News & Events

On April 9, American University Washington College of Law’s Office of Development and Alumni Relations will host its annual celebration of alumni, faculty, and student achievement. The Legends & Leaders event will include a virtual cocktail reception, remarks by Acting Dean Bob Dinerstein, a tour of the law school, and presentation of awards and retiring faculty.

The event featured insight from various panelists at the forefront of the fight for DC statehood, including Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, whose District of Columbia statehood bill will be discussed during a Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing March 22.

In light of yesterday evening’s devastating shooting of eight people in the Atlanta area, six of them Asian or of Asian descent, we write to deplore all such violence and to acknowledge and condemn the rise in hate crimes and hateful language directed at Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Five of our distinguished alumni have been included in the March/April issue of the DC Bar’s Washington Lawyer magazine. Learn more about how they have pioneered and fought for inclusion and diversity by Championing What Matters in the legal field.

American University Washington College of Law’s Equal Justice Foundation (EJF) is pleased to invite you to the EJF Annual Public Interest Auction from March 19 – 28.