[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 61 (Monday, April 16, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E470]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING SHELLEY BRODERICK

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                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON

                      of the district of columbia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 16, 2018

  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask the House of 
Representatives to join me in recognizing Shelley Broderick of the 
District of Columbia for her 20 years of outstanding service as Dean of 
the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of 
Law.
  In August 1999, Shelley Broderick was appointed Dean of the law 
school, after serving as interim dean since 1998. In 2011, she was 
named the Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Chair of Social Justice.
  Shelly Broderick began her legal career as a clinical professor at 
the law school, and in 1999, she received the William Pincus Award for 
outstanding contributions to clinical legal education from the American 
Association of Law Schools. As Dean of the law school, she has received 
the Outstanding Dean of the Year Award from Equal Justice Works; the 
Servant of Justice Award from the Legal Aid Society; the Deborah L. 
Rhode Award from the American Association of Law Schools; and the 
highest award given for outstanding educational leadership at a 
historically black college or university from the Thurgood Marshall 
Scholarship Fund.
  During her tenure as Dean, the law school has achieved the highest 
level of American Bar Association accreditation; forged a memorandum of 
understanding with the University of Havana, a first for an American 
law school; and has raised more than $20 million to support endowed and 
other student scholarships, summer public interest fellowships and 
clinical programs. During her tenure, more than 2,000 diverse law 
students have represented thousands of vulnerable D.C. residents 
through the school's top ranked legal clinics. She served as chair of 
the UDC Faculty Senate for three years, and is a founder and 
participant of the D.C. Consortium of Legal Services Providers. She was 
appointed by the D.C. Court of Appeals to serve on the District of 
Columbia's Access to Justice Commission and has also served on the 
board of D.C. Appleseed for many years. I am particularly indebted to 
Shelley Broderick, who I appointed to serve on my Federal Law 
Enforcement Nominating Commission. The Commission made recommendations 
to me for candidates for the U.S. District Court for the District of 
Columbia, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, U.S. Marshals 
for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the D.C. 
Superior Court and other critical federal law enforcement positions in 
the District. The Commission's recommendations were of such high 
quality that I was able to select exemplary candidates, and submitted 
all of them to President Obama for nomination.
  While Shelley Broderick plans to step down as Dean, she will soon 
rejoin the law school faculty after a sabbatical.
  Therefore, I ask the House of Representatives to join me in 
recognizing Shelley Broderick for her many years of dedicated service 
and outstanding contributions as Dean of the UDC David A. Clarke School 
of Law.

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