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Organized by the WCL Center on International Commercial Arbitration, the Ninth LL.M. International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition was created specifically for LL.M. students and seeks to foster the study of international arbitration for the resolution of international business disputes and investment disputes. The University of Pittsburgh, Georgetown University, Fordham University, and other law schools competed this year. WCL proudly brought home two wins during the competition. 

On Thursday, April 21, the Washington College of Law Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee concluded its three-series panel on rising levels of hate in the United States and around the world. The final panel featured Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League and was moderated by Dean Roger A. Fairfax, Jr. Greenblatt is  the author of the new book It Could Happen Here, which details rising levels of hate and systemic violence in the United States and projects that more could be on the way without intervention.

On Friday, April 8, 2022, three WCL law students, Rolonda Donelson, Imani Brooks & Nia Langley, spoke to NBC's Kristen Welker on becoming Black female lawyers and what Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court means to them.

American University Washington College of Law’s top specialty programs, nationally ranked by U.S. News and World Report – #3 Clinical Program, #3 Trial Advocacy, #5 Part-Time JD, #7 International Law, #8 Intellectual Property, #16 Health Care Law – are just a few of our areas of excellence. We provide our students with the critical skills and values to have an immediate impact in the Washington, D.C. region, our nation, and around the world.

The Black Law Students Association, The Women of Color Coalition and the Women's Law Association issued a joint statement today in support of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court nomination.