Sep 20 Thu
2018

Solutions Without Borders: Transnational Mediation and Arbitration

02:00PM - 06:00PM Washington College of Law

On Thursday, September 20, 2018 from 2:00 to 6:00 PM. ET, American University Washington College of Law Center on International Commercial Arbitration and CPR Institute will co-organize a half-day symposium on Mediation in Transnational Arbitration.  The event will discuss the following issues: Risen from the Ashes: Mediating Argentina’s Default Crisis; The current state of mediation of cross border disputes: what´s working and what´s missing?; Singapore Convention and Corresponding Model Law; and How Encourage Greater Transnational Use of Mediation, and Future of the Practice.

The conference will take place at American University Washington College of Law, 4300 Nebraska Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016 – Room NT01 (Terrace level). Please click here to see the agenda

Speakers include:

Horacio Grigera Naón, Director, Washington College of Law Center on International Commercial Arbitration; Hernando Otero, Fellow, Washington College of Law Center on International Commercial Arbitration;  Daniel Pollack, McCarter & English LLP; David H. Burt, CPR Executive Consultant, former Corporate Counsel to DuPont Co.; Jonathan Marks, MarksADR; Theresa Coetzee, Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Marriott International;  Jonathan L. Greenblatt, Shearman & Sterling LLP; Carlos Jose Valderrama, Sidley Austin LLP;  Tim Schnabel, Plausify, Lead U.S. negotiator, Singapore Convention on Mediation; Helena Tavares Erickson, CPR Senior Vice President, Dispute Resolution Services; Elliot E. Polebaum, Independent Arbitrator; Mark A. Cymrot, Baker and Hostetler LLP;  John J. Buckley, Williams & Connolly LLP;  Mark Kantor, Independent Arbitrator; John M. Townsend, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP; Noah J. Hanft, President and CEO, CPR Institute; and Noah J. Hanft, President and CEO, CPR Institute.

 

  • Conference
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
  • CLE
Sep 20 Thu
2018

"Hasta la Raíz (Down to the Root)": A Human Rights Film Screening

06:00PM - 08:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma Y403 Classroom

Join the Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), and the Americas Network on Nationality and Statelessness, for a screening of "Hasta la Raíz (Down to the Root)", a documentary about the denationalization of Dominicans of Haitian descent in the Dominican Republic.  Following the screening, the film's director and producer, Juan Carlos González, will join AUWCL's Practitioner-in-Residence in the International Human Rights Law Clinic, Anne Schaufele, to discuss issues of statelessness, human rights, race, and nationality. This event is free and open to the public. 

  • Performance
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
Sep 21 Fri
2018

RESCHEDULED!!! Clinic Language Volunteer/Dean's Fellow Training 2018

12:00PM - 01:30PM Tenley Campus - Yuma YT16 Classroom

​Language Volunteers help the Clinical Program and its Student Attorneys serve clients who have limited English proficiency by providing interpretation and translation services. You can volunteer as and when you are able - there are no required hours. This training is for all J.D. and LLM students interested in being Language Volunteers. Lunch will be provided to those who RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfoMkw8EW7SglSBli02EquajnRGuMlugQzgL6Qn-0dp11xymQ/viewform


  • Training
  • Open To Students AND Faculty/Staff
Sep 25 Tue
2018

On the Docket: Looking Ahead at the New Supreme Court Term

12:00PM - 01:20PM Washington College of Law YT01

Please join us for On the Docket: Looking Ahead at the New Supreme Court Term on Tuesday, September 25th from 12-1:20pm in Claudio Grossman Hall. This panel discussion will feature Beth Brinkmann, Covington & Burling, LLP, WCL Professor Angela Davis,Tom Goldstein (WCL '95), Goldstein and Russell, P.C., Adam Liptak, NY Times Supreme Court Correspondent and moderator WCL Professor Steve Wermiel. Lunch will be served, RSVP is required at www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration. 1.5 CLE credits will be applied for- cost is $55. For further information, contact 202-274-4075 or secle@wcl.american.edu.

Panel DiscussionFeaturing:
Beth Brinkmann - Covington & Burling, LLP
Angela Davis - WCL Professor of Law
Sarah Harrington- Goldstein and Russell, P.C.
Adam Liptak - NY Times Supreme Court Correspondent
Moderator: Steve Wermiel - WCL Professor of Law

Registration is free but required

1.5. CLE credits will be applied for – cost is $55.


For further information, contact: 202.274.4075 or secle@wcl.american.edu.

  • Lecture
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
  • CLE
Sep 26 Wed
2018

Animal Law Society Interest Meeting

12:00PM - 01:00PM Y115; Washington College of Law

  • Information Session
  • Open To Students