News & Events

Office of Academic Excellence: MPT Workshop for Graduating Students

MBE & MPT Workshops

April 6, 2019 (MBE)

April 7, 2019 (MPT)

9:00AM – 3:00PM

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The Office of Academic Excellence is committed to your success on the bar exam! We have designed these workshops to help you begin your bar preparation now, with a focus on exam-taking skills. We strongly suggest that you register for and attend both sessions. The MBE workshop will be held on April 6 and the MPT workshop on April 7. Our bar examination data suggests that students who have taken part in these initiatives in the past have increased their bar examination success. Take this opportunity to learn the approach and skills for success on these sections of the bar exam.

 

Registration is required. The registration deadline is Monday, April 1, 2019. To register, please visit the following link: http://bit.ly/oaebarworkshops. Please RSVP to ensure access to materials and assignments. The workshops are free to WCL students and a light breakfast will be provided. If you RSVP, we expect to see you there.

 

Our office would like to remind you to please take the time to answer the quick “Grad Exit Survey” in CareerLink. The survey will ask you questions to obtain bar and employment information so that our office and OCPD can help you achieve your post-graduate goals.

 

If you have questions, please contact Joni Wiredu, Director of Academic Excellence, at jwiredu@wcl.american.edu or 202-274-4019. 

13th Annual International Trade and Investment Law Society Distinguished Alumni Dinner & Program Honoring Douglas N. Jacobson, WCL'90

Celebrating Connections: A Human Rights Networking Event

 Join the Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law for a networking event featuring human rights professionals from leading NGOs and agencies across Washington, D.C. WCL students interested in exploring careers in human rights will have the opportunity to speak with WCL alumni and an array of legal professionals who are currently working, or have worked, in the human rights field. Refreshments will be provided. 

Health Law Legislative and Regulatory Practice Colloquium Series: Litigation Challenging Medicaid Work Requirements

Health Law and Policy Program presents: Health Law Legislative and Regulatory Practice Colloquium Series - Spring 2019.

Litigation Challenging Medicaid Work Requirements

Featuring: Capri Cafaro, Executive in Residence, American University School of Public Affairs and former Minority Leader, Ohio Senate Leo Cuello, Director of Health Policy, National Health Law Program Cosponsored by the Women and the Law Program

RSVP to health@wcl.american.edu

Myanmar and Accountability for Grave Crimes

Since August 2016, Myanmar's security forces have conducted a systematic campaign of brutal violence against the Rohingya Muslim minority, escalating decades-long policies of persecution and discrimination. While all members of the Rohingya population were targeted for violence, gender was integral to how the atrocities were perpetrated. Justice for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity is unlikely in Myanmar's domestic courts. So what are the options for justice? Please join us for an important discussion of opportunities and challenges for accountability in Myanmar with: Stephen Rapp, former United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues; Akila Radhakrishnan, President, Global Justice Center; Param-Preet Singh Associate Director in the International Justice Program, Human Rights Watch; Naomi Kikoler, Deputy Director, Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum; and Susana SáCouto, Director, War Crimes Research Office at American University Washington College of Law (moderator).

This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Please RSVP at https://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration.