![21st Annual Hispanic Law Conference touches on Progress, Challenges in the Latinx Community](https://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl-american-edu/cache/file/E5DA1FDA-B750-CF67-BC7C87114D84BC97_medium.jpg)
21st Annual Hispanic Law Conference Touches on Progress, Challenges in the Latinx Community
Students, faculty, and distinguished guest speakers from the Latinx community came together Thursday, April 19 at American University Washington College of Law for the 21st Annual Hispanic Law Conference.
Read more![Two AUWCL Students Receive National Peggy Browning Fellowship](https://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl-american-edu/cache/file/B6993194-ED4A-451C-2F932D99EB80F9F3_medium.jpg)
Two AUWCL Students Receive National Peggy Browning Fellowships
2L Christina Canalizo and 1L Ericka Cruz, two students at American University Washington College Law, have been awarded the national Peggy Browning Fellowship. The fellowship provides law students with unique, diverse and challenging opportunities to fight for social and economic justice, with the hope the experiences will inspire students to enter careers in public interest labor law.
Read more![Asian Pacific American Law Student Association Hosts Eleventh Annual Asian Pacific Americans and the Law Dinner](https://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl-american-edu/cache/file/BAA07F76-B805-15EE-C0EAF10A8EC23BE6_medium.jpg)
Asian Pacific American Law Student Association Hosts Eleventh Annual Asian Pacific Americans and the Law Dinner
On Wednesday, April 18, 2018, the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA) hosted its Eleventh Annual Asian Pacific Americans and the Law Dinner to highlight the continuing need to empower and encourage the participation of the Asian Pacific American (APA) community in the legal profession.
![Five AUWCL Professors Recognized for Teaching, Service](https://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl-american-edu/cache/file/83E4B287-D213-5C5D-7E6F3FE933BCEC0D_medium.jpg)
AUWCL Professors Recognized for Teaching, Service
Five outstanding professors at American University Washington College of Law were honored Wednesday, April 18 as winners of the annual WCL Teaching and Service Awards. Recipients were recognized for their innovative teaching and service both in and outside of the classroom.
Read more![22nd Annual Sylvania Woods Conference Explores Pathways into the Legal Profession](https://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl-american-edu/cache/file/89771D6F-DB42-8AF5-5B357C1CE2BED3D1_medium.jpg)
22nd Annual Sylvania Woods Conference Explores Pathways into the Legal Profession
On Tuesday, April 17, American University Washington College of Law proudly presented the 22nd Annual Sylvania Woods Conference on African Americans and the Law. This annual conference addresses—through the participation of practicing lawyers, jurists, alumni, faculty, students, and administrators—matters of law and associated issues that affect African-American life and culture. The theme for this year’s conference was: “Informed by the present, Inspired for the future.”
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