News & Events

EJF Spring General Body Meeting

Join the Equal Justice Foundation (EJF) for our Spring General Body meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 2 at noon EST. We will be discussing the summer stipend application process, the upcoming annual auction, and other fundraising iniatives for this semester. This meeting is mandatory for summer stipend applicants -- if you can't make it, send an email to ejf@wcl.american.edu beforehand.

"Congress Overwhelmed": A Book Discussion with Kevin R. Kosar, Lee Drutman, and Timothy M. LaPira Moderated by WCL Professor Bettina Poirier

Congress Overwhelmed, an important new book edited by Timothy M. LaPira, Lee Drutman, and Kevin R. Kosar, presents the provocative thesis that a decline in congressional capacity is responsible for much of our contemporary political dysfunction.

 

The book's essays explore topics such as the role of congressional pay in developing expertise and why the efficacy of the legislature has lagged behind other branches of government. Perhaps most importantly, Congress Overwhelmed highlights the many ways in which our political outcomes could be improved by fundamental structural reforms.

 

Please join Professor Bettina Poirier, Director of AU’s Program on Legislative Negotiation and former Senior Congressional Staffer, as she sits down with LaPira, Drutman, and Kosar to discuss their ideas for fixing the problems that currently ail Congress.

 

This event is a joint effort by the R Street Institute, AU’s Program on Legislative Negotiation, the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group, the AU Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies and the AU Sine Institute.

SELS General Body Meeting

Student Publishing Workshop

Are You Interested in Getting Published?

Don’t let your hard work go to waste!  Join Prof. Adeen Postar and Prof. David Snyder  on Wednesday, February 3 at 11:00 a.m. for a workshop on the best strategies for getting your note/comment or seminar paper published in an outside publication.  We’ll talk about how to find journals or other publications that may be interested in publishing your work, how to write high quality, publishable papers, and ways the library supports you through the submission process.  Questions? Contact Adeen Postar

Zoom link: https://auwcl.zoom.us/j/8710409308

Careers in Accountability for Serious Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Violations

Please join the War Crimes Research Office and International and Comparative Legal Studies Program February 3, 2021 for a discussion on careers in accountability for serious human rights and humanitarian law violations, featuring:

-Yasmine Chubin, Independent Human Rights Lawyer
-Jamil Dakwar, Director, American Civil Liberties Union Human Rights Program
-Tatiana Devia (JD '18), Staff Attorney, Corporate Accountability Lab
-Tejal Jesrani (JD '05), Research Officer, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
-Zuleika Rivera (JD '18), LGBTI Program Officer, International Institute for Race, Equality, and Human Rights

Registration is free but required. Please sign up at https://auwcl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIscuuhrz4vEtSaoFicIMCB3jBgoj7AIMwu

Questions? Please contact warcrimes@wcl.american.edu.