Denise Prescod (1981) Hon. William C. Pryor Navarro Pulley (1997) Ariana Quinones (1994) Abid Riaz Qureshi John Racin (1977) Hon. Charles E. Rainey, Jr. (1980) Paul Raizk (1996) Jaime Ramón (1979) Gershon (Gary) Ratner B. Michael & Margaret W. Rauh Carl & Debbie Rauh Suzanne Rauh Davis James Rebholz Kevin Regan (2014) Paul K. Regan Linda Leah Reibel (1991) Wilhelmina M. Reuben-Cooke Daniel Rezneck Dana Richard (1997) Claire Riley (1986) Paul Riley Manuel Rivera (1985) Cynthia Robbins & Jackie Greene Anne Robinson (2014) Gwendolyn Robinson (1992) William L. Robinson Mark Rochon Deborah Roher (1980) Susan Rollins William L. Rollins (1998) Eric Rome (1982) Martha Romney (1985) Gwen & Leonard Roseman Albert Ross Sandra Rothenberg David Rothwell (1978) James Rowe Lori Rubenstein (1985) Richard Rubenstein Joseph Russo (1986) MaryAnn Russo-Marfia (1985) Danielle Ruttman (1980) Charles Frederick Ryland (1975) Ali Salimi (2006)

Alumni reunion in Honolulu. From left: Newton Chu (‘80), Robert Merce (‘79), Michael Livingston (‘75), Gino Merez (‘02), Michael Wilson (‘79), Dean Broderick, and Bruce Sherman (‘79).

SUPPORTERS (CONTINUED)

Thank you!!! UDC Law would like to thank the following supporters for making the achievements of our past academic year possible. (donations between January 1, 2016 and July 31, 2017)

USDA Alumni, from left: Sheila Shepperd (‘94), Jeffrey Pietro (then acting General Counsel for USDA), Daruss Golden (‘85), and Ali Muhammed (‘92)


Steven Salky Jack Sammons (1978) James J. Sandman &

Elizabeth D. Mullin Edward Sands Miguel Santiago (1981) Veronica Sauceda (2014) Katherine Savoy (2007) Claudia Schlosberg (1981) Rudi Schreiber (1995) James Schulman Hon. Carol Schwartz Jeffrey Schwartz (1984)Ellen Scully Theodore D. Segal

& Joyce R. Wasserstein Eva Seidelman (2013) James Seidl (1980) Doug Seidman (1975) Laura & Neil Seldman Tamara Seltzer (1996) Heather Shaner (1978) Ariel Shea (2008) Earl Silbert Anne Simmons-Benton (1982) Gottlieb C. Simon Radhika Singh Miller Hon. Maureen A. Skerda (1985) Burton Slotnick Hon. Inez Smith Reid Jonathan Smith (1984) Paul M. Smith Sidney R. Smith, III Susanne Stout Smith Therrell Smith Walter Steven Smitson (1994) Naomi Smoot (2013) Saleema Snow (1997) Luke Sobota Aviam Soifer Daniel Solomon Santosh Reddy Somi Reddy

(2013) Barry Sooalo (1999)

Benjamin Soto (1993) Matt Spangler Arthur Spitzer & Elisabeth Boas David Splitt Sheri Sprigg (1977) Stephen Stair (1994) William Statsky Helen B. Stern Jamie Stevens (2012) Elizabeth Stinebaugh (2013) Philip Stinson, Sr. (1992) F. Allan Storning (1994) Marcia Kay Stubbs (1977) Carol Suzuki Leroy Swain Susan Swanson (1979) Thomas Sweeney, Jr. (1978) Lisa Tabaku Nkechi Taifa Lisa Tapp (1992) Penfield W. Tate III (1981) Sherman Taylor (2014)

& Rosana Chavez Taylor (2014) Kenneth Thau (1987) L. Jackson Thomas II Marc Thompson (1996) Leslie T. Thornton Ernesto Torres Almodovar (1998) Peter Torres (1985) William Torrico (1995) John Tradewell Joseph Trapeni, Jr. (1984) Kymberly Truman Graves (1995) Athanasios Tsimpedes (1995) Kathleen Tucker (1978)

& Robert Alvarez Joseph B. Tulman (1984) Wayne Turner (2008) Susie Van Pool Leonel Vasquez (2003) Michael Vasquez Erica Veazey (2006) Gary Verburg (1978) Dominic Vorv (1999)

