Apr 16 Mon
2018

ACCESS GRANTED, 2018. WCL Student-Alumni Networking Event

06:15PM - 08:30PM Washington College of Law YT01-01

 Join some of WCL's most dynamic alumni practitioners who would like to outreach to job-seeking students to help them build a network of hiring influences in the DC legal market. Mingle in a focused business setting with WCL alumni partners, decision makers and practitioners from private firms, the US government, the judiciary, and public interest sectors. (Limited Seating. CareerLink Registration REQUIRED: https://bit.ly/2HdtRjC) 


If the event is full, please email mpasco@wcl.american.edu to be placed on the Waitlist. 

  • Reception
  • Open To Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
Apr 17 Tue
2018

A Symposium on Terrorism and the Media: Terrorist Use of Social Media and the Regulation of Free Speech

02:00PM - 05:00PM Washington College of Law NT01

2 p.m.: Registration Begins

3 p.m.: Panel Discussion, Moderated by Prof. Jennifer Daskal

Nina I. Brown, Syracuse University
Jay Stanley, ACLU
Jonathan D. Fischbach, Nation Counterterrorism Center
Jody Westby, CEO, Global Cyber Risk

4:15 p.m.: Keynote Address

Seamus Hughes, Deputy Director of the Program on Extremism at George Washington University

Reception to Follow

  • Conference
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
  • CLE
Apr 17 Tue
2018

The Twenty-Second Annual Sylvania Woods Conference on African Americans in the Law

04:00PM - 09:00PM Washington College of Law YT01

The Sylvania Woods Conference on African Americans and the Law addresses—through the participation of practicing lawyers, jurists, alumni, faculty, students, and administrators—matters of law and associated issues that affect African-American life and culture.  The theme for this year’s conference is: “Informed by the present, Inspired for the  future.”

The speakers are below:

Joni Wiredu – Director of the WCL Office of Academic Excellence
Jarrod Loadholt – Director of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, Credit Karma
Jana Taylor – Associate General Counsel, Urban One
Venroy July – Partner, Miles & Stockbridge

The awardees are below:

North Star Award – Judge Emmet Sullivan
Rising Star Award – Mark A. Dunham, Jr.
Alumni Award – Tonya Jones Bosier ’00

  • Conference
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
  • CLE
Apr 18 Wed
2018

International Suite Talks

12:00PM - 01:00PM Y360

  • Information Session
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
Apr 19 Thu
2018

Foreign Direct Investment in China: Opportunities and Challenges

09:00AM - 12:00PM Washington College of Law

The workshop is led by Mao Rong, Senior Counsel of Reed Smith, LLP, based in Beijing, China. It provides an in-depth presentation on the legal framework of China regarding foreign direct investment (FDI), policies and trends towards FDI in China, forms of FDI in China, challenges of doing business in China, and how foreign businesses navigate through these challenges. The workshop will give the attendants the opportunity to engage in a case study of best practices of doing business in China. 

The workshop takes place from 9am-12pm on Thursday, April 19, in Room Y402. 


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