Separate & Unequal: A Discussion of the Supreme Court's Insular Cases & The Laws of the Territories
On November 16th from 12-1PM in NT01, the Native American Law & Students Association (NALSA) hosts the third event in PEEL's Lunchtime Speaker Series, in coordination with the Program on Law & Government. The panelists will discuss the continuing legacy of the Insular Cases, a series of Plessy-era Supreme Court decisions that created a colonial framework of "separate and unequal" status for people living in U.S. territories.
Speakers include:
- Rafael Cox Alomar, Professor of Law at UDC Law
- Neil Weare, President & Founder of Equality American & Co-Counsel in Fitisemanu v. United States
Lunch provided!
- Presentation
- Open To Students
Changing In-House Industries & Leveraging Unrelated Experiences
Come join the Office of Development and Alumni Relations and this month's Mentor of the Month, Hannah Pagán for a webinar. Hannah is Corporate Counsel on the Slack commercial legal team. She negotiates sales contracts with customers for subscribing to the Slack communication and productivity platform and associated services. Prior to Salesforce and Slack, she was Counsel at CoStar Realty Information, Inc., supporting sales contracts for their many products. Before landing in commercial contracts, Hannah also worked in house at Wellstat, a biopharmaceutical firm in Rockville, MD, and at Obsidian Analysis, a government consulting firm in downtown DC.
- Presentation
- Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
International Trends in Human Trafficking
Please join us in-person at American University, Washington College of Law for a panel discussion on recent global trends in human trafficking. Lunch will also be provided. The presentations will include discussions on the root causes, debunking myths, diplomatic immunity, strategic litigation, and so much more. This event will be moderated by our very own Humphrey Fellow, Mae Flores. Mae is a Deputy Regional Prosecutor of the Philippines Department of Justice and an anti-trafficking advocate. We will be joined by the following experts:
- Maggie Baingana, Founder and Managing Partner, Shield Associates in Rwanda
- Dr. Denise Brennan, Professor and Head of Department of Anthropology, Georgetown University
- Neha Misra, Global Lead, Migration and Human Trafficking, The Solidarity Center
- Martina Vandenberg, Founder and President, The Human Trafficking Legal Center
Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Time: 12-1:30 PM
Location: Washington College of Law | Claudio Grossman Hall
Questions? Contact us at nl2860a@american.edu
- Conference
- Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
2022 Arbitration Annual Lecture: The Hidden World of International
- Lecture
- Open To Students, Faculty/Staff AND
ESG Information Session with Reco Charity, Associate in Corporate Department at Paul | Weiss
Reco Charity is an associate in the Corporate Department and a member of both the Mergers & Acquisitions and the Sustainability & ESG Advisory groups. Reco focuses his practice on advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, carve-outs, private equity investments, restructurings, ESG strategy and integration, and general corporate transactions. He provides strategic counsel to global private equity firms and companies across a variety of industries, including manufacturing, technology and healthcare, among others. In addition, Reco represents a number of nonprofit clients on a pro bono basis.
- Lecture
- Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff