 David A. Clarke

David Allen "Dave" Clarke (October 13, 1943 – March 27, 1997) was a civil-rights worker, attorney, and Democratic politician in Washington, D.C. Elected as one of the original members of the Council of the District of Columbia when D.C. gained home rule in 1974, Clarke served as its chair from 1983 to 1991, and again from the death of John A. Wilson in 1993 until his own death in 1997.The District of Columbia School of Law was renamed the David A. Clarke School of Law for Clarke in 1998.