Nov 15 Fri
2019

Food Integrity Campaign - 10th Anniversary Event

09:00AM - 05:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma YT01 Grossman Hall

November 15, 2019 – All-day Conference at American University Washington College of Law: This event will be held at Grossman Hall. Registration and continental breakfast begin at 8:30am. Join us for a full day of influential panelists and speakers discussing food integrity issue areas such as environmental impacts and climate change, worker rights, public health, and animal welfare. A climate-conscious lunch will be provided free of charge.

Conference Panels:
  • Underrepresented Truth: Exploring inadequate and unequal access to environmental justice (unique challenges of low-wage workers, immigrants, undocumented workers and the rural poor.
  • Overcoming legal bars to truth-telling: Legal professionals discuss industry tricks of the trade such as veggie libel, SLAPP suits, defamation threats, non-disclosure agreements, and sealing documents.
  • Contract Farmers and the Growing Resistance in Rural America: Former whistleblowers and their allies who challenge corrupt corporate farming models.
  • Fast Food: Impacts of USDA’s Increased Pork and Poultry Line Speeds. What does this mean for workers, animals, food safety and the environment?
  • Food and Climate Change: The truth about how what we eat can affect the planet. Panelist discuss the role of agriculture in the mitigation of our climate crises.

  • Conference
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
Nov 18 Mon
2019

Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?: A Conversation About the Different Roles Practitioners Play in the Field of International Dispute Resolution

06:00PM - 08:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma Y402 Classroom

The Young Members Group of the North America Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and the American University Washington College of Law’s International Trade and Investment Law Society (ITILS) are hosting a panel discussion, followed by a networking reception. The program will take place at the American University Washington College of Law on Monday, November 18 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM. The aim of the panel discussion is to demonstrate the different ways that one can be involved in international arbitration, litigation, and mediation.

Confirmed Panelists:

Gretta Walters, Counsel, Chaffetz Lindsey LLP, WCL Alumna

Devin Bray, Law Clerk for the Hon. Charles N. Brower

Hernando Otero, Mediator-Arbitrator

Maria I. Pradilla Picas, Associate, Jones Day  

Jeffery Commission, Burford Capital, Third-Party Funder


  • Lecture
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff