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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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Upcoming Events

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February 27 8:00AM-5:45PM Tenley Campus - Warren NT01 Ceremonial Classroom Symposium on Economic Analysis of Law: 6th Annual Conference of Brazilian & American Judges February 27 12:00PM-1:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma Y115 Classroom So You Want to be a Public Defender? February 27 12:00PM-1:30PM Tenley Campus - Yuma YT16 Classroom A Child's Right to Parents: Challenges for LGBTQI Families March 02 12:00PM-6:00PM Tenley Campus - Warren NT01 Ceremonial Classroom IP Brief Symposium - IP and Video Games March 04 11:00AM-1:00PM Tenley Campus - Warren NT01 Ceremonial Classroom Impeachment: What's Next? March 04 4:00PM-6:00PM Tenley Campus - Warren NT01 Ceremonial Classroom Authoritarian Constitutionalism: Comparative Analysis & Critique March 06 12:00PM-5:00PM Tenley Campus - Warren NT01 Ceremonial Classroom AU Legislation and Policy Brief Symposium: Presidential Powers under the Constitution March 09 1:00PM-6:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma YT01 Grossman Hall Second Annual Women in Business Law Leadership Conference March 11 12:00PM-1:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma Y115 Classroom Human Rights & Environmental Law 101 March 27 9:00AM-2:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma YT17 Classroom Desmond’s Law: Expanding Protection for Companion Animals March 28 8:30AM-2:30PM Tenley Campus - Yuma YT01 Grossman Hall 24th Annual Sylvania woods Conference on African Americans and the Law April 02 10:00AM-4:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma YT01 Grossman Hall Artificial Intelligence: Bias & the Implications of Algorithms, Facial Recognition and Machine Learning Technologies Events Calendar ... Find more events in our events calendar
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Recent Publications

Legal Education Conduct Yourselves Accordingly: Amending Bar Character and Fitness Questions to Promote Lawyer Well-Being David Jaffe and Janet Stearns February 6, 2020 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
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