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Connecting with an audience is the mark of a skilled actor, but for 2L Hannah Skopicki it is also the mark of an effective litigator. Skopicki credits the development of her public speaking skills to Law Revue, where she serves as public relations chair and stage manager.

On Friday, Feb. 7, environmental scholars gathered for a symposium on Air Quality and Environmental Justice at American University Washington College of Law. Hosted by the Sustainable Development Law and Policy Brief, attendees were encouraged to think through an age-old question: what should we do about climate change?

American University Law Review hosted its 69th annual symposium on Friday, Jan. 31. The topic was unavoidably relevant— Democracy and the Law: 2020.

On Wednesday, Feb. 5, American University Washington College of Law’s Tech, Law, and Security Program (TLS), along with the Department of Justice Criminal Division and AU’s School of Public Affairs, hosted “Justice in Cyberspace: A Symposium.”

Jason Schwartz ’09 was drawn to law school out of an interest in analytical thinking and a quest for job security after graduating as an English major at NYU in ’05. Ten years into his practice as a tax attorney in Cadwalader’s Washington, D.C office, Schwartz distills complex language into advice for clients.