Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property

WCL student Alissa Logan's essay "Sovereign Immunity and Post Grant Proceedings at the Patent and Trademark Office," has been selected as the winning entry in the Patent Administrative Law Conferenece (PALC) 2019 Legal Writing Competition.

WCL will host this juried gallery exhibition to showcase artwork created by attorneys.  Submissions of photography, painting, sculpture, mixed media and more will be considered for this exhibition. Entries will be accepted from practicing and retired attorneys as well as law students. “Frame the Lawyers 2019” will be juried by a panel of member artists and attorneys from Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts.

American University Washington College of Law regularly invites counsel of record and counsel for selected amici to offer post-argument reflections in intellectual property (and related) cases heard by the Supreme Court.

Congratulations to WCL 3Ls Lauren Mattioni and Elliot LaParne! They are Mid-Atlantic regional champions and winners of the best brief award in the Saul Lefkowitz Intellectual Property Moot Court competition in New York.

Over 25 coaches and 60 students participated in PIJIP's 2019 IP and Technology Law Alumni Career Coaching event.

Professor Christine Haight Farley is making her 6th trip to Havana, Cuba in three years as part of an educational program under the auspices of the Center for Inter-American Legal Education (CIALE).