Strategies to Combat U.S. Solitary Confinement: Litigation, Legislation, and Regulation
The Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law’s Anti-Torture Initiative, International Human Rights Law Clinic, and Student Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild invite you to attend a symposium on combatting solitary confinement in the United States. Speakers from various human rights organizations will discuss issues surrounding solitary confinement, including litigation, legislation, and regulation, as well as the mental health effects of prolonged isolation.
3 CLE Credits will be applied for upon request - Cost $110
- Conference
- Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
- CLE
Thirteenth Annual International Commercial Arbitration Lecture
The University Washington College of Law's Thirteenth Annual Lecture on International Commercial Arbitration: “Balance and Proportionality in International Arbitration: Connecting the How to the Why” will be presented by William (Rusty) Park, Professor of Law at Boston University. The event will start with a reception at 5:30 p.m. followed by the lecture at 6:30 p.m.
- Lecture
- Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
- CLE
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
- Conference
- Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
- CLE
“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
- Lecture
- Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
- CLE
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
- Lecture
- Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
- CLE