News & Events

The American University Washington College of Law Program on Law and Government and the ABA Public Education Division are hosting an in-depth discussion of the most high profile cases of the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court term, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, at 5:30 p.m.  For the first time, the American Bar Association and AUWCL are pairing their annual “Preview” events to bring together an outstanding group of experts in immigration law, civil rights, voting rights, privacy, criminal justice, and more.

American University Washington College of Law congratulates Professor Fernando Laguarda, faculty director of the Program on Law and Government, on his election as the next Board Chair of TPRC, the leading interdisciplinary conference on technology and telecom policy. His one year term began on Sept. 11, 2017.

As part of the law school’s ongoing effort to assist students interested in growing practice areas, the Externship Program is sponsoring a series of mini-externship fairs again this fall. The fairs will connect upper level students with a wide range of employers – government agencies, nonprofit organizations, trade associations, courts, and firms working on pro bono matters – who are seeking externs and interns for upcoming semesters.

On Tuesday, Sept. 12, American University Washington College of Law hosted a “Rapid Response DACA Teach-In,” symposium where our faculty experts addressed the Administration’s decision to cancel the DACA program. Professors Steve Wermiel, Amanda Frost, and Jeff Lubbers were joined by Professor Fernando Laguarda, director of the Program on Law and Government, and Lisa Curtis from the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project. The program was organized and moderated by Professor Cori Alonso-Yoder, practitioner-in-residence with the Immigrant Justice Clinic.

Professor Fernanda Nicola, an expert in comparative law and European Union law, has collaborated with Bill Davies, a European historian with the AU School of Public Affairs, to publish a groundbreaking analysis of the rulings of the Court of Justice of the European Union titled, EU Law Stories: Contextual and Critical Histories of European Jurisprudence (Law in Context).