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"High-Stakes Contracting Around the World: Being an International In-house Attorney" with Asari Aniagolu

Asari Aniagolu is Assistant General Counsel, International Operations for the Lockheed Martin International and Government Contracts Legal Office for Lockheed Martin Corporation. She is responsible for providing legal support to the various US-based business unit legal offices as they pursue international business opportunities.

JD and LLM students interested in international law are encouraged to attend the International and Comparative Legal Studies program's International Suite Talks every Wednesday from 12-1 PM. Every week features a legal practitioner, alumni and/or faculty in different sectors of international law. These informal discussions can lead to networking opportunities and are a great way to learn about career paths in different fields of international law.

IP at the Supreme Court Series: Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc.

American University Washington College of Law regularly invites counsel of record and counsel for selected amici to offer post-argument reflections in intellectual property (and related) cases heard by the Supreme Court. These events are held on the afternoon of oral argument before the Court. 

 

ISSUES

 (1) Whether copyright protection extends to a software interface; and (2) whether, as the jury found, the petitioner’s use of a software interface in the context of creating a new computer program constitutes fair use.

Registration Required 

All briefs available on SCOTUSblog: Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc.

2020 Virtual Equal Justice 5k Run/Walk

We are excited to offer the 2nd Annual Equal Justice Run in a virtual format. Because this is a virtual race, you can run/walk anywhere at a time and pace that suits you during the week of October 2-11. All proceeds go to support public interest summer stipends!  

African Courts and International Arbitration: Benevolent Eye or Cautious Approach?

This event will discuss issues relevant to courts and arbitration in various jurisdiction across Africa including Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa. Panelists include: Abimbola Akeredolu, SAN, Partner, Banwo&Ighodalo; Horacio A. Grigera Naón, Director, WCL Center on International Commercial Arbitration; Julian D. M. Lew, QC, Twenty Essex;  Evans Monari, Partner, Coulson Harney LLP; Nagla Nassar, Senior Partner at NassarLaw; Ucheora Onwamaegbu, Consultant, Arent Fox; and Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Founding Partner, Zulficar&Partners. The conference is sponsored by the African Law and Policy Association at WCL (ALPA.)  

Making it Personal: The Power of Storytelling for Building Inclusive Environments

What is the secret ingredient to effective diversity, equity, and inclusion learning? Initiatives that lead to sustainable change focus on empathy skills/perspective taking of the “other” and goal setting to encourage behavior change. Storytelling can help us accomplish both perspective taking and goal setting. We’re all more than just one dimension or one story. What you can see by looking at a person may not tell you very much about that individual’s background, beliefs or values, or what joys and grief the person has experienced.

In this webinar Maria Morukian will:
• Explore the value of storytelling for diversity, equity, and inclusion learning
• Identify the kinds of stories one can use to foster empathy and understanding
• Provide an exercise to demonstrate the power of storytelling.

Maria Morukian, President of MSM Global Consulting, has more than sixteen years of experience in diversity, equity and inclusion training, leadership development, and organizational culture change, and has worked with a wide variety of public, private, and nonprofit organizations to foster diversity and inclusion in a positive and sustainable way. Maria hosts a podcast on diversity and identity called Culture Stew. She has presented on the TEDx stage and has been featured in Forbes.