News & Events

American University Washington College of Law is excited to welcome employers from across the country to campus for the Office of Career and Professional Development's (OCPD) annual Fall Recruitment Program.

On Tuesday, July 23, Professor and Director of American University Washington College of Law’s Disability Rights Law Clinic Robert Dinerstein testified at a D.C. Council hearing regarding the District’s transition efforts as it looks to end a program which provides a range of medical and social services for people with disabilities.

Each year, between 300 and 350 students participate in American University’s Washington College of Law’s Externship Program, garnering real world experience under the supervision of practicing attorneys in the Washington, D.C., area.

American University Washington College of Law rising 2L Ana Saragoza was featured on the cover of the July/August issue of Washington Lawyer, which highlighted membership and leadership within the D.C. Bar.

On Thursday, July 18, 2019, Professor Diane Orentlicher participated in a briefing before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe – also known as the Helsinki Commission – on “Truth, Reconciliation, and Healing: Toward a Unified Future,” held at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC. The hearing addressed efforts to encourage restitution, reparations, and restorative justice called for in many places, including the United States, Western Europe, Canada, and the Balkans, while Holocaust survivors and other victims of Nazi persecution continue to seek justice worldwide.