News & Events

American University Washington College of Law congratulates our alumni who have been awarded the title of “Washington, D.C.’s Best Lawyers” by Washingtonian Magazine. 

In January 2018, American University Washington College of Law students interested in refugees, human rights, and immigration law took advantage of the opportunity, made available through the law school's International Refugee Assistance Project, to visit Amman, Jordan, as part of an alternative winter break. 

During the Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend, Ericha Penzien represented the American University Washington College of Law Transactional Law Society (TLS) in Baylor Law School’s “The Closer” National Transactional Law Competition. Only schools who have previously excelled at the National Transactional LawMeet® were invited to compete.

On Wednesday, Jan. 17, the law school held its 19th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Commemoration Program. Dean Camille Nelson along with faculty, staff, and students gathered to celebrate the life and enduring legacy of Dr. King.

AUWCL is pleased to announce an impressive group of new adjunct professors who are teaching courses at the law school for the first time this spring. These 20 new adjunct professors – 9 of whom are AUWCL alumni! – are teaching courses ranging from Criminal Procedure, to Government Contracts, to a new course in Computers in the Law.