Civil Advocacy Clinic Provides Evening Program Students the Opportunity to Have their Day in Court

Civil Advocacy Clinic Provides Evening Program Students the Opportunity to Have their Day in Court

05 Dec, 2017

American University Washington College of Law’s nationally recognized Clinical Program offers 10 in-house clinics throughout the year. One clinic in particular, devoted to civil advocacy, is held in the evening to accommodate part-time students, most of whom work full-time.

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AUWCL Mourns the Loss of Professor Perry Wallace

AUWCL Mourns the Loss of Professor Perry Wallace

02 Dec, 2017

American University Washington College of Law is mourning the passing of our dear colleague Professor Perry Wallace.

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AUWCL Hosts 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Comparative Law

AUWCL Hosts 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Comparative Law

01 Dec, 2017

From October 26-28, American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL) hosted the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL). AUWCL Professors Padideh Ala’i and Fernanda Nicola, along with Professor Maximo Langer of UCLA Law organized the two-day conference that attracted more than one hundred participants. This year's conference theme was “Comparative Law, Faith, and Religion: The Role of Faith in Law.”

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OAS and Academy on Human Rights Leaders Collaborate on Promotion of Human Rights Education in the Americas

OAS and Academy on Human Rights Leaders Collaborate on Promotion of Human Rights Education in the Americas

21 Nov, 2017

On November 17, leaders from the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law met with Luis Almagro, General Secretariat of the Organization of American States, regarding the promotion of human rights training of OAS public officials.

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The Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project: A Program with Local Origins Continues to Grow in National Stature

The Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project: A Program with Local Origins Continues to Grow in National Stature

16 Nov, 2017

Founded in 1999 by two visionary American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL) faculty members, Jamin Raskin and Stephen Wermiel, The Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project has grown exponentially to become a nationally recognized law-related education initiative with chapters in 19 law schools. The program promotes civic engagement and constitutional literacy by placing talented and dedicated upper-level law students in high school classrooms to teach courses in constitutional law and oral advocacy.

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