Mar 09 Tue
2021

D.C. Character & Fitness

05:00PM - 06:00PM Washington College of Law

Please join OAE & Shela Shanks, Director of the Committee on Admissions & Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law at the  District of Columbia Court of Appeals in a discussion of the application and admission requirements for the D.C. bar.


  • Presentation
  • Open To Alumni AND Students
Mar 10 Wed
2021

Neuroscience and Law with Francis X. Shen

12:00PM Washington College of Law

Professor Francis X. Shen will give the inauguaral talk for our Neuroscience and Policy series at American University.  The is an important new initiative for our university-wide Center for Neuroscience and Behavior to develop a program that integrates sound science with sound policy and law.

Professor Shen teaches at the University of Minnesota Law School. He also serves as Executive Director of Education and Outreach for the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience.

Professor Shen completed his B.A. in economics and English at the University of Chicago in 2000, his J.D. at Harvard Law School in 2006, and his Ph.D. in government and social policy at Harvard University and the Kennedy School of Government in 2008. During graduate school he was a doctoral fellow in the Harvard University Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality & Social Policy, supported by the National Science Foundation. From 2007-09, he was a teaching fellow, lecturer, and assistant director of undergraduate studies in the Harvard Department of Government and received five Certificates of Distinction for Excellence in Teaching from Harvard’s Derek Bok Center.

In 2009 he joined the MacArthur Foundation Law and Neuroscience Project, at the University of California Santa Barbara, as a post-doctoral research fellow. In 2010-11 he became associate director of the Project and a visiting scholar at Vanderbilt Law School. In 2011-12 he was a visiting assistant professor at Tulane University Law School and The Murphy Institute.

Professor Shen conducts empirical and interdisciplinary research at the intersection of law and the brain sciences. He is co-authoring the first law coursebook on law and neuroscience (forthcoming, Aspen Publishers), and has explored the implications of cognitive neuroscience for criminal law, tort, and legislation in the United States. Additional research areas of focus are criminal law and crime policy, and education law and policy.

His research has been published in a variety of outlets in law, political science, psychology, and education, and he has made more than 50 professional presentations. He has co-authored two books, The Education Mayor (Georgetown, 2007) and The Casualty Gap (Oxford, 2010), and has authored or co-authored 14 articles and 9 book chapters.

  • Presentation
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
Mar 10 Wed
2021

International Suite Talk Featuring Dr. J. Jarpa Dawuni, Professor at Howard University; Fulbright Specialist Scholar; Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow

12:00PM - 01:00PM

Dr. J. Jarpa Dawuni is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Howard University, Washington D.C. She is a qualified Barrister-at-Law before the Superior Courts of Ghana. She holds a Doctorate in Political Science from Georgia State University. Her primary areas of research and advocacy include law and development, judicial politics, women and the legal professions, gender and the law, international human rights, democratization and women’s civil society organizing. Her two recent books are International Courts and the African Woman Judge: Unveiled Narratives (Routledge, 2018) co-edited with Judge Akua Kuenyehia and Gender and the Judiciary in Africa: From Obscurity to Parity? (Routledge, 2016), co-edited with Gretchen Bauer.  She is the Founder and Executive Director of the non-profit organization, Institute for African Women in Law.

She is the founding Director of the Howard University Center for Women, Gender, and Global Leadership established in 2020. In 2020 she was the recipient of the Women in Law Academia International Award from the Women in Law Initiative, Austria. She is a Fulbright Scholar, a Carnegie African Diaspora Scholar, and a Fellow at the Center for Democratic Development (CDD) Ghana. She is a Visiting Professor in the UNESCO Peace Masters Program at the University of Jaume 1 in Castellon, Spain. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Law at the Washington College of Law at American University in Washington, DC. She has been a Visiting Scholar at Queens University, Kingston, Canada, and University of Copenhagen iCourts Program in Denmark.

  • Seminar
  • Open To Students AND Faculty/Staff
Mar 11 Thu
2021

NatSec Brown Bags

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

We are excited to announce TLS’ new student-focused initiative, NatSec Brown Bags, with TLS Scholars-in-Residence Corin Stone and Alex Joel, and others from the TLS team.

Are you interested in national security but don’t know much about it? Do you want to work in the Intelligence Community but aren’t sure how to apply? Do you just want to chat about current legal developments related to national security? 

Come join TLS national security professionals for a monthly informal chat about NatSec issues that span the Intelligence Community, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Department of Defense, the US Government, privacy, and current events. We’ll answer your questions and provide thoughts on job opportunities, work-life balance, and more. No stress, just fun!

Who: Any WCL student – no need to have taken a national security class or have any background in natsec – just need to be interested!

When: Second Thursday of every month, 12-1pm. BYO lunch!

             [Nov 12, Dec 10, Jan 14, etc…]

Why: To give students an informal opportunity to chat with seasoned national security professionals about national security careers and other topics. To provide a better understanding of the US government’s national security agencies, roles, policies, and issues in an informal setting. To provide the opportunity for students to ask questions and get informal advice and mentoring, even if not taking a NatSec course.

  • Information Session
  • Open To Students
Mar 11 Thu
2021

Business Law Society Spring Panel and Networking Event

07:00PM - 09:00PM

Come join our great panel of business law practitioners to hear about what a project can look like over a month. The panel will be followed by virtual networking hour where students will be split into small breakout rooms with members of the panel or other practitioners who will rotate through every 10 minutes. It's a great opportunity to hear what your practice might look like after law school and to have a chance to speak personally with our panelists.

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