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21st Annual Hispanic Law Conference

American University Washington College of Law is honored to host the Annual Hispanic Law Conference each spring as part of its Founders’ Celebration. Started in 1997, this regional conference brings together a unique mix of leaders devoted to the advancement of and justice for the Latinos/a community in the United States and abroad.

The Hispanic Law Conference events are FREE and open to the public.

To register, please visit www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration

If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Special Events & Continuing Legal Education at secle@wcl.american.edu

Kesha Says be Cruelty-Free: Moving Beyond Product Testing on Animals

Prior to our reception with the rescue rabbits, cruelty-free cosmetics, champagne & cupcakes, join us for an amazing program on Toxic Control Substances Act TSCA and the Food, Drug & Cosmetics Act (FDCA) and how they relate to product testing on animals!

Overview:
This Symposium will provide students, professors, alumni, and practitioners with information and clarity regarding the Toxic Control Substances Act (TSCA) and the Food, Drug & Cosmetics Act (FDCA) and how they relate to product testing on animals. Additionally, it will seek to demonstrate how there are modern alternatives to products testing on animals, and it is no longer necessary to subject animals to cruel procedures. The Symposium will consist of three segments.

First Segment: Statute Bootcamp
In the first segment, experts from the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Food and Drug Administration will give overviews of TSCA and FDCA as they pertain to testing products on animals.  Recently, the EPA released for public comment a draft strategy to reduce the use of vertebrate animals in chemical testing. Section 4(h)(2)(A) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires EPA to develop a Strategic Plan by June 22, 2018 to promote the development and implementation of alternative test methods and strategies to reduce, refine or replace vertebrate animal testing. Speakers include:

• Dr. Louis Scarano, Senior Science Advisor, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics will give an overview of TSCA
• Dr. Anna Lowit, Co-Chair, Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM), National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH); Senior Science Advisor, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticides

FDA representative (TBD) to give an overview of FDCA.

Second Segment: Panel
The second segment will provide an in-depth discussion of the public and private sector's role in driving cruelty-free policy under the new TSCA compliance mandates. Panelists include:

• Adam Zipkin, Legislative Counsel, Senator Cory Booker
• Sara Amundson, Executive Director, Humane Society Legislative Fund
• Nathan Hershler (WCL' 08), Executive Director, New England Anti-Vivisection Society
• Sue A. Leary, Chair, Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics (Leaping Bunny); President, American Anti-Vivisection Society; President & CEO, Alternatives Research & Development Foundation

Third Segment: Cocktail Reception (with rescue rabbits!)
Lastly, the third segment is a reception where attendees will have the opportunity to take home cruelty-free Lush cosmetics, sip champagne, and eat plant-based cupcakes.  Additionally, adoptable New Zealand white rabbit rescues from Friends of Rabbits will be on-site during the reception. Reception sponsored by the Animal Legal Defense Fund and American University Student Bar Association!

Email animallaw@wcl.american.edu for more details!

REGISTER here!

"Turn it Around" Series: Legal Analysis and Final Exams

 The second of the Legal Analysis and Final Exam workshops by the Office of Academic Excellence. Come learn more about how to improve your legal analysis skills and final exam writing, just in time for reading period. Lunch is provided!

Making a Difference: Alumni in Government

Please join our illustrious alumni panelists for a discussion about the importance of government service. Learn about their career paths and hear what advice they have for law students interested in working in government related fields. The panel will be followed by our 25th Anniversary Celebration at 5:30 p.m. in Grossman Hall with Keynote Address at 6:30 p.m. by Representative Jamie Raskin. To RSVP, please visit http://bit.ly/LawGov25th. For more information about the event, email lawandgov@wcl.american.edu.

Program on Law and Government 25th Anniversary Celebration

Save the date for a celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Program on Law & Government at American University Washington College of Law, featuring the Program's co-founder, Rep. Jamie Raskin. To RSVP, please visit http://bit.ly/LawGov25th. For more information about the event, email lawandgov@wcl.american.edu.

To support the Jamie Raskin Scholarship in Law and Government, click here.