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On November 12, 2015, the Pretrial Justice Initiative at American University Washington College of Law hosted an invitation-only roundtable discussion, which brought together leading bail reform advocates, civil rights lawyers, community organizers, and representatives from state and federal government agencies to discuss racial and ethnic disparities in bail and pretrial detention. 

On October 29, 2015, Nancy Boswell ‘87, director of U.S. & International Anti-Corruption Law Summer Program at American University Washington College of Law, spoke on the anti-corruption panel hosted by the American Society of International Law.

Steve Shapiro’s decision to study law was bolstered from the experience of self-advocacy. In 2013, he and two co-plaintiffs filed a complaint fighting the new Congressional districts enacted in his home state of Maryland, arguing that the redistricting violated their Article 1 and First Amendment rights. On November 4, 2015 the Supreme Court of the United States heard Shapiro’s case, making the 1L a subject of national attention.

Professor Herman Schwartz is the founder of The Herman Schwartz Israel Human Rights Law Fellowship, a unique program that began the process of creating Israel’s human rights bar and much of Isarel’s civil society. Professor Schwartz’s work is featured in the October issue of The American Lawyer in an article entitled “An Amazing Legacy.”

Two American University Washington College of Law students had the opportunity to attend the 70th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Oct. 19-21. Vanessa Alvarez and Maria Corina Muskus observed the work of Professor Mendez, United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, attended events at the United Nations, and met with the UN officials and delegates in New York.