NEWS
A Shared Mission of Community Service: AUWCL and Bread for the City
BY BRICE HELMS
American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL) has a storied history of advancing social change, prioritizing community service, and preparing lawyers to work to better the public good. It should be a surprise to no one that AUWCL alumni are drawn to organizations working to solve systemic problems and create better paths forward for the most vulnerable groups in the city. One such organization, Bread for the City, employs several alumni who have dedicated their careers to helping those in need.
Bread for the City’s mission—to help Washington, DC residents living with low income to develop their power to determine the future of their own communities—goes hand in hand with the mentality that permeates American University Washington College of Law faculty and students according to Erin Scheick ’08, managing attorney of the family law and immigration practice at Bread for the City.
“There was really a focus on allowing and facilitating students to develop not only their legal skills, but also connection to community and the power of the tools of the legal profession, and how that can be used to advance interests of justice,” Scheick said about her time at AUWCL. She believes that the school will continue to produce lawyers that “push for an evolution in the legal system” to make the work done by Bread for the City and similar organizations easier and more effective.
Scheick says AUWCL continues to be a leader in pushing for social change. “I do not think that is the same everywhere. I do not think that every institution has the same focus on utilizing the legal profession for community-based work.”
(Top photo) Erin Scheick ’08 (center), managing attorney of the family law and immigration practice at Bread for the City, serves immigration clients.
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW
PHOTOS COURTESY OF BREAD FOR THE CITY
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