News & Events

AUWCL’s Stephen S. Weinstein Trial Advocacy Program hosted an Advanced Advocacy Training Program from September 19-23 for 24 U.S. Marine Corps Judge Advocates. Military attorneys traveled from all over the world to attend the week long training that focused on trial skills in the context of sexual assault cases in the military justice system.  

On Sept. 23, 2016, the AUWCL Office of Development & Alumni Relations hosted the 32nd Annual John Sherman Myers Society Celebration and Dinner. The event brought together Myers Society and Gold Society members that have generously given to the law school and its students. 

AUWCL professor and Associate Dean Jenny Roberts will be a featured speaker at the inaugural event of the National Association of Black Journalists’ Media Institute on Legal Affairs. The event will focus on criminal justice reform, and is co-sponsored by the American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section, Hogan Lovells LLP, and the Campaign for Youth Justice. 

AUWCL students, faculty, and alumni gathered downtown at the Microsoft Innovation and Policy Center on Wednesday, Sept. 21, for an evening networking reception sponsored by the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Law Society, Office of Career and Professional Development, and the Office of Development and Alumni Relations.

The American University Washington College of Law Program on Law and Government will host two events on the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court Term — “On the Docket: A Look at the 2016-2017 Supreme Court Term” on Wednesday, September 28 and the 18th annual “Looking Ahead at the New Supreme Court Term” on Thursday, September 29. These events will give attendees the opportunity to listen to previews of some of the important cases from experts on constitutional and criminal law issues. They will also provide an important look at the potential future scenarios regarding the vacant seat left by Justice Scalia.