Aug 06 Thu
2020

WCL Update with Acting Dean Robert Dinerstein

12:00PM - 02:00PM Washington College of Law

Join Acting Dean Robert Dinerstein for an update on American University Washington College of Law. Learn about the Acting Dean and his plans for the coming year. 

  • Presentation
  • Open To Alumni
Aug 12 Wed
2020

Alumni, Careers, & COVID-19. WCL Virtual Community Meeting.

12:00PM - 01:00PM

Opportunity to participate in special pandemic-related WCL Virtual Community, hosted by the Office of Development and Alumni Relations.

  • Presentation
  • Open To Alumni AND Faculty/Staff
Aug 27 Thu
2020

Transactional Law Society Virtual Open House

08:00PM

  • Information Session
  • Open To Students
Aug 31 Mon
2020

Human Rights Brief Information Session

05:00PM - 06:00PM Online via Zoom

Come learn about WCL's Human Rights Brief (HRB) how to get involved! Current staff and board members will be there to talk about their experiences, current opportunities, and the HRB community.

The HRB is an electronic publication at WCL. The HRB was founded in 1994 in partnership with the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. Today the HRB maintains global readership, and it is supervised by an eight-person Faculty Advisory Board. Student staff members participate in creating and editing content in a variety of mediums, and they learn valuable skills through workshops, events, and mentorship opportunities. 

  • Information Session
  • Open To Students
Aug 31 Mon
2020

A Conversation with Rebecca Skloot, Author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

06:00PM - 07:30PM

Join American University Washington College of Law
for a conversation with Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

Introduction by AU President Sylvia Burwell and WCL Acting Dean Robert Dinerstein.

Joining the discussion are:

  • Lisa Taylor, Assistant Dean of Diversity, Inclusion, and Affinities
  • Lindsay Wiley, Professor of Law and Director of the Health Law & Policy Program
  • Asha Scielzo, Associate Director of the Health Law & Policy Program
Monday, August 31st, 2020
6pm - 7:30pm

Discussion, followed by audience Q&A session.
Free event, but registration is required.
Zoom link is provided in registration confirmation.


Bestselling author Rebecca Skloot, spent more than ten years doggedly uncovering the truth about the life, death, and ultimate “immortality” of a poor Black tobacco farmer named Henrietta Lacks. Her phenomenal book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks has sold nearly 3 million copies to date.

In The Immortal Life, Skloot tells the story of a young Black woman who died of cervical cancer in 1951—and left behind an inexplicably immortal line of cells known as HeLa. Henrietta’s cells—harvested without her knowledge or consent—contributed to scientific advancements as varied as the polio vaccine, treatments for cancers and viruses, in-vitro fertilization, and the impact of space travel on human cells. The Immortal Life is also the story of Henrietta’s descendants, the Lacks family, some of whom were used in research without their consent and none of whom have ever benefited from the commercialization of HeLa cells, even though those cells have helped biotech companies make millions of dollars. Part detective story, part scientific odyssey, and part family saga, The Immortal Life raises haunting yet urgent questions about race, class, autonomy, and bioethics in America.

  • Presentation
  • Open To The Public, Alumni AND Faculty/Staff