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Antioch School of Law was a law school in Washington, D.C. which specialized in public advocacy. The school now operates as the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC-DCSL).
The Antioch School of Law was a Washington, D.C. school established as part of Antioch College's Antioch Network in 1972 by Jean Camper Cahn and Edgar S. Cahn, a married interracial couple dedicated to improving legal services for poor people.
Antioch School of Law was created in 1972 by Edgar S. and Jean Camper Cahn who championed the rights of low-income people and minorities. The school was also committed to training public interest lawyers and pioneered a comprehensive clinical legal education model, adopted now, in small part, in nearly every law school in the country. UDC Law ...
In 1971, Edgar and Jean Camper Cahn co-founded the Antioch School of Law, a subunit within a network of institutions run by Antioch University. [5] Their stated aim was training new lawyers who would "use the law as a weapon against injustice."
Antioch School of Law was a law school in Washington, D.C. which specialized in public advocacy. The school now operates as the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC-DCSL).
Antioch also founded an innovative law school in 1972 in Washington, DC, which operated on an experiential legal clinic teaching model. All students of the Antioch School of Law participated in the clinic, which provided legal services to poor and underserved communities in DC.
Dec 19, 2021 · For one, Antioch School of Law separated from the University in 1986 (it is now the law school of the University of the District of Columbia). Guernsey remained connected to Antioch, though, and in 2002 he began serving on the University’s Board of Trustees.