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On Wednesday, Feb. 17, Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of State Tom Malinowski presented American University Washington College of Law with a certificate of appreciation “for supporting international efforts to promote the Rule of Law and Legal Education through the contribution of more than 2,500 legal textbooks to Law Students and Legal Professionals in Uzbekistan.” 

For American University Washington College of Law, Friday, February 12 was both a groundbreaking and historic day. With a ribbon-cutting ceremony opening the Tenley Campus, AUWCL forged a new path for the future. 

On Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 3 p.m., American University Washington College of Law constitutional law faculty and Supreme Court experts were joined by AUWCL alum and SCOTUSblog Founder Tom Goldstein for a panel presentation on “What’s Next for the U.S. Supreme Court?” The program addressed a range of issues facing the country following the unexpected death of long-time Associate Justice Antonin Scalia this past weekend.

Marufu Mandevere, a 2015-16 Humphrey fellow at American University Washington College of Law, has been selected the recipient of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Lawyer of the Year Award for his outstanding contributions to the protection and promotion of human rights in the country. 

The Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law has welcomed a cadre of new students to its English and Spanish LL.M. Programs this semester. The Academy began the English LL.M. in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (HRHL) in the Spring of 2015 and will be graduating its first cohort of students this summer.  The Spanish Program—LL.M. en Derechos Humanos y Derecho Humanitario—launched this year, contains the same structure and content as the English Program.