May 30 Thu
2019

The Shrinking of Democratic Spaces: Corruption, Criminalization of Protest and Repression// La Contracción de los Espacios Democráticos: Corrupción, Criminalización de la Protesta y Represión

12:30PM - 02:00PM Tenley Campus - Warren NT01 Ceremonial Classroom

Edison Lanza, Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, Inter-American Commission of Human Rights, Organization of American States (OAS), Washington, D.C.

Katya Salazar, Executive Director, Due Process of Law Foundation

Sandy Coliver, Senior Team Manager for Freedom of Information and Expression, Open Society Justice Initiative, Open Society Foundations

Moderator: Michael Camilleri, Senior Associate, Americas Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

  • Conference
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
  • CLE
May 31 Fri
2019

Top Health Care Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities

12:00PM - 01:30PM Tenley Campus - Yuma Y112 Faculty Lounge

Part I:  Top Health Care Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities

The Health Law and Policy Summer Institute is hosting an exciting Lunch & Learn Series for students and practitioners. This unique educational and networking opportunity is open to students from across the nation who are in the D.C. area for internships, coursework, law firm summer associate positions, and the like. Both Lunch & Learns will take place in Yuma 112 (Faculty Lounge).

An expert panel will share insights on the transformations occurring in the health care industry: Technology Innovation and Health Care Law (Alaap Shah, Epstein Becker and Green); Hot topics in Fraud and Abuse (Sabrina Morello, OCIG-DHHS); and Innovative Delivery and Payment Models (Cybil Roehrenbeck, Polsinelli).

  • Lecture
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
  • CLE
Jun 04 Tue
2019

Justice and the Colombian Peace Process

12:30PM - 02:00PM Tenley Campus - Warren NT01 Ceremonial Classroom

Patricia Linares, President, Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP)

Alejandro Valencia Villa, Commissioner, Commission for the Clarification of the Truth, Coexistence and Non-Repetition of Colombia, Colombia

Rodrigo Uprimny, Member, Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, United Nations

Miguel Ceballos, High Commissioner for Peace, Colombia

Catalina Botero, Former Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Organization of American States (OAS), and Dean of Law, University of Los Andes, Colombia 

Moderator: Robert Goldman, Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C.

  • Conference
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
  • CLE
Jun 05 Wed
2019

Congressional Accountability in an Era of Contempt

11:45AM - 01:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma Y402 Classroom

Speaker: Paul Solis; Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Congressional Ethics, U.S. House of Representatives

Introductory Remarks: Nancy Boswell;  Adjunct Professor of Law; Director, Anti-Corruption Law Program

Lunch will be served!

Please Register online at:
www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration.

  • Lecture
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
  • CLE
Jun 06 Thu
2019

The Human Rights Council: Current Challenges

12:30PM - 02:00PM Tenley Campus - Warren NT01 Ceremonial Classroom

Daniela Kravetz, Special Rapporteur on the State of Affairs of Human Rights in Eritrea, United Nations


Santiago Cantón, Secretary of Human Rights, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Joshua Cooper, Co-Chair, Universal Periodic Review Task Force for the US Human Rights Network

Rochus Pronk, Counsellor and Head of the Human Rights Team, Permanent Representation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the UN

Moderator: Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen, Judge, Constitutional Court of Andorra, and Professor at the Université Paris I Pantheón Sorbonne, France

  • Conference
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
  • CLE