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The Honorable Judge Shellie Bowers graduated from Sumner High School in
St. Louis, Missouri in 1953. He
went to Lincoln University that same year and graduated with a Bachelor of
Arts degree in government with a minor in mathematics in 1957.
Following a two-year tour of active duty as an Army artillery
officer, he matriculated at Georgetown Law Center in Washington, D.C. on a
Regent scholarship and in June 1962 received a Bachelor of Law degree.
He was thereupon awarded the prestigious E. Barrett Prettyman
Fellowship in Trial Advocacy and upon completion of this program at
Georgetown received a Masters of Law in 1963.
After a one-year stint as a trial attorney at the United States
Department of Justice, in the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section of
the Criminal Division, Bowers entered the private practice of law, where
he distinguished himself exhibiting exceptional legal skill and judicial
prowess for the next fourteen years.
In 1979, his outstanding legal abilities came to the attention of
the Carter administration. President
Jimmy Carter appointed Judge Bowers to the Superior Court of the District
of Columbia, where he has distinguished himself for the past twenty-two
years.
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In addition to his judicial service, Judge Bowers taught Trial Advocacy
as an adjunct professor for one year at Antioch School of Law (1977-1978)
and for twenty years (1978-1998) at Howard School of Law. Since 1996 he has taught Trial Advocacy as a member of
the Teaching Team at the winter Trial Advocacy Workshop at Harvard Law
School.
Judge Bowers has an extensive record of community service.
Prior to becoming a judge, he served as co-chairman of the Board of
Directors of the Neighborhood Legal Service Program; a member of the Board
of Trustees of the Public Defender Service; a member of the Board of
Trustees of the Legal Aid Society; a member of the Board of Trustees of
Family and Child Services; a member of the Board of Directors of the
national Capital Area and the American Civil Liberties Union.
Judge Bowers has received several outstanding service awards from
the above mentioned organizations for dedication and commitment to helping
indigent city residents.
Judge
Bowers is married to Florence Shyne Bowers also a Lincolnite.
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