Digital Commons @ UDC Law (University of the District of Columbia Law Library)
Not a member yet
840 research outputs found
Sort by
22nd Annual Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Lecture. University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law
No full textThe Continuing Work of the Bellow Scholars
No full textIn November 2010, the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law hosted the fourth Bellow Scholar Workshop and subsequently published the work of two Bellow Scholars in Volume 16 of the UDC Law Review.1 I was privileged to contribute a foreword to Volume 16 in which I commented on thelegacy of my late husband, Gary Bellow, and offered a brief narrative of the origins of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Clinical Section\u27s Bellow Scholar program.2 Most of the earliest Bellow Scholars had worked with Gary or had taken his courses. We understood that we could best honor his legacy by building a capacityfor rigorous analysis and investigation, carried out in a community of activists willing to learn from each other and from other disciplines. 3Our goal was to better understand and address significant problems in the lives of low- and moderate-income people.4 We expected that we would also critically examine both the content and methods of our teaching and the learning goals we pursued in our clinics
Reporting Homeless Parents for Child Neglect: A Case Study From Our Nation\u27s Capital
No full textIn September 2012, Mary Brown called the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless (the Legal Clinic); she was being threatenedwith the loss of her children, then eight- and nine-years-old, for the sole reason that she was homeless. Before she sought legal advice, Mary had requested shelter for her family but had been denied. The irony of Mary\u27s case is that the D.C. government agreed she was homeless and agreed that she needed to shelter her two daughters for their safety, but instead of sheltering her, the D.C. government reported her to child protective services. Mary and her daughters were turned away from shelter even though there were empty beds in theD.C. family shelter system.\u27 This article is about the catch-22 that Mary and other parents who are homeless across the United States experience,2 why it must be changed, and what advocates can do to change it
Revisiting The War on Poverty: How Policy Can Better Shape The Income and Wages of Families With Children
No full textFifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson launched a War on Poverty while delivering his first State of the Union address on January 8, 1964. His language conveyed ambitious plans to recreate American society:This budget, and this year\u27s legislative program, are designed to help each and every American citizen fulfill his basic hopes-his hopes for a fair chance to make good; his hopes for fair play from the law; his hopes for a full-time job on full-time pay; his hopes for a decent home for his family in a decent community; his hopes for a good school for his children with good teachers; and his hopes for security when faced with sickness or unemployment or old age. Unfortunately, many Americans live on the outskirts of hope-some because of their poverty, and some because of their color, and all too many because of both. Our task is to help replace their despair with opportunity. Ultimately, Johnson\u27s vision for a Great Society resulted in several pieces of significant legislation. The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 was the primary War on Poverty bill, but other pieces of Great Society legislation also worked to the benefit of low-income people in areas such as education, employment discrimination, and healthcare.