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5-Minute Lectures: Gender and Human Rights, w/Prof. Daniela Kraiem & Ingrid Nifosi-Sutton

Regulating Technology to Facilitate Innovation

Panel One: This panel will discuss the regulation of Chinese entities, the sanctions enforced against China, and the impacts of both on national security.

Panel Two: Panelists will explore the different approaches currently regulating fintech and future developments in the field.

Panel Three: This final panel will look at the regulation of electronic payment platforms and cryptocurrency using blockchain technology.

Pro Bono Training: Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless

Tecito with Dean Emeritus Grossman

Come join us for some tea and conversation with Dean Emeritus Grossman

Pro Bono Training: The National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project (NIWAP)

 The National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project (NIWAP, pronounced new-app) is an experiential learning opportunity at American University Washington College of Law. NIWAP’s work benefits immigrant women, children, and immigrant survivors of domestic abuse, sexual assault, human trafficking, and other crimes. They are a national provider of training, legal and social science research, policy development, and technical assistance to advocates, attorneys, pro bono law firms, law schools, universities, law enforcement, prosecutors, justice system personnel, and other professionals who work with immigrant women, children and crime victims. Volunteers have a variety of projects to choose from. NIWAP assigns projects to volunteers based on interest and the number of hours that volunteer would like to contribute. Projects include legal research on state-by-state access to public benefits available to immigrants; reviewing research on access to forensic exams for rape victim, prenatal care, child health care, and post-assault health; Translate critical resources into multiple languages; other assignments and projects as they come up.