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When it was instituted in 2003, the NFL’s Rooney Rule was hailed as a landmark step toward diversifying the coaching and front office ranks.

Forty years ago, WCL launched its International Legal Studies Program to prepare lawyers for the complex realities of working across borders. Since then, the program has trained more than 4,500 lawyers from 60 countries in areas including international commercial arbitration, international business and trade, human rights law, and intellectual property law. Program alumni lead prominent law firms, international organizations, diplomacy, and non-governmental organizations.

As the District Attorney for Manhattan, Alvin Bragg oversees a jurisdiction that deals with crime on the streets and Wall Street.

The Clinical Program welcomes five new Practitioners in Residence this year: Mariam Hinds, Olinda Moyd, Citlalli Ochoa, Charles Ross and Tracie Siddiqui. 

Roger Fairfax, Jr., Dean of the American University Washington College of Law, has been named to the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Board of Directors.