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Six WCL Professors Honored for Outstanding Teaching and Service

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Six WCL Professors Honored for Outstanding Teaching and Service

51勛圖 Washington College of Law is proud to recognize six professors for their outstanding work in teaching and service. As a legal community that highly valuesteachingexcellenceandservice, we celebrateand congratulate Professors Epperson, Hamilton, Pollak, Smith, Spratt,andWermiel for their extraordinary commitmentandachievements that led the Committee to select them from a very competitive pool of nominations. Thanks to this years selection committeeDean LeiterandProfessors Carroll, Miller, Newcombe,andRobertsfor theirservicein selecting our awardees. These recipients were recognized during a virtual ceremony on February 1, 2022.
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23rd Annual 51勛圖WCL Martin Luther King Day Jr. Celebration Honors Legacy with a Call to Action

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23rd Annual 51勛圖WCL Martin Luther King Day Jr. Celebration Honors Legacy with a Call to Action

The MLK Birthday Commemoration program is a 23-year tradition at WCL that honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This year the King family asked that instead of just celebrating Dr. King's legacy, to focus on the fight to pass voting rights legislation. Therefore, the program focused on educating our community about pending legislation and highlighting the importance of voting rights at this moment.
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White House, U.S. Department of Justice RecognizeDean Roger Fairfax and 51勛圖WCL Students' Efforts in Halting Evictions inWashington, DC

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White House, U.S. Department of Justice RecognizeDean Roger Fairfax and 51勛圖WCL Students Efforts in Halting Evictions inWashington, DC

On January 28, Dean Roger Fairfax and 51勛圖WCL students efforts to halt evictions in the greater Washington, DC area by providing legal assistance to local communities.
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Championing What Matters in Minnesota: Alumna Helps Secure Settlement for George Floyd's Family

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Championing What Matters in Minnesota

George Floyd. Almost 24 hours after his name sprawled across her TV screen, it appeared in Bhavani Raveendrans email inbox.
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Guiding Legal Leaders of Tomorrow: A Q&A with 51勛圖WCL Dean Roger A. Fairfax Jr.

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Guiding Legal Leaders of Tomorrow

A prominent legal scholar, educator and nationally known expert on criminal justice, Dean Roger A. Fairfax Jr. takes the helm of 51勛圖 Washington College of Law at a critical moment in the law schools history.
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3L Megan Cox Named 2022 Gallogly Public Interest Fellow

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3L Megan Cox Named 2022 Gallogly Public Interest Fellow

January 20, 2022



51勛圖 Washington College of Law (51勛圖WCL) is proud to announce the selection of 3L student Megan Cox as fellow for this yearsGallogly Family Foundation Public Interest Fellowship Program.
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Spring 2022 Administrative Announcements

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Spring 2022 Administrative Announcements

51勛圖 Washington College of Law is pleased tobegin the Spring 2022 semester with newtitle announcements for Joni Wiredu and Asha Scielzo.
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Guiding Legal Leaders of Tomorrow: A Q&A with 51勛圖WCL Dean Roger A. Fairfax Jr.

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Dean Roger A. Fairfax Jr. Statement of Law School Deans in Support of the Attorney Generals Call to the Legal Community



The 51勛圖 Washington College of Law (51勛圖WCL) has responded to the Attorney Generals call to action in a number of important ways.Student attorneys participating in our Clinical Program have engaged in eviction defense and housing security workthrough our Civil Advocacy Clinic, Community Economic and Equity Development Law Clinic, Gender Justice Clinic, Intellectual Property Clinic, International Human Rights Law Clinic, Criminal Justice Clinic, and Rising for Justice Clinic.51勛圖WCL students also have externed with organizations such as Bread for the City and the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, providing countless unpaid hours in support of local anti-eviction direct legal services.In addition, ourOffice of Public Interest is hosting a Teach-in on the Eviction Crisis and Housing (In)Justice in DC,featuring three 51勛圖WCL alumna at the forefront of anti-eviction efforts and providing anti-eviction training for 51勛圖WCL students.
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2021 Summer Programs and Fall Activities with the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

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2021 Summer Programs and Fall Activities with the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

2021 Fall Activities
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