Program on Law & Government

On Thursday, September 6th, the Program on Law and Government partnered with the Women and the Law Program, the American Constitution Society and the Federalist Society to host a new panel, Women in Politics: Campaigning in the Year of the Woman.

On Wednesday, September 5th, the Program on Law and Government held a panel discussion on Judge Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination. Prof. Steve Wermiel led a diverse panel including Prof. Jennifer Mascott, Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University and former law clerk to Judge Kavanaugh; Brianne Gorod, Constitutional Accountability Center; WCL Prof. Daniela Kraiem; and Jamil Jaffer, Director of the National Security Institute at Antonin Scalia Law School.

On Wednesday, August 29th, the Program on Law and Government held an ice cream celebration for our 25th birthday!

On Wednesday, June 27, researchers from American University's Center for Latin American & Latino Studies and the University of Houston presented their preliminary findings from a joint initiative examining the impact of Central American migration on U.S. communities.

Faculty, staff, students, and alumni recognized the program’s quadranscentennial on Friday, April 20 with a celebration, featuring an alumni panel discussion and a keynote address by Rep. Jamie Raskin, who along with the late Tom Sargentich, founded the Program on Law and Government in 1993.

On April 10th, WCL grads Misty Chally ’00, Tammy Boyd ’03 and Dan Martini ’12 joined Prof. Laguarda to talk about working in public policy advocacy, their careers and career highlights, and how they prepared to succeed ?? beginning with their law school studies.