Apr 26 Fri
2019

Frame the Lawyers 2019 - Opening Reception

06:00PM - 08:00PM Washington College of Law

The Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts (WALA) and the Program on Information, Justice and Intellectual Property, American University, Washington College of Law, will host the opening reception for “Frame the Lawyers 2019”, a juried gallery exhibition to showcase artwork created by attorneys. Accepted works will include photography, painting, sculpture, mixed media and more. Entries haven been accepted from practicing and retired attorneys as well as law students. “Frame the Lawyers 2019” is currently being juried by a panel of member artists and attorneys from Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts.


The exhibit will remain open April 26 - June 2, 2019.

  • Reception
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
  • CLE
May 01 Wed
2019

Office of Academic Excellence: Walk-by Wednesdays

10:00AM - 02:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma Commons

Stop by the Office of Academic Excellence table in the Commons every first and third Wednesday of the month to ask questions you may have about the bar, academic skills or your schedule/classes.

  • Information Session
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
May 07 Tue
2019

Women in Business Law Leadership

03:00PM - 06:00PM East Campus, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC, 20016, Main Campus - Constitutional Hall

The American University Washington College of Law (WCL), founded by women, is a leader in business law. In step with WCL’s exceptional beginning, the American University Business Law Review (AUBLR) is a pioneering journal. We are the first business law review in the nation’s capital, and now our Volumes 8 and 9 all-female editorial boards are breaking the glass ceiling in business law scholarship.  

In celebration of this achievement, we are hosting the first annual Women in Business Law Leadership Conference on May 7. The event will feature Kara Stein, former SEC Commissioner, as well as panels on legal transformation and future scholarship. 

The Women in Business Law Leadership event is launching in conjunction with a call for papers for an all-women authored issue to be published in AUBLR’s Volume 9. 

  • Conference
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
  • CLE
May 19 Sun
2019

24th Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition

08:00AM - 08:00PM Washington College of Law

Between May 19 - 24 the Academy on Human Rihgts and Humanitarian Law will host the 24th Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition at the WCL campus. The Competition is a unique trilingual (English, Portuguese, and Spanish) event established to train attorneys and law students on how to use the Inter-American legal system as a legitimate forum for redressing human rights violations, and promote cutting-edge discussions on current human rights issues.

The topic for the 2019 Competition is "The Protection of Migrants under International Human Rights Law". The hypothetical case was written by Alvaro Botero Navarro, who is a member of the United Nations Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families and Coordinator for the Rapporteurship on the Rights of Migrants at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

This year's Competition will welcome 86 teams, from 23 different countries, including Belgium, Singapore, France, India, and from all over the Americas. Additionally, over 250 law professors, diplomats, human rights advocates and attorneys from a number of different organizations are acting as judges for the Moot Court.

  • Moot Court
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
May 20 Mon
2019

24th Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition

08:00AM - 08:00PM Washington College of Law

Between May 19 - 24 the Academy on Human Rihgts and Humanitarian Law will host the 24th Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition at the WCL campus. The Competition is a unique trilingual (English, Portuguese, and Spanish) event established to train attorneys and law students on how to use the Inter-American legal system as a legitimate forum for redressing human rights violations, and promote cutting-edge discussions on current human rights issues.

The topic for the 2019 Competition is "The Protection of Migrants under International Human Rights Law". The hypothetical case was written by Alvaro Botero Navarro, who is a member of the United Nations Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families and Coordinator for the Rapporteurship on the Rights of Migrants at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

This year's Competition will welcome 86 teams, from 23 different countries, including Belgium, Singapore, France, India, and from all over the Americas. Additionally, over 250 law professors, diplomats, human rights advocates and attorneys from a number of different organizations are acting as judges for the Moot Court.

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