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Highlights of Fall 2008 Student Programming

The Center has many exciting events planned for the Fall 2008 Semester. Please find below a sampling of programming with information on how you can get involved.

Center's Annual Summer Picnic


WHEN: Sunday, August 17, 2008, 12pm - 3pm
WHERE: Hains Point, Washington, DC
WHY: To celebrate the summer and to take a break from trying to save the world!!
WHO: WCL Faculty, Students, Staff, Friends, & Family

On Sunday, August 17, the Center will host its 6th Annual Summer Picnic. This is a great time to relax with friends and take a break from trying to save the world! The Center will supply food and drinks but if you are able to bring a dish, please let us know as food is limited. Also, please bring along anything you'd like for entertainment such as frisbees, footballs, and anything else to help make the day fun! There's plenty of parking at Hains Point and we'll be running shuttles from the Smithsonian Metro Stop (more details to come).

Food is limited. Please RSVP to Erica Lounsberry (erica.lounsberry@gmail.com) and let us know if you can bring a dish.

We hope to see you there!!!

Directions to Hains Point

Center's Fall Welcome Reception

August 2008 (Date and Time TBD)
6th Floor Student Lounge

Please join the Center as we head into another year of exciting activities and engaging programs!  Take this great opportunity to enjoy refreshments and meet faculty, staff and students while learning more about Human Rights at WCL!  Among the offices and projects attending will be:

  1. Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law;
  2. Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law;
  3. War Crimes Research Office;
  4. International Human Rights Law Clinic;
  5. Women and International Law Program;
  6. UNROW Human Rights Impact Litigation Clinic;
  7. Office of Public Interest;
  8. Health Law Project;
  9. National Institute of Military Justice;
  10. Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property;
  11. Human Rights Brief;
  12. Action for Human Rights;
  13. Alternative Spring Break;
  14. Center's Student Advisory Board. 

All LLM and JD students, fellows and international visitors, faculty and staff are welcome.  For more information, please contact the Center at 202-274-4180 or by emailing humlaw@wcl.american.edu.

What Cool Human Rights Work Did You Do This Summer?


The Center, in conjunction with the Office of Career and Professional Development (OCPD) and the Office of Public Interest (OPI), strives to assist students in gaining a better understanding of what working in human rights really means. This event allows incoming students to hear their peers talk about the amazing human rights work they did over their summer break. Students will discuss working in the domestic and international spheres, how they got their positions, the best and worst parts of working abroad, and will offer advice on finding a great summer experience.

Past presenters include students who worked at the Center for Constitutional Rights (New York City), Southern Poverty Law Center (Mississippi), Farmworker Legal Services (Michigan), Save the Young (Cameroon) and the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (Bosnia). All students are invited to attend. Lunch will be served. For more information, please contact the Center at 202-274-4180 or by emailing humlaw@wcl.american.edu.

Start preparing your stories now! In the Fall, the Center will be looking for students to serve as panelists at its annual "Cool Human Rights Work I Did Over My Summer Vacation" event.

Mailing Address: 4801 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20016-8187
Building Location: 4910 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Suite 16
Phone: 202-274-4180 | Fax: 202-274-0783 | humlaw@wcl.american.edu
 
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