Students Working with Alumni
Dear Students,
Please consider the Office of Alumni Relations as your alumni liaison and resource. We are happy to assist you with all of your alumni needs. And we look forward to working with you!
All you have to do is contact us before you contact any alumni because WCL follows a strict alumni privacy policy. In most cases, we will make the contact for you. Once contact has been made, and an alumnus agrees to assist you, you can continue the contact directly. Even if you already have a relationship with an alumnus, please let us know BEFORE you contact that alumnus, and we can then decide together the best contact approach.
In some cases, the alumnus may:
- Have asked not to be contacted
- Is already busy with other tasks (is overloaded)
- Has new contact information (address, phone, email)
The Office of Alumni Relations is located in suite 376 (near the Dean’s office) and can be reached at: X4163 or alumni@wcl.american.edu
Need an Alumni Speaker or judge?
Contact the Office of Alumni Relations at alumni@wcl.american.edu or call 202-274-4163 as far in advance as possible. We can contact alumni on your behalf and secure a speaker for your event. In addition, we are happy to assist you with event logistics (if your event is not planned in conjunction with SECLE), send a department representative to meet and greet the alumni, and provide gifts for the alumni speaker.
Want to invite alumni to your program or event?
Contact the Office of Alumni Relations at alumni@wcl.american.edu or call 202-274-4163 as far in advance as possible. We will set up a short meeting to discuss your needs and determine which of our communication tools are relevant.
For instance:
- The Legal Eagle e-newsletter: The e-newsletter goes out every other month (September, November, January, March, May). Items should be sent to ksommer@wcl.american.edu or alumni@wcl.american.edu, and should arrive by the last day of the month before (for instance, items for the September e-newsletter are due on or before August 31). We reserve the right to edit content.
- The Advocate alumni magazine (print): - The magazine is sent out twice a year. Content for the magazine is due: Fall issue: July 31 and Spring issue: November 30
- InCircle alumni online community (similar to Facebook): - The online community is an WCL alumni only site (main campus has their own site) that allows alumni to update their contact information, network, find old friends and much more. There are more than 100 “groups” set up and more are being added each week.
On this site we can:
-Announce upcoming events
-Post announcements to specific groups, ie, student group needs (there is no deadline, please allow four working days for your information to be added) - Blast emails: During the academic year, on the months that the Legal Eagle e-newsletter does not go out, we send special email blasts specific to student needs. Please have your information to alumni@wcl.american.edu on or before the last day of the month before (September 30, November 30, January 31, March 31). This usually includes asks for judges and volunteers.
- Web calendar:All alumni events are added to the WCL online calendar (www.wcl.american.edu/calendar). We are happy to add your events. Simply add “alumni” when you add your own programs to the calendar. In addition, please check the calendar before securing your date if you want to invite alumni. We are careful not to overlap events so alumni don’t have to choose, but can, instead, attend multiple events on multiple days.
- Flyers: We can hand out your event flyers at events. Just bring us 25 copies and we will include it in our event literature.
Need gifts for your alumni speakers?
Alumni Relations has gifts for this purpose. We can give you one gift per speaker (no gift wrapping or bags though). Just make an appointment by emailing paharvey@wcl.american.edu. In exchange, we need you to email the list of speakers and indicate which are alumni and which are not (if not already known). If you need more than 20 gifts at one time, we can suggest specialty advertising vendors so you can order in quantity. Please allow 3 weeks per item. The vendor will bill you directly. You can order plaques at Washington Trophy. They are an approved AU vendor and will also bill you directly. If you would like to run the wording by us, we are happy to review. Washington Trophy has the WCL logo on file. Please do not use the seal.