The Barbara McDowell Foundation is pleased to share a recent tribute to the Foundation’s namesake, Barbara McDowell, by David Reiser, a colleague of Barbara's, in his speech accepting a lifetime achievement award from the DC Bar for his pro bono work.

The Barbara McDowell Foundation’s Tenth Anniversary Celebration Event was featured in Law.com’s online newsletter.

At the Tenth Anniversary celebration of the Foundation, Matthew Roberts, talked briefly about Barbara’s work at the Solicitor General’s office and read remarks of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

At the Tenth Anniversary celebration of the Foundation, Judge Patricia Millett of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, who was a friend of Barbara’s and a colleague at the United States Justice Department’s Solicitor General’s Office, gave a talk about the significant and positive work that the Foundation and its High Impact Pro Bono Initiative have achieved over the past ten years to honor the memory of Barbara.

At the Tenth Anniversary celebration of the Foundation held at Drinker Biddle’s event space in its Washington, D.C. office, Jerry Hartman, President of the Barbara McDowell Foundation, gave a short presentation about Barbara’s beliefs in social justice and the history of the Foundation.

Legal Aid of the District of Columbia where Barbara served as the Director of its Appellate Project prior to her death on January 2, 2009, sent its over 10,000 contacts an email on the tenth anniversary of her death recognizing her social justice work and the efforts of the Foundation to commemorate and continue those efforts.

The Foundation will be celebrating the fifth anniversary of its founding on January 21, 2016, with a cocktail reception hosted by Drinker Biddle.

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.

The Outreach Ministries program at Westmoreland Church where Barbara belonged published the following article in the Church's bulletin about the fund established at the Church in Barbara's honor.

Jerry Hartman gave a talk at Westmoreland United Church of Christ about the life and work of Barbara McDowell.

On April 15, 2010, Beth Harrison, an attorney at the Legal Aid Society of Washington, D.C., wrote Jerry Hartman a note describing Barbara’s work at the Legal Aid Society. That note captures the essence of the reasons why the Foundation was started and reads as follows:

The Barbara McDowell Foundation was created by Jerry Hartman, Barbara’s husband, and Drinker Biddle in April 2009.

The Barbara McDowell Foundation was created by Jerry Hartman, Barbara’s husband, and Drinker Biddle in April 2009.