WCL Press Releases

WCL Press Releases - 2003 American University Washington College of Law Press Releases for 2003 2013-05-23T19:12:46-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu tag:wcl.american.edu,2003:/media/press/2003 Copyright © 2013, Washington College of Law Court Allows Reagan Shooter John Hinckley Unsupervised Visits to Family AU ADA, Disabilities Law Expert Can Discuss the Case tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-12-18:/media/press/346 2003-12-18T05:00:00-00:00 2003-12-18T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu AU International Law Experts Can Discuss Prospects for Trying Hussein tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-12-15:/media/press/345 2003-12-15T05:00:00-00:00 2003-12-15T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Going 'In-House' To Get A Life: Lawyers Find Strategy For Avoiding Notorious Long Hours To Be Less Than Certain, New Study Shows tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-12-10:/media/press/344 2003-12-10T05:00:00-00:00 2003-12-10T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu AU Law Dean, Renowned Human Rights Activist Elected to United Nations Committee Against Torture, Appointed Committee VP tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-12-04:/media/press/343 2003-12-04T05:00:00-00:00 2003-12-04T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Leading Gender Law Expert Elizabeth M. Schneider to Keynote AU Law Symposium--Domestic Violence and Achieving Gender Equality, Dec. 4 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-12-01:/media/press/342 2003-12-01T05:00:00-00:00 2005-10-28T18:01:34-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Local High Schoolers to Argue Case of Free Speech; AU Law to Host High School Moot Court Competition, Nov. 22-23 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-11-21:/media/press/341 2003-11-21T05:00:00-00:00 2003-11-21T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu AU Washington College of Law, the Appleseed Electoral Reform Project Revisit, Evaluate the Unprecedented 2000 Presidential Election, Nov. 21 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-11-19:/media/press/340 2003-11-19T05:00:00-00:00 2003-11-19T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu AU Law Students Argue Hypothetical "Wrongful Convictions" Legislation Before Kathy Patterson, D.C. Council Member tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-11-18:/media/press/339 2003-11-18T05:00:00-00:00 2003-11-18T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Democratic Presidential Candidate Carol Moseley Braun to Speak at American University Washington College of Law, Nov. 19 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-11-17:/media/press/338 2003-11-17T05:00:00-00:00 2003-11-17T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans' Claims to Hear Post-Traumatic Stress Benefits Appeal at AU Law School, Nov. 17 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-11-11:/media/press/337 2003-11-11T05:00:00-00:00 2003-11-11T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu AU Law Dean, Renowned Human Rights Activist To Be Given Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hispanic Bar Association of D.C., Nov. 12 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-11-10:/media/press/336 2003-11-10T05:00:00-00:00 2003-11-10T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Albanian Ambassador Fatos Tarifa to Highlight Discussion on Albanian Development, Status of Kosovo at American University Washington College of Law, Oct. 30 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-10-28:/media/press/335 2003-10-28T05:00:00-00:00 2003-10-28T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Hauwa Ibrahim, AU Law Fellow, Defense Counsel for Nigeria's Amina Lawal to Address AU Washington College of Law Community, Guests, Oct. 30 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-10-28:/media/press/334 2003-10-28T05:00:00-00:00 2003-10-28T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu AU Law Program on Gender, Work & Family Changes Name to Program on Work Life Law, Hires Cornell Sociologist tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-10-24:/media/press/333 2003-10-24T04:00:00-00:00 2003-10-24T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu AU Washington College of Law Welcomes First Students in New Dual Post-Law Degree for African, Asian Lawyers -- New Advanced Law Degree Offerings Strengthen International Appeal tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-10-22:/media/press/332 2003-10-22T04:00:00-00:00 2003-10-22T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu D.C. Sniper Suspect John Muhammad Decides to Represent Himself in Court--American University Criminal Law Expert Can Discuss Stunning Development tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-10-20:/media/press/331 2003-10-20T04:00:00-00:00 2003-10-20T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Nigeria's Amina Lawal, Death By Stoning Sentence Overturned: Defense Lawyer to Speak at National Press Club, Oct. 8 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-10-06:/media/press/330 2003-10-06T04:00:00-00:00 2003-10-06T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Legal Experts to Discuss Peer-to-Peer Music File Sharing, the Future of Copyright At American University Washington College of Law, Oct. 3 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-10-02:/media/press/329 2003-10-02T04:00:00-00:00 2003-10-02T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu American University Legal Expert, Former DOJ Lawyer Can Discuss Potential Independent Counsel Investigation of White House Leaks tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-10-01:/media/press/328 2003-10-01T04:00:00-00:00 2003-10-01T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Dewey Decimal System Trademark Holder Sues Hotel for Using System as Decorating Theme; AU Trademark Law Expert Can Discuss tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-09-25:/media/press/327 2003-09-25T04:00:00-00:00 2003-09-25T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu American University to Host 4th Annual Human Rights Film Series tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-09-23:/media/press/326 2003-09-23T04:00:00-00:00 2003-09-23T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Looking Ahead at the New Supreme Court Term AU Program on Law & Government Hosts Preview of Most Interesting Cases of the New Supreme Court Term, Oct. 2 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-09-22:/media/press/325 2003-09-22T04:00:00-00:00 2003-09-22T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Australian Justice to Compare U.S., Australian Justice System at AU Law, Sept. 24 -- Major Topics: Judicial Activism, Term Limits for Judges, Detainees in War Time tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-09-22:/media/press/324 2003-09-22T04:00:00-00:00 2003-09-22T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Looking Ahead at the New Supreme Court Term AU Program on Law & Government Hosts Preview of Most Interesting Cases of the New Supreme Court Term, Sept. 18 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-09-16:/media/press/323 2003-09-16T04:00:00-00:00 2003-09-16T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Israeli Supreme Court Justice to Discuss Protecting Human Rights In the New Age of Terror at American University Washington Collge of Law, Sept. 17 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-09-15:/media/press/322 2003-09-15T04:00:00-00:00 2003-09-15T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu 550 American University Students, 100 Washington College of Law Students To Donate More Than 10,000 Hours of Community Service, Aug. 18-21 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-08-14:/media/press/321 2003-08-14T04:00:00-00:00 2003-08-14T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu AU Trademark Law Expert can Give Fair and Balanced Analysis of Fox News Channel vs. Al Franken Trademark Dispute tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-08-13:/media/press/320 2003-08-13T04:00:00-00:00 2003-08-13T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu American University Legal Experts can Discuss the Supreme Court's 6-3 Ruling in Texas Sodomy Case tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-06-26:/media/press/319 2003-06-26T04:00:00-00:00 2003-06-26T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Supreme Court Rules 5-4 to Uphold U Michigan Law School Admissions Policies; Strikes Down Undergrad Affirmative Action Policies -- AU Legal Experts Can Discuss the Impact of the Case tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-06-23:/media/press/318 2003-06-23T04:00:00-00:00 2003-06-23T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Martha, Martha, Martha! -- Former Assistant U.S. Attorney, AU Legal Expert Can Discuss Martha Stewart Indictment tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-06-05:/media/press/317 2003-06-05T04:00:00-00:00 2003-06-05T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Judge Gerald Bruce Lee Remarks to AU Washington College of Law 2003 Graduates, May 18, 2003 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-05-20:/media/press/316 2003-05-20T04:00:00-00:00 2003-05-20T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Students from Throughout Latin America to Participate in Only Tri-Lingual Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition at AU Law, May 18-23 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-05-15:/media/press/315 2003-05-15T04:00:00-00:00 2003-05-15T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee to Address AU Washington College of Law Commencement, May 18 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-05-14:/media/press/314 2003-05-14T04:00:00-00:00 2003-05-14T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu American University Law Professor, New Report Outline Options for Structure of Future Iraqi Constitution tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-05-14:/media/press/313 2003-05-14T04:00:00-00:00 2003-05-14T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu AU Law to Host Discussion With D.C. Bar Presidential Candidates, April 28 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-04-23:/media/press/312 2003-04-23T04:00:00-00:00 2003-04-23T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Judge Richard Posner, Professor Jamin Raskin To Debate "Democracy as a Constitutional Value," April 21 Is There Too Much or Too Little Democracy in America? tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-04-17:/media/press/311 2003-04-17T04:00:00-00:00 2003-04-17T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Rep. Chaka