Constitution Day with Judge Davis

The Oxford Community Center is pleased to present our 2 nd Annual program to
celebrate Constitution and Citizenship Day, the federally designated day that
celebrates the signing of the Constitution in 1787 on September 17th.

The program will address the meaning of the Rule of Law and its relationship to
the Constitution. Our speaker is the Honorable Andre Davis, the former City
Solicitor for Baltimore and a former federal judge serving on both the United
States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the United States District Court
for Maryland. Prior to serving on the federal bench, Judge Davis served on
Maryland’s district and circuit state courts and as an attorney with the Department
of Justice and in private practice.

Judge Davis received his B.A. in American History from the University of
Pennsylvania and his J.D., with honors, from the University of Maryland School of
Law, where he currently serves as Distinguished Jurist in Residence. During his
30-year judicial career, Davis was active in numerous national and international
judicial and legal education and Rule of Law training programs through his
membership on the Judicial Conference of the United States Committee on
International Judicial Relations; the Einstein Institute for Science, Health and the
Courts; the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience;
and the Federal Judicial Center.

In retirement, Judge Davis has continued his efforts to advance the cause of equal
justice and the rule of law, among other commitments, as a member of the Article
III Coalition which brings together retired federal judges to defend the
independence of the Constitution. Judge Davis’s non-partisan talk will explore the
ways in which our Constitution incorporates the pillars of American
democracy—an independent judiciary, the rule of law, and the separation of
powers. There will be an opportunity for questions following his presentation.
In partnership with the Oxford Community Center, Judge Davis will meet before
his talk with students from programs at Talbot Mentors and Building African
American Minds (BAMM) to learn about the law and the Constitution as well as
careers in law.