Current Events

Unnatural Consequences: The Price of a Tweet

May 3, 2013 Current Events

Guest Post by Mary Anne Brush We can all agree that smart kids sometimes do stupid things. Studies show that the teenage brain is not fully developed, which leads to impulsive decision-making. And who doesn’t believe an important part of raising children with character is holding them accountable for their actions? I work at a [...]

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My Brush With Margaret Thatcher

April 8, 2013 Current Events

London. June 1990. I was low man on the U.S. delegation, probably the most junior person at the whole negotiation.  She was the most powerful woman on earth.  And yet when I walked toward the group she was standing with, surprised at how easy it was to approach her, she stepped back from the circle [...]

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Dana Tapper Awarded $20,000 on Ellen DeGeneres Show

March 6, 2013 Current Events

Last September I wrote about Dana Tapper, a third-year law student at UVA who interned last summer with the Juvenile Services Program of the D.C. Public Defender Service. Apparently I was not the only person to be impressed by Dana. She was featured last week on the Ellen DeGeneres show, where DeGeneres presented her with [...]

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Clip from Katie Couric Show on Military Sexual Assault

February 14, 2013 Current Events
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Susan on Katie Couric Show, Promoting “The Invisible War”

February 12, 2013 Current Events

   

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Vote for David Benowitz as D.C.’s Best Lawyer

February 6, 2013 Current Events

He has won it the last two years. Let’s make it three in a row. A product of the D.C. Public Defender Service, David Benowitz is as good as they get. It was no surprise, for example, that when Judge Jackson needed someone to step in on the Dontrell Deaner case, he turned to Benowitz. [...]

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