Vis Moot Court Team Earns Awards for Oral Advocacy, Places in Top 20

Vis Moot Court Team Earns Awards for Oral Advocacy, Places in Top 20

22 Mar, 2016

Congratulations to 3Ls Ashley Nickel, Naomi Ahsan, Semp Sooriakumar, and Tiffany Sommadossi on their success in the 13th Annual Willem C. Vis East Moot Court Competition in Hong Kong. Ahsan won the Neil T. Kaplan Award for Best Oral Advocate, while Sommadossi and Sooriakumar both received honorable mentions for the Best Oral Advocate Award.  Overall, the team won 16th Best Oral Team out of 115 teams from 31 countries. 

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AUWCL Celebrates 120 Years of Pioneering Women in Law

AUWCL Celebrates 120 Years of Pioneering Women in Law

21 Mar, 2016

March is Women’s History Month, and with it comes an opportunity to pause and reflect on the impact of the founding of Washington College of Law by Ellen Spencer Mussey and Emma Gillett in 1898. These two remarkable women did more than just found one of the first coeducational law schools in the country. They founded an institution whose graduates have shaped major 20th century advances in gender equality and changed the face of the practice of law.

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AUWCL Ranks No. 1 Nationally among Law Schools with Record Number of PMF Finalists

AUWCL Ranks No. 1 Nationally among Law Schools with Record Number of PMF Finalists

16 Mar, 2016

For the third consecutive year, American University Washington College of Law has been the largest producer of finalists of Presidential Management Fellows program among law schools nationwide. This year, four students and two alumni will join the elite program, adding to the impressive number of the law school’s graduates in the U.S. government.

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Office of Career and Professional Services Offers Students and Alumni Resources Thoughout Their Legal Careers

Office of Career and Professional Services Offers Students and Alumni Resources Thoughout Their Legal Careers

15 Mar, 2016

The Office of Career & Professional Development at American University Washington College of Law offers an abundance of resources and opportunities throughout the year for students, recent graduates, and alumni to partner with OCPD counselors, faculty, and employers to advance their career and professional-development objectives

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PIPS Scholar Selected for 'Legal Peace Corps' Fellowship

PIPS Scholar Selected for 'Legal Peace Corps' Fellowship

07 Mar, 2016

3L Charlotte Tsui has been selected for the Skadden Fellowship program, a prestigious two-year opportunity for graduating law students to pursue a self-created project with a public interest organization. After graduation, Tsui will join the Sustainable Economies Law Center in Oakland, Calif., an organization that combines economic rights advocacy work with direct legal services.

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