The Foundation received a report from the Legal Aid Justice Center, a 2012 grantee, giving an update on the case for which it received a grant.

The Foundation has awarded five grants for 2015

The Foundation received 30 applications from prospective grantees for its 2015 awards.

Barbara McDowell served as president of the Shaw Communities Ministry and worked on its college Scholarship program.

Kesiah John-Paul was one of the scholarship students that Barbara supported. With her scholarship assistance, Kesiah attended New York University School of the Arts.

Barbara McDowell’s legacy continues as her contributions at Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia were recognized in a recent Legal Aid blog discussing an important case that Barbara helped Legal Aid to win.

The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia has awarded posthumously Barbara McDowell its Servant of Justice Award to be presented by Sally Gordon, Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, on April 29, 2014 at Legal Aid’s annual dinner. Jerry Hartman accepted the award for Barbara.

Drinker Biddle obtained significant achievements in exposing the unfair treatment of death row prisoners while collaborating with individuals from the ABA Death Penalty Representation Project and counsel from Mississippi.