Jamie R. Abrams teaches courses in Torts, Family Law, and Legal Research & Writing. Her scholarly research focuses on reproductive and birthing decision-making, gendered violence, and legal educat…
Padideh Ala’i is a Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law (WCL). She specializes in international economic law, law of the World Trade Organization (WTO), and comparative…
Tamar Alexanian (she/her) is a Practitioner-in-Residence with the Elliott Milstein Civil Advocacy Clinic at the American University Washington College of Law. In the Civil Advocacy Clinic (CAC), Profe…
Professor Hilary J. Allen is a Professor of Law at the American University Washington College of Law. She teaches courses in Banking Law, Securities Regulation, and Business Associations.Professor All…
Professor Anderson teaches and writes in the areas of business and international business law; public international law and governance; law of war and armed conflict; and, most recently, law and regul…
Priya Baskaran is an Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Entrepreneurship Law Clinic (ELC). As Director of the Clinic, Professor Baskaran provides pro-bono transactional legal support to…
Elizabeth Earle Beske is the Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Scholarship and a tenured Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law. She served as Editor-in-Chief of the Col…
Professor Chaz D. Brooks is an Assistant Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Entrepreneurship Law Clinic (ELC). As Co-Director of the Clinic, Professor Brooks provides pro-bono transactional le…
Andrew (Andy) Budzinski is an Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Elliott Milstein Civil Advocacy Clinic at the American University Washington College of Law. Professor Budzinski's teach…
Professor Erin Canino brings a rare blend of transactional law experience and international human rights advocacy to the Entrepreneurship Law Clinic. A graduate of UC Davis School of Law (Order of the…
Professor Susan D. Carle teaches and writes about civil rights legal history, employment discrimination, labor and employment law, legal ethics, and the history and sociology of the legal professio…
Michael W. Carroll is Professor of Law and Faculty Co-Director of the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (2009 – present). He teaches and writes about intellectual property la…
Janie Chuang is a Professor of Law who teaches and writes in the areas of international law, human trafficking and labor migration. Professor Chuang’s articles have appeared in the American Journal…
Khelani Clay is an assistant law librarian and professor at American University Washington College of Law in charge of access services and circulation operations. Professor Clay teaches Advanced Le…
Dree K. Collopy is a member of the adjunct faculty at the American University Washington College of Law and is Of Counsel at Grossman Young & Hammond, a nationally renowned immigration law firm. Fo…
Olwyn Conway is an Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Criminal Justice Clinic. Prior to joining WCL, Professor Conway spent several years teaching the criminal clinics at The Ohio State…
Charles Duan is an assistant professor at American University Washington College of Law. His research focuses on how intellectual property and technology law interact with public policy and the pub…
Professor N. Jeremi Duru teaches several sports law courses as well as civil procedure, and he is among the nation’s foremost sports law authorities. He is a co-author of one of the field’s premier…
Walter Effross joined the faculty of the American University Washington College of Law after practicing commercial and computer law at two of the largest law firms in New Jersey. He teaches courses…
Lia Epperson is a Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law and a nationally recognized expert in the areas of constitutional law, civil rights, and education policy. Publis…
Matthew S. Erie (J.D., Ph.D.) is an Associate Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law and Associate Member of the Oxford Law Faculty. Before AUWCL, he taught at Oxford for…
Christine Haight Farley is a Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law and an expert on intellectual property. She teaches Intellectual Property, Trademark Law, Contr…
Professor Flynn teaches courses on the intersection of intellectual property, trade law, and human rights and is Director of the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP). At…
Professor Franck is an expert in the fields of international economic law, dispute settlement, and the empirical analysis of international law. Professor Franck's legal experience includes serving …
Professor Garcia joined the full-time faculty of the WCL Legal Rhetoric Program in 2020 after four years of teaching in the Program, first as a Graduate Teaching Fellow during the 2013-14 academic …
Tianna Gibbs is Professor of Law and Director of the Gender Justice Clinic (GJC) at American University Washington College of Law (WCL). Her areas of expertise and scholarly interests include family l…