Hon. Annice M. Wagner Hon. Patricia M. Wald Karen S. Walker (2004) Jo-Ann Wallace Carolyn Waller (1977) Mimi Gerdes Warner (1981)

& Scott Warner (1982) Myrtle Washington (1979)Donald & Natalie Wasserman

(1994) Peter Wathen-Dunn (1976)Virginia Watkin Robert Watkins, III Hon. Matthew S. Watson Keith W. Watters Susan L. Waysdorf Camille Webster (2015) Judith Weiner (1976) Philana Rachel Weiss (2016)JoVita Wells Robert John Wernet (1975) Jason West (2012) Gwendolyn Williams (1985)Paul & Laura Williams Petur Williams (1976) Thomas Williamson* Donald Wilson (1991) Michele Wilson Page Wilson* Claudia Withers Kimberly Withers (2010) Michael Witherspoon (1999) Carol Wolchok (1979) Samson Woldemariam (1994) Susan Wood (1975) Corrine Yu Henry Yuen (1985) Alison Zaremba Michael Zeldin Anne B. Zill Katherine Zill (1996) Lesley Zork (1988) Jonathan Zucker (1984)Martine Zundmanis

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTERS Akin Gump Strauss Hauer

& Feld LLP AltaGas Arent Fox LLP Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer

LLP Ballard Spahr LLP The Bar Association of the

District of Columbia BET Networks Beveridge & Diamond, PC Buckley Sandler LLP Burson-Marsteller Chadbourne & Parke LLP Council of the District of

Columbia Covington & Burling LLP Crowell & Moring LLP Delaney McKinney LLP Deloitte. Edna Wardlaw Charitable Trust Equal Justice AmericaFeldesman Tucker Leifer

Fidell LLP

Freddie Mac Gertrude and William C.

Wardlaw Fund Goldblatt Martin Pozen LLP The Jack and Lovell Olender

Foundation Jones Day Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP Kutak Rock LLP Latham & Watkins LLP LexisNexis Lippman, Semsker & Salb, LLC Marriott International The McCammon Group McMillan Stewart Foundation Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP The Morris and Gwendolyn

Cafritz Foundation Morrison & Foerster Foundation The Nellie Mae Education

Foundation, Inc. Nelson Mullins Riley &

Scarborough, L.L.P.

Nordson Corporation Open Society Foundations Peace Through Law

Foundation, Inc. Premium Title & Escrow, LLC Reed Smith LLP Regan Associates, Chartered Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC Steptoe & Johnson LLP Stewart R. Mott Foundation Stradley Ronon Stevens &

Young, LLP UDC Foundation University of the District of

Columbia Venable Verizon Washington Gas WilmerHale Women’s Bar Association of

the District of Columbia Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

Prof. Edgar Cahn and Penfield Tate (‘81) at the Gala.

At the Gala, from left: Dean Broderick, Prof. Henderson, DCSL Foundation Board member Suzanne Rauh Davis, Hunter Davis.

At the Gala, from left: Gina Walton, Councilmember Mary Cheh, Dean Broderick, Paul Regan.

*deceased

Mark Rochon, Leslie Thornton, Blair Brown at the Gala.

Dean Nelson and James Brown at the Gala.


Lindsay Harris Wade Henderson Norrinda Brown Hayat Louise Howells Twinette Johnson Christine Jones

Marcy Karin Jacqueline Lainez Flanagan Philip Lee Thomas Mack Laurie Morin Faith Mullen

FACULTYAs of October 1, 2017

LaShanda Adams John Brittain Stephanie Brown Shelley Broderick Edgar Cahn Kristina Campbell

Debra Cohen Rafael Cox Alomar Andrew Ferguson Matthew Fraidin Tianna Gibbs Melissa Hale

Lauren Onkeles-Klein Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke Saleema Snow Etienne Toussaint Joseph Tulman Susan Waysdorf


ADMINISTRATIONAs of October 1, 2017

UDC SCHOOL OF LAW ADMINISTRATION Katherine S. Broderick, Dean

LaShanda T. Adams, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Matthew I. Fraidin, Associate Dean of Experiential and Clinical Programs

Tajira J. McCoy, Assistant Dean of Admission

William C. Nelson, Jr., Associate Dean of Administration & Finance

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