Donald Aplin
Adjunct Professor of Law
E-mail: daplin@american.edu
Adjunct Instructor Don Aplin is a graduate of Pomona College (Gov't) and the Antioch School of Law. He is the Legal Editor of BNA's Privacy and Security Law Report. Before becoming a legal journalist, Don practiced in a small Washington, D.C. law firm representing plaintiffs in EEO cases. For ten years, Don was an attorney with the public interest group the Government Accountability Project representing federal employee whistleblowers in employment retaliation cases and First Amendment and FOIA litigation as well as working with federal agencies and Congress to seek resolution of the substantive issues that the workers disclosed. This is his 24th year teaching in the Legal Rhetoric Writing and Research Program at the Washington College of Law. Don is married to a personal chef who is also an elected member of the Alexandria, Va. School Board. They have a son who is studying biomedical engineering at the University of Virginia and a daughter and son who attend T.C. Williams High School.
Currently Teaching
- LAW-516-015 LegalRhetoric:Wrtng&Rsrch I
Areas of Specialization
- Legal Rhetoric: Research and Writing
- Freedom of Information
- Whistleblower Protection
Degrees & Universities
- B.A., Pomona College
- J.D., Antioch School of Law
