Classes will Include:
- Obama's Justice Dept. Policies and Practices
- Lobbying and Ethics
- Obama's Approach to Executive Power
- Supreme Court Issues and Advocacy in the Roberts Court
- Election and Campaign Finance Law
- Sometime Allies: Congress and the Justice Department
- The View from the 111th Congress
- Developments in Administrative Law and Regulatory Policy
- Gender and Employment: Developments in the Law
- Right to Counsel
- Federal Control of Executive Pay: A View from the Battlefield
- Thinking Through Regulatory Policy and Reform
- Securities Regulation: Updates in Law and Policy
- Criminal Enforcement of Securities Laws
- Securities Class Actions
- Banking Regulation: Updates in Law and Policy
- TARP: Now and the Future
- Protecting Consumers in Financial Markets
- Regulating Derivatives: A New Approach
Faculty Experts:
Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, UC-Irvine Law School
Stephen Bright, President, Southern Center for Human Rights
Kenneth Feinberg, Obama Executive Pay Czar
Ralph Ferrara, Dewey & LeBouef
David Frederick, Partner, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans and Figel
Gary Gensler, Chair, U.S. Commodities Future Trading Commission (CFTC)
Thomas Goldstein, Founder of SCOTUS Blog
Julia Gordon, Center for Responsible Lending
Richard Hasen, Creator of Election Law Blog
Minna Kotkin, Brooklyn Law School Professor
Judith Kozlowski, FINRA Chief Counsel FINRA Criminal Prosecution Assistance Group
Jeff Lamken, Founder/Partner, MoloLamken LLP
Jeffrey Lubbers, WCL Professor
Irvin Nathan, U.S. House General Counsel
Jamin Raskin, WCL Professor, Director Program on Law & Government
Damon Silvers, TARP Oversight Board
Thomas Susman, ABA Government Affairs Office
Paul Verkuil, Chair, Administrative Conference of the U.S.
Steve Vladeck, WCL Professor
William Yeomans, WCL Fellow in Law and Government
For more Information
Contact
Institute Director
Steve Wermiel
Phone: 202-274-4263
E-mail: swermiel@wcl.american.edu or
summerlawandgov@wcl.american.edu
June 21 - July 1, 2010
American University Washington College of Law announces its first annual Summer Institute on Law & Government.
How do you choose a summer law program? With everything out there at your disposal, how do you, as an experienced practitioner or a serious law student, guarantee that you make the most of your time? We have a new approach. It’s a way to be exposed to important new academic content while respecting your time and accommodating your need for flexibility. This is legal education on the cutting edge of developments in law and government, from the school whose courses and faculty have created the field.
In this summer program, timely topics and renowned faculty come together for two unique weeks. The courses and events will expose you to a multitude of networking and learning opportunities involving nationally recognized lawyers, academics, and government officials analyze the more pressing issues of the day. Week One focuses on those essential aspects of practicing law in Washington, DC. We call it The Washington Lawyer’s Toolbox. Things like key updates on new developments in lobbying, administrative and regulatory process, Supreme Court advocacy, and election and campaign finance law. Week Two zeroes in on up-to-the-minute developments in the changing landscape of financial and economic regulation and the new world of banking and security. Lawyering in the New Financial Landscape: Local, National, and Global Dimensions of the Crisis, is a multi-faceted exploration of the ways in which the financial meltdown is reshaping regulation of key financial institutions and practices at home and abroad.
Scheduling will permit attendance for either or both weeks, depending on your preference, and classes will be offered throughout the day and evening to provide maximum flexibility.