While at legal Aid, Barbara wrote a law review article entitled “Legal Developments in Landlord-Tenant Law: 2005-2006” that appeared in the University of the District of Columbia Law Review, 10-UDC-DCSL L. Rev. 249 (2007).

A list of cases that Barbara argued at Legal Aid can be found here as well as the oral arguments in some of those cases.

In naming Barbara as a recipient of the Rex Lee Award, Brigham Young Law School described Barbara’s achievements which appear here. Barbara’s remarks in accepting that award can be found here.

The briefs that Barbara filed with the Supreme Court can be found here.

The text of those Supreme Court decisions that Barbara argued and the audio of the oral arguments in those cases can be found here.

At Yale Law School Barbara was Notes & Topics Editor of the Yale Law & Policy Review and President of the Women’s Law Society. She also assisted professor Michael J. Graetz write his casebook on Federal Taxation. Of Barbara’s work on the book Federal Income Taxation, Principles and Policies (1985), Professor Graetz said: “Barbara McDowell, a Yale law student who was a professional editor in her prior life, has provided crucial aid at every stage of preparation of this book. She has performed significant original research, prepared early drafts of selected materials, and made useful editorial suggestions for virtually every page of the manuscript. She has almost taught me the proper usage of "which" and "that" to introduce subordinate clauses. She has been imaginative, dedicated and thorough and throughout the entire process has maintained remarkable good humor. It is impossible for me to imagine how this edition could have been completed without her aid.”

With Professor Graetz, Barbara wrote a law review article entitled “Tax Reform 1985: The Quest for a Fairer, More Efficient and Simpler Income Tax,” 3 Yale Law & Policy Review, Review 5 (1985).