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After 29 years at American University Washington College of Law, Sherry Weaver is saying goodbye to the law school, and hello to retirement. Each year, Weaver has been instrumental in organizing the annual Martin Luther King tribute and Sylvania Woods Conference on African Americans and the Law, among other AUWCL traditions. 

On Oct. 20-21, American University Washington College of Law will welcome Chief Judge Roger Gregory of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as our annual Jurist-in-Residence. Judge Gregory will hold meetings with students and faculty and he will also judge the finals of the Wechsler First Amendment Moot Court Competition on Saturday, Oct. 22. The Black Law Students Association is co-sponsoring a portion of the program. 

On October 17, American University Librarian Nancy Davenport and  Washington College of Law Associate Dean of Library & Information Resources and Professor of Law Billie Jo Kaufman hosted a reception in honor of the new Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, who was sworn into office on September 14, 2016.

The American University Washington College of Law War Crimes Research Office and the Women in International Law Program have been awarded a grant of nearly $500,000 ($496,297 in total) by the U.S. Department of State for their project, “Strengthening Government Ability to Hold Perpetrators Accountable for Conflict-Related Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the Central African Republic.”  The project builds upon the Gender and International Criminal Law Project, including the Gender Jurisprudence Collections, a free online research tool created by the programs. 

The Legal Writing Institute Board of Directors has announced the establishment of the Teresa Godwin Phelps Award(s) for Scholarship in Legal Communication. The creation of the Phelps Awards – named after Professor Phelps, who directs the Legal Rhetoric Program at American University Washington College of Law – supports LWI's discipline-building priority.