Margaret Martin Barry

Society of American Law Teachers Leadership Award, January 2010

William Pincus Award (outstanding contributions to clinical legal education), January 2009

Watts Empowerment Award (WEAVE)(service to the domestic violence community), June 2008

Clinical Legal Education Association Outstanding Advocate, 2006

Clinical Legal Education Association, Service to Clinical Legal Education, 1999

D.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence (outstanding service in representing victims of domestic violence), 1989, 1994

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, Certificate of Appreciation, 1995

Leadership and Service:

Clinical Legal Educatiou Association (CLEA)

• Member since 1995
• President, 1999
• Vice-President, 1998
• Executive Board Member, 1997 to 2003
• Cochair, Standards Committee, 2002 to 2005

Association of American Law Schools (AALS

• Section on Clinical Legal Education
  • Member since 1988
  • Section Chair, 1998; Chair-Elect, 1997
  • Immediate Past Chair/Member of the Executive Committee, 1999
  • Pincus Award Nominating Committee Member, 2000, 2003
  • Cochair, Planning Committee, AALS Annual Meeting, Clinical Section Program, 1995
  • Executive Committee Nominating Committee 1992, 1995
• Clinicians of Color
  • Member (founding member) 1992-present
• Poverty Law Section
  • Executive Committee Member 1996-1997
  • Cochair, Annual Meeting Planning Committee, 1996

Clinical Law Review

• Member of the Editorial Board, January 2008-present

Global Alliance for Justice Education (GAJE)

• Member, 1999-present
• Planner, Regional Conference, New York, NY, May 2006
• Conference Presenter and Post-Conference Planner and Presenter, Third Worldwide Conference,
• Krakow, Poland, July 2004
• Pre-Conference Workshop Planner and Presenter and Conference Small Group Leader, Inaugural
• Worldwide Conference, Trivandrum, India, December 1999

Society of American Law Teachers (SALT)

• Member, 2000-present
• Co-President Elect, 2007; Co-President 2008, 2009
• Board Member, January 2004-present

American Bar Association (ABA)

• ABA Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
  • ABA Law School Accreditation Site Evaluator, April 2001 ; April 2002; March 2003; March 2005; February 2010
  • ABA Foreign Law School Program, Accreditation Site Evaluator, July 2009 and July 2010
• Standards Review Committee
  • Vice-Chair, 2008-present
  • Member, 2004-present
• Nominating Committee
  • Member, 2002 -2007
• Clinical and Skills Committee
  • Member, 2003-2005

District of Columbia Bar Association (selected activities)

• Family Law Section, 1989-present; Cochair, Steering Committee, 1991-1992
• Member, Family Law Representation Committee (award-winning committee), 1999-2008; Cochair 2003-2008
• Chair, Pro Bono Custody Training, 2005, 2006
• Member, Court Funding Committee (award-winning committee), 2000-2001
• Custody Training Faculty Member, 1999-2006; Program Chair 2004-2006
• Domestic Violence Training, Faculty Member, 1990-1995; 2000-2002; Cochair 1994; Chair 1995; 2000-2002
• PSAC Pro Bono Mentor, 1993-2000
• Family Law Section Committee on Family Court Rules, 1994

District of Columbia Coordinating Council

• Member, 1995-2000

Cochair of the Teen Domestic Violence Subcommittee, 1997-1999

District of Columbia Coalition Against Domestic Violence (DCCADV)

• Member, 1988-2009
• Former member of the Board of Directors and founding member of the organization
  • Related work included working with advocates to draft and propose Teen Domestic Violence Legislation (2002-2009); designing and conducting training sessions at the DC Police Academy for police officers and new recruits (1992-1994) and Coauthoring, with Professor Catherine Klein, Professor Stacy Brustin, Leslye Orloff, and Lt. David Sargent, The DC Metropolitan Police Training Curriculum on Domestic Violence

Department of Justice Violence Against Women Office

• Expert Peer Reviewer for Grant Applications, 1991-2003

Women Empowered Against Violence (WEAVE)

• Member, Board of Directors, 2000-2002

Member, District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia Women Law Professors, 1990-1996

Bar Admission:

Member, Bar of the District of Columbia
Member, Maryland State Bar (Inactive)
Member, Virgin Islands Bar Association (Inactive)
Admitted to Practice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Admitted to Practice, Supreme Court of the United States

Legal Contributions:
Legislative Efforts
Teen Domestic Violence Amendment Act (2009)
Joint Custody Amendment Act (1994)
Dating Violence Amendment Act (1994)
Evidence of Spousal Abuse in Child Custody Cases Act (1993)