Robert Kogod Goldman is Professor of Law and Louis C. James Scholar at American University Washington College of Law. He is also Faculty Director of the War Crimes Research Office, Co-Chair of the …
Claudio Grossman is Professor of Law, Dean Emeritus, and the Raymond Geraldson Scholar for International and Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law (WCL). He is a renowned a…
Lewis Grossman is the Ann Loeb Bronfman Professor of Law at the Washington College of Law, where he has taught since 1997 and where he served as Associate Dean for Scholarship from 2008 to 2011 and…
Drake Hagner is a Practitioner-in-Residence in the Gender Justice Clinic at American University Washington College of Law, where she co-teaches the clinic seminar and supervises students handling civi…
Professor Rebecca Hamilton is a Professor of Law at American University, Washington College of Law, teaching international law, national security law, and criminal law. She was a 2024 U.S. Fulbright S…
Jessica Harris is the Practitioner-in-Residence of the Janet R. Spragens Federal Tax Clinic. Prior to joining American University, Professor Harris was the Director of the Low Income Taxpayer Clini…
John Quentin Heywood is the foreign and international law librarian and information architect at the Washington College of Law. John is also an adjunct professor of international law at WCL, and ha…
Heather Hughes teaches commercial, business, and property law. Her current research concerns the impact of emerging technologies on law and the legal profession. Before joining the Washington Colle…
David Hunter is Professor of international and comparative environmental law at American University's Washington College of Law. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Accountability Counse…
Professor Cynthia E. Jones teaches Evidence, Criminal Law, and Criminal Procedure at the American University Washington College of Law. She also serves as the Director of the law school’s Stephen S…
Jeffrey Kahn is a professor of law and the Director of the Law & Government Program. His work focuses on constitutional law, national security law, Russian law, and human rights. He has been a visitin…
Professor Kamins is the Director of the Decarceration and Re-entry Clinic, which represents incarcerated criminal defendants in sentence review proceedings and parole matters throughout Maryland. Prof…
Professor Keith joined the WCL Legal Rhetoric faculty in 2008. Prior to joining WCL, she taught both first-year and upper-level courses in the Legal Research, Writing, and Analysis program at the Geor…
Daniela Kraiem is the Assistant Dean for Career and Professional Development and a Practitioner-in-Residence at American University Washington College of Law. In the Office of Career and Profession…
Benjamin Leff teaches courses on U.S. federal tax law and the law of charitable and non-profit organizations. His scholarship focuses on the regulation of nonprofits. Prior to joining the faculty, Pro…
Sylvia Lu is an Assistant Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law. Her teaching and research focus on Torts, Data Privacy Law, Artificial Intelligence Law, and Comparative La…
Jeffrey Lubbers is a Professor of Practice in Administrative Law and is also active as a Fellow in WCL’s Law and Government Program. He has also been a visiting professor at the University of Miami…
Maya Manian is a Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Health Law and Policy Program at American University Washington College of Law. She was previously a Professor of Law at the University…
Professor Claudia Martin is Professorial Lecturer in Residence and Co-Director of the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. In addition, she is the Co-Director of the LL.M. Program in Inter…
James May is professor of law, specializing in antitrust, U.S. Legal History and Contracts Law. Early in his career, Mays was an attorney with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice …
Binny Miller is co-director of the Criminal Justice Clinic and professor of law. She holds expertise in voting rights; elections; clinical legal education; and criminal justice. In her career, Miller …
Dr. Grigera Naón is a Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence and is the Director of the Center on International Commercial Arbitration at the Washington College of L…
Fernanda G. Nicola is Professor of Law at the Washington College of Law, American University and she is the Director of the Program on International Organizations Law and Development. Her research …
Marcos A. Orellana (LL.M., S.J.D.) is adjunct professor at the American University Washington College of Law, where he teaches on the law on human rights and the environment. Dr. O…
Professor Phillips teaches communications and intellectual property law and serves as the Director of the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic. She helped found the clinic and the law…
Andrew F. Popper teaches torts, administrative law, government litigation, and advanced administrative law. In 2016 he was elected law faculty member of the year. He is the recipient of American B…
Professor Angi Porter joined the American University Washington College of Law in 2022. She was previously a Research Fellow at Georgetown University Law Center and Adjunct Professor of Law at Mitc…
Adeen Postar joined the Washington College of Law as Library Director and Professor of Practice at the Pence Law Library in August 2019 after serving as the Law Library Director at the University o…
Prior to joining the Legal Rhetoric full-time faculty at WCL, Professor Anjali Prakash taught legal writing and research at Howard University School of Law as a full-time faculty member and also at Ge…
Jayesh Rathod is Professor of Law and Director of the Immigrant Justice Clinic at American University Washington College of Law. His areas of expertise and scholarly interests include immigration l…
Professor Gustavo Ribeiro teaches and writes in the areas of Evidence, Civil Procedure, and Jurisprudence. His scholarship examines the normative and empirical foundations of proof and legal reasoning…
Professor Heather Ridenour joined the full-time faculty at American University, Washington College of Law in 2008, where she directs the Legal Analysis Program and teaches Legal Rhetoric, Advanced …
Ira Robbins, Professor at AU's Washington College of Law, is an expert on criminal law and procedure, the death penalty, habeas corpus, prisoners' rights, privatization of prisons and jails, conspi…
Shannon Roddy joined the library faculty as the Student Services Librarian in 2015. Prior to entering academia, Prof. Roddy practiced family law in Washington, DC and Maryland and clerked in the Su…
Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón (J.D., LL.M., S.J.D.) is Professorial Lecturer in Residence and Co-Director of the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of L…
Charles Ross is the Practitioner-in-Residence in the Community Economic and Equity Development Clinic, a clinic representing businesses, workers' cooperatives, housing cooperatives, and nonprofit o…
Ezra Rosser joined the American University Washington College of Law faculty in 2006. He has taught Property, Federal Indian Law, Poverty Law, Land Use, Housing Law, Advanced Legal Analysis, and Wi…
Elizabeth Rylander teaches Legal Research and Writing and Regulation of Energy. She has also taught the Supervised Externship Seminar.Previously, Professor Rylander practiced for more than 20 years in…
Susana SáCouto directs the War Crimes Research Office of the Washington College of Law, which promotes the development and enforcement of international criminal law and international humanitarian l…
Faraz Sanei is an Associate Professor at American University Washington College of Law, where he teaches Constitutional Law, Law & Religion, and Federal Courts. Professor Sanei’s scholarship explor…
Anita Sinha is Professor of Law and Director of the International Human Rights Law Clinic (IHRLC) at American University Washington College of Law (WCL). Professor Sinha’s area of expertise and sch…
Snape has litigated a number of environmental and related cases in federal court, and argued Center for Biological Diversity v. Interior at the DC Circuit, which rejected the federal gover…
David V. Snyder is professor of law at the American University Washington College of Law and is the director of the Business Law Program. He was also a visiting professor of law at the University o…
Christine Speidel is an associate professor of law and director of AUWCL’s Janet R. Spragens Federal Tax Clinic. Since 2018 Professor Speidel has focused her clinical practice on providing low-income …
Professor David H. Spratt received a B.A. degree in Government and Psychology from The College of William and Mary and graduated summa cum laude from The American University, Washington College of …
Brandon Weiss is a tenured Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law. A national expert on U.S. housing law and policy, his research and teaching focus on property, housing,…
Ripple Weistling joined the library faculty as the Reference & Electronic Services Librarian in May 2007. She holds an M.A. in English Literature and Language before 1525 from King’s College, Universi…
Linda Wen joined the library as Head of Collections and Bibliographic Services in August 2014. She worked previously as Head of IT at Ottenheimer Library at University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Ms. …
Stephen Wermiel is a Professor of Practice in Constitutional Law and part of the Program on Law and Government at American University Washington College of Law. He is a past member of the Board of …
Caroline Wick is a Practitioner-In-Residence and the Acting Director of the Disability Rights Law Clinic. She teaches the clinic seminar and supervises students’ representation of clients in matters i…
Thomas Wilson Williams is an Assistant Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL). Prior to joining AUWCL, Professor Williams worked at the Duke University Initiative…
Matthew Williams is a Practitioner-in-Residence in the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic. Prior to joining American University Washington College of Law’s faculty, Matthew was a partn…