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Professor Jennifer Daskal, faculty director of the American University Washington College of Law Tech, Law and Security Program (TLS), has been named Deputy General Counsel (Cyber and Technology) at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).  Daskal will be taking a two-year leave from AUWCL to join DHS and the Biden Administration.

Congressman and AUWCL Professor Emeritus Jamie Raskin, the lead house impeachment manager in the second impeachment trial of former President Donald J. Trump, introduced his fellow impeachment manager Stacey Plaskett ’94 on the Senate floor today, noting their shared connection to American University Washington College of Law.

American University Washington College of Law congratulates Distinguished Professor of Law Angela J. Davis, recipient of the 33rd Annual Charlotte E. Ray Award from the Greater Washington Area Chapter (GWAC) of the Women Lawyers Division of the National Bar Association.

Cora Tekach '91 — nationally recognized immigration lawyer, author, and professor — has been named the 2021 recipient of American University Washington College of Law's Elliott Milstein Award for Professional Excellence.

American University Washington College of Law has received top grades from preLaw Magazine, including an A+ for international law, A+ for trial advocacy law, A for tech law, and an A- for diversity in its Winter 2021 issue.