News & Events

All law school courses will be delivered remotely for the fall 2020 semester, our community’s access to campus will be scheduled and very limited, and plans for in-person instruction for select 1L courses are therefore suspended.

American University Washington College of Law congratulates Professor Susan Bennett, co-director and founder of the Community and Economic Development Law Clinic, for being awarded American University’s Outstanding Community Engagement Award.

American University Washington College of Law graduate Shazreh Khan ’20 is the recipient of the 2020 JD Distinguished Fellowship Program.The program provides funding for selected graduates performing substantive legal or law-related work at external organizations, enabling each Fellow to continue her or his legal training while seeking long-term employment.

American University Washington College of Law Practitioner-in-Residence Daniela Kraiem, director of the Women and the Law Program, has been appointed Interim Senior Director of Career and Professional Development.

"As a law school that has a long history of and commitment to high-quality international legal education and fighting discrimination in all its forms, WCL opposes such measures in the strongest possible terms," writes Acting Dean Robert Dinerstein.