WCL Press Releases - 2012 http://www.wcl.american.edu/media/press.cfm American University Washington College of Law Press Releases for 2012 en-us 60 Copyright 2013 Washington College of Law http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:51:08 GMT First-ever Joint Legal Aid Complaint Submitted to UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/legalaidcomplaint_2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/legalaidcomplaint_2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:00:00 GMT New Report for Legal Advocates Explains how to Safely and Effectively Transfer Funds to Clients in Mexico http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/moneytransfersreport_2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/moneytransfersreport_2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:00:00 GMT Trial Advocacy Students to Participate in Final Trials at Montgomery County Judicial Center http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/advocacyfinaltrials2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/advocacyfinaltrials2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT AUWCL Hosts Event for International Association of Judges Annual Meeting http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/20121105_iaj.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/20121105_iaj.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Thu, 08 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT New Brazil-U.S. Legal and Judicial Studies Program Launched at American University Washington College of Law http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/brazilprogram.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/brazilprogram.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Wed, 24 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT Symposium Explores the Legal Implications of the U.S. Response to Cybersecurity Threats http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/aulrsymposium.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/aulrsymposium.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Wed, 17 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT Prestigious International Law Schools and Centers Come Together to Discuss the Future of the Inter-American Human Rights System http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/interamericansystem.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/interamericansystem.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT Panelists Debate Intellectual Property, Trade and Development at American University Washington College of Law Event, Oct. 16 http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/ipanddevelopment.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/ipanddevelopment.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Tue, 09 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT Experts will Analyze Reargument of Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum in Day-After Panel http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/kiobel.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/kiobel.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:00:00 GMT Line-up of High-Profile Government Transparency Experts to Present at Sixth Annual International Right-to-Know Day http://www.wcl.american.edu/trial/RighttoKnow2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/trial/RighttoKnow2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Fri, 21 Sep 2012 04:00:00 GMT Nearly 300 Students from 40 Law Schools will Participate in Fifth International Commercial Arbitration Competition http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/ArbitrationCompetition2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/ArbitrationCompetition2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Thu, 20 Sep 2012 04:00:00 GMT Law Students to Empower D.C. High School Students to Become Human Rights Advocates http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/STTPfellows.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/STTPfellows.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Mon, 10 Sep 2012 04:00:00 GMT Harold Koh, Legal Adviser to the Department of State and Renowned Expert on International Law, to Deliver Important Keynote Address at AUWCL http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/HaroldKoh2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/HaroldKoh2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Wed, 05 Sep 2012 04:00:00 GMT Women and the Law Program to Collaborate on Law Students for Reproductive Justice Fellowship Program http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/rjfp.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/rjfp.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Fri, 24 Aug 2012 04:00:00 GMT American University Washington College of Law Welcomes New Faculty for the 2012-13 Academic Year http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/newfaculty2012_000.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/newfaculty2012_000.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Mon, 20 Aug 2012 04:00:00 GMT Dean Claudio Grossman Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Hispanic National Bar Foundation http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/hbnfaward.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/hbnfaward.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Wed, 25 Jul 2012 04:00:00 GMT Ford Foundation Awards Grant to American University Washington College of Law to Work in Sexuality and Gender Initiatives in Latin American Law Schools http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/FordFoundationGrant2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/FordFoundationGrant2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Tue, 10 Jul 2012 04:00:00 GMT Innovative Program on Judicial Reform in Latin America and the U.S. Launches July 8-21 http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/JudicialReformSummer2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/JudicialReformSummer2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Tue, 03 Jul 2012 04:00:00 GMT Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law Reacts to Today's U.S. Supreme Court Decision http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/CenterReactstoSupremeCourtDecision.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/CenterReactstoSupremeCourtDecision.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Mon, 25 Jun 2012 04:00:00 GMT Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Completes Successful Summer Program, Collaborates with ASIL to Host CLE Series http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/AcademyonHRSummer2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/AcademyonHRSummer2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Tue, 19 Jun 2012 04:00:00 GMT Project on Addressing Prison Rape Responds to DOJ's Release of National Prison Rape Elimination Act Standards http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/PREAstandards.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/PREAstandards.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Thu, 17 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT American University Washington College of Law Welcomes Record Number of Teams at 17th Annual Inter-American Moot Court Competition http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/IACmootcourt2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/IACmootcourt2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Thu, 17 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT American University Washington College of Law Announces Valerie Jarrett as 2012 Commencement Speaker http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/MediaAlertcommencement2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/MediaAlertcommencement2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Fri, 11 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT American University Washington College of Law and Legal Momentum Collaborate to form New National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project (NIWAP) http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/NIWAP.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/NIWAP.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT Trial Advocacy Students to Participate in Final Trials at Montgomery County Judicial Center http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/finaltrials2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/finaltrials2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT Seven American University Washington College of Law Students Awarded Prestigious Peggy Browning Fellowships http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/PeggyBrowningFund.