Fattah to Discuss "Student Bill of Rights," D.C. High School Students Share Their Perspectives on Equal Education, April 16 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-04-14:/media/press/310 2003-04-14T04:00:00-00:00 2003-04-14T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Intellectual Property in the Midst of Trade Agreements To Be Discussed at AU Law, April 14 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-04-11:/media/press/309 2003-04-11T04:00:00-00:00 2003-04-11T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Mary Beth Tinker to Address High Schoolers on "Student Free Speech and Protest in Wartime," April 10 Poetry Slam, Essay, Art Contests as part of 3rd Annual Marshall-Brennan "We the Students" Awards tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-04-09:/media/press/308 2003-04-09T04:00:00-00:00 2003-04-09T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu AU Law to Host Academics to Discuss Critical Race Theory?Have 60s Civil Rights Policies Kept Pace? April 10-12 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-04-09:/media/press/307 2003-04-09T04:00:00-00:00 2003-04-09T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Plaintiffs, Defendants Ask: Who Is Responsible if Development Projects Hurt Those They Should Help? IMF, Multilateral Development Bank Officials to Discuss Inspection Mechanisms, April 11 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-04-08:/media/press/306 2003-04-08T04:00:00-00:00 2003-04-08T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu American University to Host Discussion on Whether the U.S. Patent System is Bad for Business, April 11 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-04-08:/media/press/305 2003-04-08T04:00:00-00:00 2005-10-28T18:02:29-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Marvin Anderson, Exonerated by AU's Innocence Project, Family Members, Legislators To Discuss Marvin Anderson Story: Wrongfully Convicted, April 8 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-04-07:/media/press/304 2003-04-07T04:00:00-00:00 2003-04-07T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu What Is Permissible Interrogation in Times of War? To Be Discussed at AU Law Form, April 8 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-04-07:/media/press/303 2003-04-07T04:00:00-00:00 2003-04-07T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Judges Needed for Only Tri-Lingual Human Rights Moot Court Competition To Be Held at AU Law, May 18-23 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-04-07:/media/press/302 2003-04-07T04:00:00-00:00 2003-04-07T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu AU Law Work-Family Expert Can Comment on What Happens When Both Parents Go to War, Affects of War on Families and Caregivers tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-04-07:/media/press/301 2003-04-07T04:00:00-00:00 2003-04-07T04:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu AU Law to Discuss Legal Standing for the Call to War, April 3 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-04-02:/media/press/300 2003-04-02T05:00:00-00:00 2003-04-02T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu DOJ Education Attorney to Discuss Academic, Athletic Opportunities As Title IX Turns 30, April 2 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-04-01:/media/press/299 2003-04-01T05:00:00-00:00 2003-04-01T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu AU Law to Collect Cell Phones for Battered Women, Discusses Creative Solutions for Ending Domestic Violence, March 31 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-03-28:/media/press/298 2003-03-28T05:00:00-00:00 2003-03-28T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu AU Law to Host Debate on Affirmative Action, March 31; March on Supreme Court, April 1 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-03-28:/media/press/297 2003-03-28T05:00:00-00:00 2003-03-28T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu "Hispanics as the Majority-Minority" To Be Discussed at 6th Hispanic Law Conference & Career Forum at AU Law, March 29 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-03-27:/media/press/296 2003-03-27T05:00:00-00:00 2003-03-27T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu USAID Official to Deliver Keynote Address at AU Law Conference on Taking Advantage of International Trade Without Taking Advantage of Those Who Made the Goods, March 28 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-03-27:/media/press/295 2003-03-27T05:00:00-00:00 2003-03-27T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to Deliver Fifth Annual Grotius Lecture, April 2 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-03-26:/media/press/294 2003-03-26T05:00:00-00:00 2003-03-26T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu AU Law to Host Discussion on Reproductive Rights in the Americas, March 27 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-03-25:/media/press/293 2003-03-25T05:00:00-00:00 2003-03-25T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu AU Law to Host Discussion on Commuting the Death Sentences in Maryland; Executing Juveniles, Mentally Retarded, March 27 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-03-25:/media/press/292 2003-03-25T05:00:00-00:00 2003-03-25T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu AU Law To Examine Impact of