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Roger A. Fairfax, the section community outreach coordinator since February 2001, will serve as chair of the Community Outreach Committee. Fairfax, a federal prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice, proposed the formation of a Community Outreach Committee to provide an organizational structure to the section’s rich community outreach commitment.

"The Criminal Law and Individual Rights section recently has become a leader among D.C. Bar sections in terms of community outreach efforts. A committee structure will help solidify the gains we have made by enhancing the ability of a broader group of Section members to become involved in ongoing efforts, and by providing a vehicle for the seeking out and implementation of new community outreach opportunities," Fairfax says.

Over the past year, the section has sponsored a panel discussion of criminal practitioners on criminal procedure and constitutional rights at a local high school, and sponsored a table-top exhibit and a mock trial presentation at the Youth Law Fair in 2001 and 2002. Recently, the section signed on to serve as the mentor entity for Carroll High School in northeast D.C. through the Street Law Program at Georgetown University Law Center. As part of the section’s ongoing participation in Carroll program, section members will teach occasional lectures on law-related topics at the school, sponsor field trips, help coach the mock trial team, and serve as mentors to individual students. Also, the Section has underway plans to publish a pamphlet on "Teen Rights and Responsibilities and the Law."

All section members interested in serving on the Community Outreach Committee and/or getting involved in ongoing section community outreach projects should contact Roger Fairfax at 202-514-4625, or at rfairfax@yahoo.com.