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Law, Justice and Development Week (LJD Week) is a unique event hosted yearly at The World Bank, which brings together the global community interested in using law and justice tools to contribute to development. Since 2014, the Program on International Organizations Law and Diplomacy (PIOLD) at American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL) has been a co-sponsor of Law, Justice and Development Week with students from the program supporting the event and helping The World Bank staff host more than 1,200 participants and speakers. 

This November, ten students from the UN CAT Project traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, to experience firsthand the United Nations Committee against Torture's 59th session proceedings and deepen their knowledge of international human rights law. Generous gifts from the Kovler Foundation and from Ms. Kelsey Lee Offield supported the UN CAT Project's students, Vanessa Drummond Alvarez, Chase J. Dunn, Jordan Helton, Alina Husain, Ana Dionne-Lanier, Bridget Lynn, Inna Pletukhina, Thomas C. Scott Jr., Carter Stevens, and Karina Wegman. 

Ross Handler has made the most of his law school experience. Currently, he is editor-in-chief of the Administrative Law Review, but has also served as the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) vice president and on the staffs of the National Security Law Brief, the Sustainable Development Law and Policy Brief, and more. AUWCL Communications Dean's Fellow Erin Nanovic recently sat down with Ross to talk about his law school experience.  

This week Ropes & Gray announced the five recipients of the 2017 Ropes & Gray Roscoe Trimmier Jr. Diversity Scholarship, including American University Washington College of Law 2L Christina Ravelo. The scholarship honors the memory of Roscoe Trimmier Jr., an accomplished trial lawyer, the firm’s first African-American partner and a pioneering leader of the firm’s diversity efforts.

American University Washington College of Law is proud to congratulate Professor Jamie Raskin on his election to the U.S. House of Representatives, along with our esteemed alumni newly elected to office.