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The University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law is seeking a new dean! This link takes you to the announcement and details about the application process.
By way of background, UDC Law began in 1972 when civil rights lawyers Edgar S. and Jean Camper Cahn brought to life a powerful idea – law school modeled on a “neighborhood law firm,” in which students from groups underrepresented at the bar learn to practice law while providing critical legal services to the underserved. Founded as the Antioch School of Law, the institution became the District’s only public law school in 1988 and merged with the nation’s only exclusively urban land-grant institution, the University of the District of Columbia, in 1996. Through its nine legal clinics, a 1L community service requirement, funded public interest summer fellowships, and credit-bearing externships, UDC Law provides more than 100,000 hours of legal services to D.C. residents annually. This commitment––and the excellence with which it is pursued––has led to a No. 2 ranking by the National Law Journal (2018) for government and public interest job placement and No. 8 for Best Clinical Training Program by U.S. News & World Report (2019). UDC Law also is recognized as one of the nation’s most diverse law schools both for our faculty and students, making it a welcoming place where students and staff of all backgrounds feel at home. Building on this history, commitment, and location in our nation’s capital, UDC Law provides a unique learning environment––as an urban land-grant institution, an HBCU, an access school dedicated to educating those previously underrepresented at the bar, and a leader in clinical legal education. We invite anyone interested in leading UDC Law forward into its next chapter to review the linked materials and consider applying to join our vibrant, social justice-oriented law school. Professors Andrew Ferguson and Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke are chairing the search committee, which also includes Associate Deans LaShanda Adams and Matt Fraidin. Please feel free to contact any of them (or any other UDC Law faculty member) if you have any questions about the school, the deanship, or the process for applying.
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