News & Events

Skadden: Women of Washington

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP will be hosting panel discussion with female attorneys discussing the steps they have taken to get to where they are today, and what employment opportunities were important in assisting them in their journey to big law. Skadden will also be talking about their Women’s Initiative, a trailblazing program for female attorneys. Lunch will be provided by Skadden. RSVP via CareerLink.

Health Data Privacy & Security: Emerging Issues in mHealth, Wearables, and the Internet of Things

Our distinguished panel of experts will discuss current legal frameworks and regulatory gaps related to health data held and transmitted through wearables, mobile apps, and the Internet of Things.

Panelists

Alaap Shah, Epstein Becker Green, PC

Cora Tung Han, Federal Trade Commission

Madeline Gitomer, Hogan Lovells, LLP

Networking Skills Workshop with the Bar Association of Montgomery County

​The Bar Association of Montgomery County is hosting a seminar at WCL on how to network.  Members of the Bar Association will teach students how to successfully network through both discussion and interactive exercises.  This will be a great opportunity for students to strengthen their oh-so-important networking skills! 

Please RSVP via CareerLink: https://bit.ly/2JqZib2

Supreme Court Forum: Digital Evidence Gathering, The Fourth Amendment, and Privacy Rights

Join the American Constitution Society of the Washington College of Law for a discussion on some of the most important cases of this tern: Carpenter, Microsoft Ireland, and Byrd. 

Thursday, April 12 at 5 p.m. in Capital Atrium

Speakers: 

David Bitkower, Partner at Jenner & Block

Jennifer Daskal, Professor of Law at the Washington College of Law

David Lieber, Senior Privacy Policy Counsel at Google

Marc Rotenberg, President and Executive Director at Electronic Privacy Information Center

 

Moderated by Kevin S. Bankston, Director at New America's Open Technology Institute  

Food will be served.  

Rejection of Mining Licensees: between Disappointment and Breach of the Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard

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EQUAL REPRESENTATION IN ARBITRATION: Please TAKE THE PLEDGE!

The event is organized  to welcome the students who will participate in the Seventh LL.M. International Commercial Arbitration Competition which will take place April 13-14. This competition has been created specifically for LL.M. students, who are in general, not eligible to participate in most moot competitions. 

The conference (round table format) will discuss issues arising from the Competition problem which involves a request for arbitration under the Arbitration Rules of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law and the North American Free Trade Agreement brought forth over the denial of a mining permit. The competition problem is available at https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/arbitration/competitions/problem/

Speakers include: Bjorn Arp, Fellow, WCL Center on International Commercial Arbitration; Claudia Frutos Peterson, Managing Partner, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP; Caroline Richard, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP; and Liz Snodgrass, Counsel, Three Crowns. This event is free and open to the public. Please register at: https://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/cle_form.cfm

A reception will follow: 7:00pm to 9:00pm.