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Gender and Law Lunch and Learn, Sterilization for Freedom: Coerced Contraception for Reduced Sentences

Did you know that judges have used the promise of sentence reductions to gain consent from incarcerated people to receive vasectomies or birth control implants, or undergo sterilization procedures? Join us for "Sterilization for Freedom: Coerced Contraception for Reduced Sentence" to discuss current proposed measures to put an end to this practice. September 19th 12-1pm in N104. RSVP by emailing womenlaw@wcl.american.edu.

War Crimes Research Office Moot Court Info Session

 

The WCRO will hold an information session on its international criminal and humanitarian law moot court competitions on Thursday, September 20 at 12:00 PM in Warren NT07. Each year, the WCRO coaches teams for three competitions: the Jean-Pictet International Humanitarian Law Competition; the Clara Barton International Humanitarian Law Competition; and the International Criminal Court Moot Competition. WCRO Staff will give an overview of each competition, how to apply to participate on a team, and what preparation for each competition entails. Former team members will be present to discuss their experiences.

 

While you must be a 2 or above to compete, 1Ls are invited to join the session and hear about the opportunities as they plan their next two years.

Solutions Without Borders: Transnational Mediation and Arbitration

On Thursday, September 20, 2018 from 2:00 to 6:00 PM. ET, American University Washington College of Law Center on International Commercial Arbitration and CPR Institute will co-organize a half-day symposium on Mediation in Transnational Arbitration.  The event will discuss the following issues: Risen from the Ashes: Mediating Argentina’s Default Crisis; The current state of mediation of cross border disputes: what´s working and what´s missing?; Singapore Convention and Corresponding Model Law; and How Encourage Greater Transnational Use of Mediation, and Future of the Practice.

The conference will take place at American University Washington College of Law, 4300 Nebraska Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016 – Room NT01 (Terrace level). Please click here to see the agenda

Speakers include:

Horacio Grigera Naón, Director, Washington College of Law Center on International Commercial Arbitration; Hernando Otero, Fellow, Washington College of Law Center on International Commercial Arbitration;  Daniel Pollack, McCarter & English LLP; David H. Burt, CPR Executive Consultant, former Corporate Counsel to DuPont Co.; Jonathan Marks, MarksADR; Theresa Coetzee, Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Marriott International;  Jonathan L. Greenblatt, Shearman & Sterling LLP; Carlos Jose Valderrama, Sidley Austin LLP;  Tim Schnabel, Plausify, Lead U.S. negotiator, Singapore Convention on Mediation; Helena Tavares Erickson, CPR Senior Vice President, Dispute Resolution Services; Elliot E. Polebaum, Independent Arbitrator; Mark A. Cymrot, Baker and Hostetler LLP;  John J. Buckley, Williams & Connolly LLP;  Mark Kantor, Independent Arbitrator; John M. Townsend, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP; Noah J. Hanft, President and CEO, CPR Institute; and Noah J. Hanft, President and CEO, CPR Institute.

"Hasta la Raíz (Down to the Root)": A Human Rights Film Screening

Join the Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), and the Americas Network on Nationality and Statelessness, for a screening of "Hasta la Raíz (Down to the Root)", a documentary about the denationalization of Dominicans of Haitian descent in the Dominican Republic.  Following the screening, the film's director and producer, Juan Carlos González, will join AUWCL's Practitioner-in-Residence in the International Human Rights Law Clinic, Anne Schaufele, to discuss issues of statelessness, human rights, race, and nationality. This event is free and open to the public.