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9th Annual Patent Administrative Law Conference

Presented by the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property

Join leading in-house counsel to discuss policy and best practices at the Ninth Annual Patent Administrative Law Conference co-hosted by American University Washington College of Law Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, the Federal Circuit Bar Association, and Unified Patents. The keynote speaker will be Ben Haber, Senior Patent Policy Advisor to the Director of the USPTO

Registration is free but required – please go to: www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration

“The Impacts of Strategic Human Rights Litigation: Global and U.S. Practice”

MODERATOR:
Claudio Grossman, Professor and Dean Emeritus,American University Washington College of Law

PANELISTS:
Helen Duffy, Director, Human Rights in Practice & University of Leiden
James A. Goldston, Executive Director, Open Society Justice Initiative
Monique Lin-Luse, Assistant Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund

The Diffusion of Populism and the Erosion of The Rule of Law

The increasing number of populist leaders around the world has gone hand in hand with the phenomena of democratic decline and rule of law backsliding. Some of these charismatic leaders have been called “legalistic autocrats” because of their ability to void of content existing legal guarantees protecting judicial independence, voting rights and media pluralism.

Chair: Alexandra Nolan, ELA President

Speakers:
Roberto Mastroianni, University of Naples Law School
John Morijn, NYU Law School and Groningen University

Commentator: Fernanda Nicola, American University Washington College of Law

21st Annual Grotius Lecture: Enchanted by the Tools? International Law and Enlightenment

 AUWCL International & Comparative Legal Studies proudly co-sponsors the 21st Annual Grotius Lecture as part of ASIL's 113th Annual Meeting. This year's Grotius Lecturer is Martti Koskenniemi of the University of Helsinki and the Distinguished Discussant is Anne Orford of the University of Melbourne. The lecture will take place at the Washington Hilton, is free of charge, and no RSVP is required. 

Tough Cases: Judges Tell the Stories of Some of the Hardest Decision They've Made

RUSSELL F. CANAN is a senior judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and an adjunct professor at the George Washington University School of Law. GREGORY E. MIZE is a senior judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center. REGGIE B. WALTON is a senior judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, an alumnus of the Washington College of Law, and teaches annually in the Trial Advocacy Workshop at Harvard Law School. FREDERICK H. WEISBERG is a senior judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and teaches annually in the Trial Advocacy Workshop at Harvard Law School.

Registration is free but required – please go to www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration