Digital Archives

Welcome to Mason Law Library’s new digital archives!

The Bar Association of the District of Columbia Archive:

The Bar Association of the District of Columbia was founded in 1871, the third oldest bar association in the United States.  It is a voluntary bar association dedicated to promoting “civility, justice, and collegiality among members of the legal profession in the nation’s capital.”  

The Archive is a selection of  documents from 1871-1974. The documents include minutes of meetings, correspondence among bar members, and correspondence to and from legislators, organizations and other parties.

Coverage: selected years and documents, 1871-1974.

Jean Camper Cahn Archive:

Digitization efforts continue on this archive. When completed the archive will contain a wide array of professional and some personal documents generated by Jean Camper Cahn, attorney, law professor, co-founder of the Antioch School of Law (a predecessor to the David A. Clarke School of Law), and ardent social justice advocate.