News & Events

Gideons Promise Post Graduate Fellowship Information Session

Gideon’s Promise is an organization dedicated to assuring that every individual facing criminal charges receives adequate legal representation regardless of  economic status. For the last five years, WCL has participated in Gideon’s Promise’s “Law School  Partnership”—a program that provides top-notch training and places graduates in public defender  offices across the South. The defender offices guarantee that within the first year, the graduate  will be moved into a full-time position. More information is at http://www.gideonspromise.org/programs/lspp. Join us for lunch and a conversation with WCL Professor Angela Davis and a Gideon's Promise alumnus from WCL and learn more about this program. Applications are due in October!

BLSA: What I Wish I had Known Alumni Panel

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.