Current Projects
Oliver White Hill Center, Roanoke, Virginia
In April of 2007, the Oliver White Hill Foundation, with the help of the City of Roanoke, bought the house at 401 Gilmer Ave in Roanoke, Virginia (pictured below). where Mr. Hill lived as a child. The home has been designated as a historic site. The Foundation is restoring the property to be used as a center where law students will provide free legal services to area residents. Washington and Lee University School of Law, the Virginia Department of Aging, Virginia's Blue Ridge Legal Services Organization, the City of Roanoke and Roanoke's Total Action Against Poverty (TAP) are supporting the Foundation on this project.
Law School Programs
The Oliver White Hill Foundation is working with a number of law schools and is planning seminars and programs to be held in collaboration with law schools.
Law Student Internship Program
Since 2001 the Oliver White Hill Foundation with the support of the Virginia Law Foundation, has sponsored paid law student internships. The interns have served with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund in Washington, D.C. This program is ongoing.
The following law students have served as Oliver White Hill Foundation summer interns in Washington, D.C. Our student interns have worked on such diverse matters as the Michigan Affirmative Action case, which reached the United States Supreme Court, and other important court cases, and assisted the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund in its important work on Capital Hill.
Year Student Name Law School Organization
2001 Jacob Penrod Washington and Lee NAACP Legal Defense
and Educational Fund
Tanya Miller Catholic University Lawyers Committe for
Civil Rights Under Law
2002 Ly Nguyen Washington and Lee NAACP Legal Defense
and Educational Fund
Heather Skeeles Washington and Lee Lawyers Committe for
Civil Rights Under Law
2003 Synta Keeling American University Lawyers' Committee for
Civil Rights Under Law
2004 David Clemens University of Virginia NAACP Legal Defense
and Educational Fund
Daniel Reing University of Virginia Lawyers' Committee for
Civil Rights Under Law
2006 Ibrahim Moiz Howard University Lawyers' Committee for
Civil Rights Under Law
2007 Brian Wesley Howard University NAACP Legal Defense
and Educational Fund
Undergraduate Programs
The Oliver White Hill Foundation is planning to offer support for college students interested in pursuing legal careers in civil rights and public service.