http://www.wcl.american.edu/ Current Highlighted Events at Washington College of Law at American University en-us webmaster@wcl.american.edu 60 Copyright 2009 American University Washington College of Law http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:55:00 GMT On Monday, Nov. 23, the Dean's Diversity Council will hold its Annual Program and Dinner.  The opening portion, "Revisiting Scottsboro," begins at 4:15 p.m, and will include an examination of these historical trials from a modern legal, literary, and social perspective. Participants in the conversation will be the Honorable Robert Bell, chief judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland;  WCL Professor Angela Jordan Davis, author of Arbitrary Justice:  The Power of the American Prosecutor;  and Professor James A. Miller, chair of the American Studies Dept. at George Washington University and author of the recently published Remembering Scottsboro:  The Legacy of an Infamous Trial.   The dinner program will be presented by Sanya Sukduang '99, partner at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, on his career path and intellectual property law.  The event is sponsored by the Dean's Diversity Council and the Office of Diversity Services.  http://www.wcl.american.edu/ tag:wcl.american.edu,2009-11-20:highlights:5434 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Magodonga Mahlangu and her organization, Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), will receive the 2009 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award at an evening ceremony to be held at the White House Monday, featuring remarks by President Barack Obama. WOZA is a grassroots movement of over 60,000 Zimbabweans working throughout their country to empower women to mobilize and take non-violent action against injustice. "Magodonga and the members of WOZA's courageous and selfless struggle to defend human dignity sets a powerful example, not only for Zimbabwe, but for the entire world," said Dean Claudio Grossman, an RFK Human Rights Award judge who will attend the White House ceremony. MORE http://www.wcl.american.edu/ tag:wcl.american.edu,2009-11-23:highlights:5440 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT