News & Events

Networking – How It’s Done and Why It Matters

 Not sure how to network?  Join OCPD counselors for an informal conversation about networking, including how to navigate a reception and the components of an informational interview.  Bring your questions! This sessions is great preparation for the 1L Networking Lunch! Pizza will be provided to those who register in advance via CareerLink: http://bit.ly/2yiJcwu

Brooklyn Defender Service Information Session on Family Defense Work

The New York Times recently published an article entitled
"The New Reality of Jane Crow: Foster Care as Punishment" highlighting systematic injustices within the child welfare system and the havoc its wreaked. Come learn about the public defenders on the front lines of this fight, and opportunities at the Family Defense Unit of the Brooklyn Defender Services.Featuring: William Xu (WCL'14), Staff Attorney, Brooklyn Defender Services. RSVP on Careerlink.

Next Steps in Health Reform 2017

 Join leading health law, policy, and economics experts from across the country to discuss the dynamic health care landscape, including:

• Health care delivery and payment reform, including value-based purchasing, transparency, and drug pricing;

• Private insurance regulation, including coverage for individuals with pre-existing conditions, tax credits, and essential health benefits;

• The future of Medicaid and CHIP, including financing and eligibility reform and the evolving federal-state relationship;

• Responses by states and communities to the changing federal role in health care.

The conference will feature a keynote address by Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President, American University and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, and an Open Plenary Discussion with Timothy Jost, Professor of Law Emeritus, Washington and Lee University School of Law. The three-day event is co-sponsored by the AU School of Public Affairs and Kogod School of Business.

Sixth Annual Peter A. Jaszi Distinguished Lecture on Intellectual Property with Professor Rebecca Tushnet

Professor Rebecca Tushnet will deliver the 6th Annual Peter A. Jaszi Distinguished Lecture on Intellectual Property, hosted by the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property at American University Washington College of Law.
A celebratory reception will follow.

Professor Tushnet will discuss her latest research encompassing First Amendment law and advertising law.

Abstract: Modern First Amendment doctrine, and distrust of the expertise of the administrative state, threaten the foundations of the consumer protection apparatus that developed over the course of the twentieth century. Although the Supreme Court ducked the issue of the compatibility of consumer protection law with aggressive views of the First Amendment fifteen years ago, subsequent decisions by the Court and the courts of appeals have reinvigorated challengers of the regulatory state. But if the government—whether by way of courts, legislatures, or agencies—can legitimately find facts, then consumer protection law should survive the assault.

PIJIP’s Distinguished Lecture on Intellectual Property Law is named in recognition of the continuing contributions of Professor Peter A. Jaszi to the study of intellectual property at WCL and in the world at large, and in particular for his lasting contributions to the elevation of the public interest in intellectual property discourse.

The Peter A. Jaszi Distinguished Lecture on Intellectual Property is supported by tax deductible contributions to the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property.  

Preserving Perspectives: International Arbitrators in Their Own Words

In 2012, the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) launched Preserving Perspectives, an effort to record the oral histories of the leading and most influential arbitrators in the world to chronicle the evolution of modern international arbitration.

The Washington College of Law (WCL) and our internationally-recognized Center on International Commercial Arbitration is delighted to partner with the ITA and offer the first of its kind programming in the United States, namely a forum for a series of interviews with the world’s most prestigious international arbitrators. We invite you to attend our inaugural interview to celebrate the career and accomplishments of Judge Stephen Schwebel, the former president of the International Court of Justice and prominent international arbitrator, whose career has spanned over six decades and covered nearly three generations of international law lawyers. Margrete Stevens, who served nearly 20 years at the World Bank’s International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes and currently works with King & Spalding’s International Arbitration team, will conduct Judge Schwebel’s interview.

Advanced registration is required, as seating is limited for this event and space will be allocated on a “first registered, first seated” basis.

The opening reception is generously sponsored by Three Crowns LLP, King & Spalding LLP, and the office of the WCL Dean, Camille Nelson.

ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED

The event is free but advance registration is required.  Limited seating is available only on a first registered, first seated basis. Doors for the Interview close promptly at 7:00pm.

Register at: https://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration.cfm