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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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October 21 12:00PM-1:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma Y115 Classroom Pro Bono Training: Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless October 22 12:00PM-1:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma Y115 Classroom Pro Bono Training: The National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project (NIWAP) October 22 4:00PM-6:45PM Tenley Campus - Yuma Y112 Faculty Lounge Presentation of the Last Report of the OAS Working Group to Address the Regional Crisis Caused by Venezuela's Migrant and Refugee Flows October 23 6:00PM-8:00PM Rayburn House Office Building Room 2044 Happy Hour on the Hill October 24 12:30PM-2:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma Y402 Classroom Human Rights and Migration: Crisis in the Americas October 28 12:00PM-1:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma Y115 Classroom Pro Bono Training: Tzedeck DC October 30 10:00AM-3:30PM Tenley Campus - Warren NT01 Ceremonial Classroom Combating the Threat of Domestic Terrorism in the 21st Century October 31 12:00PM-1:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma Y116 Classroom Summer Programs in London, Brussels, and Geneva Info Session November 01 8:30AM-5:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma YT01 Grossman Hall American University Law Review Volume 69 Federal Circuit Symposium May Offer Continuing Legal Education Credit CLE November 05 8:30AM-5:00PM Tenley Campus - Warren NT01 Ceremonial Classroom XV Symposium on International Trade: Seeking Answers to a Changing Trading System November 05 4:30PM-7:30PM Tenley Campus - Capital C116 Weinstein Courtroom IP at Supreme Court Series: Allen v. Cooper November 07 12:00PM-1:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma Y116 Classroom Semester Exchange and International Dual Degree Information Session Events Calendar ... Find more events in our events calendar
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Recent Publications

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 Intellectual Property, Technology & Cyber This 'Fake News' Law Threatens Free Speech. But It Doesn't Stop There. Jeniffer Daskal May 31, 2019 International Law Sudan's New Ruler is No Democrat - and He Has Darfur to Answer for Rebecca Hamilton April 12, 2019 Immigration Law Defining "the": In Nielsen v. Preap the Court Relies on Language Arts to Justify Detention of Immigrants Cori Alonso-Yoder April 1, 2019
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