Gay, Lesbian Members of the Judiciary, March 24 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-03-25:/media/press/291 2003-03-25T05:00:00-00:00 2003-03-25T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu American University Laws of War Expert Can Discuss Prospects for War; Amnesty for Saddam; U.S.'s Failed Diplomacy tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-03-17:/media/press/290 2003-03-17T05:00:00-00:00 2003-03-17T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu International Voting Rights Experts, Academics to Discuss International Perspectives on the Right to Vote at AU Law Founders Celebration Centerpiece Event at the Library of Congress, March 20 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-03-17:/media/press/289 2003-03-17T05:00:00-00:00 2003-03-17T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu AU Law to Host Reargument of Brown vs. Board of Education -- Prominent Lawyers to Argue Before Six-Judge Panel, March 20 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-03-17:/media/press/288 2003-03-17T05:00:00-00:00 2003-03-17T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Local High Schoolers to Argue Case of Equal Protection for Gay Students At AU Law High School Moot Court Competition, March 15-16 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-03-12:/media/press/287 2003-03-12T05:00:00-00:00 2003-03-12T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu AU Constitutional Law Expert Jamin B. Raskin Authors New Book Overruling Democracy: The Supreme Court Versus the American People tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-03-12:/media/press/286 2003-03-12T05:00:00-00:00 2003-03-12T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu U.S. Supreme Court Finds in Favor of "The Little Guy" -- AU Law Students in IP Law Clinic Wrote One of Only Two Friend-of-the-Court Briefs Filed on Behalf of Owner of "Victor's Little Secret" tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-03-05:/media/press/285 2003-03-05T05:00:00-00:00 2003-03-05T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Human Rights Lawyers Attending OAS Special Session Can Take Advantage of Indigenous Rights Training Institute at AU Law, March 3 and 4 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-02-27:/media/press/284 2003-02-27T05:00:00-00:00 2003-02-27T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu American University Washington College of Law Center for Human Rights Welcomes Nilmario Miranda, Minister for Human Rights of Brazil, Feb. 26 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-02-25:/media/press/283 2003-02-25T05:00:00-00:00 2003-02-25T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Meeting with Senator John McCain to be Auctioned Off at 10th Annual Equal Justice Foundation Auction to be Held at AU Law, Feb. 27 -- Proceeds to Help Pay Stipends for Law Students' Summer Public-Interest Jobs tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-02-25:/media/press/282 2003-02-25T05:00:00-00:00 2003-02-25T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Legal Experts from Firms, Public Interest Law to Debate Campaign Finance Reform and the Democratic Political Process at AU Law, Feb. 20 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-02-19:/media/press/281 2003-02-19T05:00:00-00:00 2003-02-19T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Former White House, Pentagon Officials; Washington Post Executive Editor; NBC Capitol Hill Correspondent to Discuss Media Access vs. Government Secrecy at AU Law Panel, Feb. 14 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-02-10:/media/press/280 2003-02-10T05:00:00-00:00 2003-02-10T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu If the Supreme Court will "Crown a President" What Else Might They Do? Asks American University Legal Scholar in New Book, The Rehnquist Court: Judicial Activism on the Right tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-01-31:/media/press/279 2003-01-31T05:00:00-00:00 2003-01-31T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Does "Big Brother" Have To Be Watching for Corporations to Behave? -- SEC, NASD, Financial Accounting Standards Board Officials to Discuss Securities Regulation and Corporate Responsibility at AU Law, Jan. 31 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-01-29:/media/press/278 2003-01-29T05:00:00-00:00 2003-01-29T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu "We're Goin' to Disneyland!" Justices Say -- American University Legal Experts can Comment on Court's Decision to Retain Longer Copyright Protections in Favor of Disney tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-01-15:/media/press/277 2003-01-15T05:00:00-00:00 2003-01-15T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu Moms Need Not Apply? -- Lawmakers, Academics, Litigators, Plaintiffs to Discuss The New Glass Ceiling: Litigating Bias Against Parents at Work, Jan. 24 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-01-14:/media/press/276 2003-01-14T05:00:00-00:00 2003-01-14T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu AU Law Students Break from the Books to Assist D.C. Hungry, Homeless as Part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Weekend of Service, Jan. 17-20 tag:www.wcl.american.edu,2003-01-14:/media/press/275 2003-01-14T05:00:00-00:00 2003-01-14T05:00:00-00:00 Franki Fitterer ffitterer@wcl.american.edu