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/PeggyBrowningFund.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT Speakers Debate the National Popular Vote at Upcoming Program on Law and Government Event http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/nationalpopularvote.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/nationalpopularvote.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT Professors Organize Open Letter to the Colombian Legislature Regarding Lack of Balance In Copyright Law Reforms http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/LettertoColombianLegislature.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/LettertoColombianLegislature.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT Influential Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law Celebrates 20 Years of Publication http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/genderjournalsymposium.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/genderjournalsymposium.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT Annual Sylvania Woods Conference Addresses Matters of the Law and African-American Life and Culture http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/woodsconference2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/woodsconference2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Thu, 05 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT Prominent Civil Rights Activists to Join Students, Faculty, and Community at Teach-In and Town Hall about Trayvon Martin Tragedy http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/trayvonmartin.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/trayvonmartin.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT Experts to Examine Cyberwarfare and Armed Conflict through the Lens of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/ihlconf2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/ihlconf2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Mon, 26 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT Diversity Conference to Address Challenges Faced by Women of Color in the Legal Profession http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/womenofcolor2012conf.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/womenofcolor2012conf.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT Seventy High School Students From Across the Nation to Participate in National High School Moot Court Competition http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/MarshallBrennan2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/MarshallBrennan2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT American University Washington College of Law Experts Available to Comment on the Health Care Law Arguments before the United States Supreme Court http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/healthlawexperts2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/healthlawexperts2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Thu, 22 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT Hemispheric Conference Focused on Freedom of Expression and the Inter-American System Gathers Diplomats, Academics, and Legal Practitioners http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/IASandFreedomofExpression.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/IASandFreedomofExpression.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Wed, 21 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT White-Collar Mastermind Sam Antar to Discuss Role in Securities Fraud at American University Washington College of Law Event http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/whitecollarcrime2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/whitecollarcrime2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT Media and Open Government Groups Celebrate Sunshine Week with Freedom of Information Program http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/foicelebration.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/foicelebration.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:00:00 GMT Inaugural Conference on Global Health, Gender and Human Rights, March 21-22 http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/genderhealthandhr.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/genderhealthandhr.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:00:00 GMT 15th Annual Hispanic Law Conference will Focus on the 2012 Elections and the State of U.S. Electoral Politics http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/hlc2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/hlc2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT "Dead Man Walking" Author Sister Helen Prejean to Mark "Students Against the Death Penalty Day" http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/deadmanwalking2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/deadmanwalking2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT Event to Addresses Unresolved Questions about LGBT Equality in the Armed Forces Post-DADT Repeal http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/dadtevent2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/dadtevent2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT Conference to Enhance the Use of Forensic Evidence to Expose Torture http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/forensicevidencetorture2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/forensicevidencetorture2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT New Local Human Rights Lawyering Project Announces Founding Partners http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/localhumanrightslawyeringproject.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/localhumanrightslawyeringproject.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT Symposium Explores the Legal Impact of the Arab Spring throughout the Middle East and Northern Africa http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/ilrsymposium2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/ilrsymposium2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT Panelists to Debate Merits of U.S. Supreme Court Case on FCC Regulation of "Indecent" Broadcasts http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/foxvsfcc.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/foxvsfcc.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT Diplomats and Experts to Address Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Conflict and Post-Conflict Settings http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/addressingsgbv.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/addressingsgbv.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT American University Washington College of Law to Host Chiedu Osakwe, Director of the WTO Accessions Division http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/cheiduosakwe.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/cheiduosakwe.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT Collaboration on Government Secrecy Hosts "Transparency in the Obama Administration: A Third-Year Assessment" http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/transparency2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/transparency2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT Inter-American Court for Human Rights Declares Haiti Violated Rights of Lysias Fleury http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/Fleury.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/Fleury.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT 13th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Commemoration Held at American University Washington College of Law http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/mlk2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/mlk2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT American University Washington College of Law Announces New Faculty Appointments, Spring 2012 http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/newfaculty2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/newfaculty2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT American University Washington College of Law's Founders? Celebration 2012 Kicks off Jan. 12 http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/founders2012.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/founders2012.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT American University Washington College of Law Experts Available to Comment on the 2012 Campaign & Election http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/2012ElectionExperts.cfm http://www.wcl.american.edu/news/2012ElectionExperts.cfm ffitterer@wcl.american.edu (Franki Fitterer) Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT