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The law school’s groundbreaking initiatives and comprehensive programs make an American University Washington College of Law education a complete experience. Students, faculty, and alumni enrich their legal understanding, broaden their perspectives, specialize in cutting-edge legal fields, and serve others by participating in any one of the innovative programs available at the law school.

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AUWCL: Home to the Nation's Top-Ranked Programs

Here at American University Washington College of Law, we take pride of our renowned areas of excellence, including Experiential Education, International and Comparative Law, Trial Advocacy, Intellectual Property, and Health Law initiatives and programs.

Specialty Rankings

#2

in Clinical Training
#5

in Trial Advocacy
#8

in Intellectual Property
#8

in Part-Time Law
#9

in International Law
#15

in Health Care Law

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January 30 12:00PM-1:00PM Tenley Campus - Warren N101 Classroom Rural Justice Lawyering: Practicing Law in Rural Communities January 30 5:30PM-8:30PM Washington College of Law Public Domain Day 2020 - A Celebration of Our Shared Culture and Heritage January 31 9:00AM-5:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma YT01 Grossman Hall Volume 69 Annual Symposium Democracy and the Law: 2020 January 31 12:00PM-1:30PM Tenley Campus - Warren NT01 Ceremonial Classroom Rise Against Hate February 05 9:00AM-4:00PM Tenley Campus - Warren NT01 Ceremonial Classroom Justice in Cyberspace: A Symposium February 05 12:00PM-2:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma YT01 Grossman Hall Poland's Anti-Constitutional Backslide February 07 9:00AM-4:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma YT01 Grossman Hall Sustainable Development Law and Policy Brief: Air Quality and Environmental Justice Symposium February 13 8:30AM-5:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma YT01 Grossman Hall In Children's Best Interests: Advancing a Fundamental Standard for the Treatment of Immigrant Children February 14 9:00AM-2:30PM Tenley Campus - Yuma YT01 Grossman Hall In Children's Best Interests: Advancing a Fundamental Standard for the Treatment of Immigrant Children February 20 9:00AM-3:00PM Tenley Campus - Warren NT01 Ceremonial Classroom Sports & Entertainment Law Society Symposium February 21 9:00AM-3:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma YT01 Grossman Hall Deprived of Human Rights: Conditions of Confinement of Marginalized Adults and Children February 27 12:00PM-1:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma Y115 Classroom So You Want to be a Public Defender? Events Calendar ... Find more events in our events calendar

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Recent Publications

Law & Government Senators Know They Don't Know the Whole Story Kimberly Wehle January 23, 2020 International & Comparative Law The Enemies of Sudan's Democracy Are Lurking Everywhere Rebecca Hamilton December 9, 2019 Law & Government The GOP Says Trump Was Fighting Corruption. He Hasn't Done that Anywhere. Nancy Boswell November 27, 2019 Immigration Law The Fragility of American Citizenship Amanda Frost October 9, 2019 Criminal Law Perjury by Omission Ira Robbins September 27, 2019 Immigration Law The Racism Behind Trump's New 'Public Charge' Immigration Policy, Explained Cori Alonso-Yoder August 26, 2019 Public Interest Law Holes in the Safety Net: Federalism and Poverty Ezra Rosser August 1, 2019 Washington College of Law Justice John Paul Stevens and the Slow Evolution of the Law Amanda Cohen Leiter July 18, 2019 Human Rights & Humanitarian Law Draft Charter of Pompeo's "Commission on Unalienable Rights" Hides Anti-Human Rights Agenda Rebecca Hamilton June 7, 2019 Washington College of Law Acting Differently: How Science on the Social Brain Can Inform Antidiscrimination Law Susan Carle May 31, 2019

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