Clinic News and Events

Faculty and Staff

Tamar M. Meekins
Associate Professor, Clinical Law Center Director and Supervising Attorney, Criminal Justice Clinic

Homer C. La Rue
Professor of Law and Supervising Attorney, ADR Clinic

Josephine Ross
Associate Professor and Supervising Attorney, Criminal Justice Clinic

Aderson Francois
(On leave for 2011-2012 Academic Year)
Associate Professor and Supervising Attorney, Civil Rights Clinic

Wyndell O. Banks Fair Housing Clinic, Adjunct Professor and Supervising Attorney

Bruce Sanders
Investor Justice and Investors Clinic, Adjunct Professor and Supervising Attorney

Ray Thomas, Jr.
Intellectual Property and Trademark Clinic, Adjunct Professor and Supervising Attorney

Claire Raj, Esq.
Externship Instructor and Equal Justice Program Coordinator

Ajmel A. Quereshi
Civil Rights Clinic, Adjunct Professor and Supervising Attorney

Edward D. Davis
Acting Assistant Director for Programs and Administration

Marilyn Toran
Legal Secretary and Administrative Assistant

Location

Room G18, Notre Dame Hall

Hours of Operations

9:00am - 5:00pm - Weekdays

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Fall 2011 Calendar of Events

OCTOBER

EAST OF THE RIVER YOUTH COURT—PRO BONO OPPORTUNITY
Wednesday, October 12th from 12:15PM to 1:30PM
Houston Hall, Classroom 3
Are you interested in working with local teens? Want to put your legal skills to work to make a difference in someone’s life? Come join the Howard Law team as it begins a partnership with Georgetown Law to volunteer at the East of the River Youth Court, a diversion program for first-time juvenile offenders in D.C. Please email Alexandra Thompson, alex.sloanet@gmail.com to RSVP. For more information about the Youth Court, please go to http://www.tdyc.org.

East of the River Youth Court (172 kb)

WHITE HOUSE CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE EVENT
Thursday, October 13, 2011, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Houston Hall, Classroom 1
Please join us for the White House Champions of Change Event, a national, on-line conversation among law students, public service lawyers, and Attorney General Eric Holder, seeking to get thousands of future agents of legal change talking about what lawyers can do to close the justice gap. The event will illustrate the range and quality of public interest lawyers’ accomplishments by honoring 16 exemplar public service Champions at the White House. This will be a live streaming broadcast of the event.

Please RSVP to craj@law.howard.edu by October 12th if interested in attending.

Obama Champions for Change Flyer (98 kb)

LUNCH WITH A LAWYER PROGRAM: CIVIL RIGHTS, Sponsored by HPILS and Clinical Law Center
Tuesday, October 18th, 12:20 – 1:30 p.m.
Pauline Murray Conference Room (ND)
Attorneys from the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Educational Opportunities Section Lunch provided! RSVP to: brandi.m.lofton@gmail.com

CLINICAL LAW CENTER OPEN-HOUSE
Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 12:15 PM to 1:30 PM
Holy Cross Hall Foyer
Learn all about clinical and externship programs available at Howard Law. Lunch will be provided.

ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Reception in Celebration of ABA Mediation Week
Thursday, October 20 5:00 – 7:00 PM
ABA offices located at 740 15th Street N.W., Washington, DC 20005
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Harold H. (Hal) Saunders
Please join the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution and collaborating organizations at a cocktail reception in celebration of Mediation Week. The theme this year for ABA Mediation Week is “Civility and Civil Public Discourse.” For more information about the Section of Dispute Resolution or our upcoming programs, please visit : http://ambar.org/mediationweek

EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS CAREER FAIR & CONFERENCE
Friday, October 21st and Saturday, October 22nd
Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC
Don’t miss out on the largest public interest career fair in the country! It is the only event, solely dedicated to law students, where you’ll find more than 1000 public interest-minded students representing 200 law schools from across the country coming together to explore career options with leading nonprofit organizations and government agencies. All class years are encouraged to attend.

All class years are encouraged to attend. Registration is still open for table talk and workshops.
See: http://www.equaljusticeworks.org for registration and more details.

ROBERT WONE JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP & INTERNSHIP CONFERENCE
Saturday, October 22nd, 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Georgetown University School of Law
Learn about the paths to judicial clerkships and internships. Network with judges and law clerks and hear about the benefits of clerkships. Free breakfast & lunch provided. All class years are encouraged to attend. Please see: http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1106103828548-28/JCIC+Clerkship+Save+the+Date.pdf for more details.

SEPTEMBER

Investor Justice & Education Clinic on the Road to Recoveries

LUNCH WITH A LAWYER PROGRAM
Featuring Jennifer Morris, HUSL 2005 Supervising Attorney at the Children's Law Center

Monday, September 19th 12:15 -1:30 p.m. Pauline Murray Conference Room

This event is limited in space. Register now, by emailing craj@law.howard.edu (include "Lunch with Lawyer" in subject line)

Lunch with a Lawyer 09/19/11 (397 kb)

Fair Housing Clinical Law Program Participates at Tenant & Tenant Association Summit

Fourth Annual Tenant Summit & Tenant Association Summit
Saturday, September 17, 2011; 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM

Kellogg Conference Center at Gallaudet University

800 Florida Avenue, NE

Washington, D.C. 20002

202-719-6550

AUGUST

HOW TO SUCCEED IN YOUR PUBLIC DEFENDER & PROSECUTOR INTERVIEWS
Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 12:15 pm Holy Cross Foyer

Speakers:

April Frazier, Esq.
D.C. Public Defender Service

Margaret Schweitzer, Esq.
Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office

RSVP Required: Go to Symplicity "Events" to RSVP!