News & Events

Gobbeldeygook? A Response to Chief Justice Roberts on The Role of Social Science in Lawmaking

Join our panelists as they discuss the history of social science data in courts and policy, current issues in courts that would benefit from sound analytical work and data, how to find good social science research, and how to tell if it’s good. RSVPs are required for this event. To RSVP, please contact lawandgov@wcl.american.edu.

JD/MBA Reception

 Interested in adding a MBA degree from Kogod to your JD degree at WCL? Come learn more about the JD/MBA program.

We'll be in room WCL NT01 from 1pm to 2pm and lunch will be provided. Admissions, Advising, Career Counselors and current students will be there to answer questions you may have to help determine if this program is the right option for you, as well as how to fit it into your plans.

 

Register Here! 

25th Annual Public Interest Auction

 Join us for the 25th Annual Public Interest Auction. Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served at 5 pm. Live Auction will begin at 6 pm. All proceeds go towards supporting the Equal Justice Foundation (EJF), a student organization dedicated to closing the justice gap. Every dollar raised for EJF supports Washington College of Law students by providing stipends for students pursuing unpaid internships with public interest organizations this summer.

Price: $10 per ticket

Church and State: A Symposium on Religion and Individual Rights

This symposium will discuss the legal issues surrounding religion and individual rights through two panels. The first panel, God in the Classroom, will discuss legal issues surrounding religion in the context of education, specifically prayer and symbols in school, and LGBTQ students. The second panel, Heaven and Health, will discuss legal issues surrounding religion, health laws, and religious objections. Professor Elizabeth Sepper from Washington University Law School in St. Louis, a noted scholar on religious liberty and health law, will be our keynote speaker. Our panel moderators are: Professor Richard Katskee, Legal Director at Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, and Professor Daniela Kraiem, Associate Director for the Women and the Law Program at American University Washington College of Law.

Agenda and speakers will be finalized shortly

Registration is free, but required. To register, please go to www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration.
3 CLE credits will be applied for upon request: CLE registration is $165

For further information, contact: Office of Special Events & Continuing Legal Education, 202.274.4075 or secle@wcl.american.edu

Balancing Privacy & Autonomy in the Digital Age

The symposium, presented by the Information Security & Privacy Law Association, will focus on getting students engaged in data privacy and security and connecting practitioners in the field with students. The panels will address such issues as EU General Data Privacy Regulation, Predictive Policing, and US Biometric Air Exit Pilot Program

MODERATOR

Kirk Nahra, Wiley Rein LLP, Privacy & Cybersecurity Chair

PANELISTS

Jennifer Daskal, WCL Professor

Kurt Wimmer, Covington & Burlington LLP, Data Privacy &
Cybersecurity Chair

Amol Deshpande, WireWheel, Co-Founder & Chief Scientist

PANELISTS

Andrew Ferguson, Author of The Rise of Big Data Policing:
Surveillance, Race, and the Future of Law Enforcement, UDC Professor

Kiel Brennan-Marquez, Georgetown Professor

Jay Stanley, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project,
Senior Policy Analyst

PANELISTS

Jake Laperrque, The Constitution Project, Senior Counsel

Harrison Rudolph, Georgetown Law Center on Privacy &
Technology

Registration is free but required. Register here: https://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration