Oct 12 Wed
2022

Environment, Gender & the Courts

12:00PM - 01:00PM NT08

Where? NT08

Details: Judge Flavia Viana from the Court of Justice of the State of Paraná, Brazil will discuss women in courts and the role of judges in tackling business, environment, and human rights issues in the Amazon at a time for just transition. 

Moderated by WCL Professor Claudia de Windt, Executive Director of the Inter-American Institute on Justice and Sustainability.  

Co-hosted by: Women and the Law, International Legal Studies Program, LALSA, Inter-American Institute on Justice and Sustainability 

Food Provided! 

RSVP here

Zoom Info:

Link: https://auwcl.zoom.us/j/3226220125

Meeting ID: 322 622 0125

 

  • Presentation
  • Open To Students
Oct 12 Wed
2022

IP at the Supreme Court Series: Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts v. Goldsmith

05:00PM - 06:00PM In-Person & Online via Zoom

Moderated by Professor Christine Farley

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. 

ISSUE
Issue(s): Whether a work of art is “transformative” when it conveys a different meaning or message from its source material (as the Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, and other courts of appeals have held), or whether a court is forbidden from considering the meaning of the accused work where it “recognizably deriv[es] from” its source material (as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit has held).

  • Conference
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
Oct 13 Thu
2022

WCL's First Annual Virtual Currency Law Institute

09:00AM - 01:00PM Washington College of Law

WCL's Virtual Currency Project and the Business Law Program is excited to present the first annual Virtual Currency Law, Regulation, and Policy Institute!

Please join us in N102 or virtually for two amazing panels, discussing pressing and relevant aspects of the explosion of cryptocurrencies and consequently regulating it and the way forward. Speakers and panelists are prominent actors in the industry and related regulatory space and there will be keynote speaker over lunch. Coffee and refreshments will be provided. 

Registration is open to all in the WCL community and greater D.C. area. 


  • Conference
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
Oct 13 Thu
2022

Health Law/FDA/Compliance Career Panel

12:00PM - 01:00PM Online via Zoom

Join the Health Law and Policy Program for a virtual panel of its distinguished alumni in the health law, food, drug, and compliance fields. The panelists will discuss their career paths and current jobs, followed by breakout sessions where students will have the opportunity to network with the alumni. To attend, please RSVP to Program Coordinator Tori Nadel at vnadel@wcl.american.edu by 10:00 am on Thursday, October 13th to receive the Zoom link. 

 

  • Meeting
  • Open To Students AND Faculty/Staff
Oct 13 Thu
2022

Law Student Pro Bono Training: The Veteran's Consortium

12:00PM - 01:00PM Washington College of Law (Zoom)

 There are many project opportunities for law students to assist with TVC’s work. Their mission is to provide quality legal services to veterans and their families free of charge. TVC provides legal representation before the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, advises and represents veterans in discharge upgrades, and holds multiple clinics each month to aid veterans with various civil legal issues.

  • Training
  • Open To Students AND Faculty/Staff