Feb 20 Thu
2020

Sports & Entertainment Law Society Symposium

09:00AM - 03:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma YT01 Grossman Hall

Professionals will come to discuss hot button issues in the industry. Topics will include IP in the music industry, Streaming Wars, Pay to Play, and Aspects of Professional Sports.  

  • Conference
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
Feb 20 Thu
2020

What the Tech? The Current and Future State of Antitrust Enforcement in Big Tech

12:00PM - 01:30PM Tenley Campus - Yuma Y115 Classroom

The American Bar Association's Antitrust Section and WCL's Business Law Society are joining forces to host a panel entitled "What the Tech? The Current and Future State of Antitrust Enforcement in Big Tech."  This event will be open to all interested law school students and young lawyers in the Washington, DC area to hear unique perspectives on the current trend of antitrust enforcement against large technology companies and projections for the future. 
Guest Lecturer:
• Professor Jon Baker, American University Washington College of Law

Panelists:
• Louise Aberg, McDermott Will & Emery LLP
• Tal Elmatad, Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
• Karina Lubell, Competition, Policy & Advocacy, Department of Justice 
• Taylor Owings, Counsel to Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division, Department of Justice 
• Sean Pugh, Counsel, Senate Antitrust Subcommittee and detailee from the Federal Trade Commission 
• Abigail Wood, Deputy Attorney General, Antitrust Section, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Moderator:
• Professor Fernando Laguarda, American University Washington College of Law 

  • Conference
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
  • CLE
Feb 20 Thu
2020

Clinical Program Open House!

04:00PM - 06:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma

Come check out the clinic space (Y265), see where our students do their work, and learn more about our program offerings!  Mingle with clinic faculty, staff, and current students while enjoying some tacos and donuts!

  • Reception
  • Open To Students AND Faculty/Staff
Feb 21 Fri
2020

Examining Conditions of Confinement: Adults and Children Deprived of Human Rights

09:00AM - 03:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma YT01 Grossman Hall

The first panel will discuss challenges faced by adult women and LGBTQ+ populations, while confined in jails, prisons, and immigration detention facilities. The panelists will discuss issues related to physical and sexual safety, access to reproductive healthcare, and access to medications, as well as, gender-affirming clothing for transgender and gender non-conforming individuals. Lunch will be served during the keynote address given by Charlotte Morrison, senior attorney for the Equal Justice Initiative. The second panel will examine the challenges children face while confined in adult prisons and jails, juvenile detention facilities, and immigration detention. Discussants will focus on the physical, psychological, and sexual safety of juveniles in confinement and educational consequences of being confined.

  • Conference
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
Feb 24 Mon
2020

Champions Challenge - 36 Hours of Giving

07:00AM - 07:00PM

ARE YOU READY TO GO ALL IN FOR WCL?

During the 2020 Champions Challenge, join fellow alumni and the entire American University Washington College of Law community, and make a gift to go #AllInForWCL!

Your gift of any size to WCL will bring us closer to a new philanthropic record – 200 donors in 36 hours.

Accept the challenge. Make your gift on February 24-25.

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