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C-SPAN covered our 17th Annual Hispanic Law Conference held on April 15. In this video, the second panel features legal advocates discuss the legal issues facing documented and undocumented immigrants. Read MORE about the event.
C-SPAN covered Tuesday's 17th Annual Hispanic Law Conference. In this first panel, speakers discuss the impact of current immigration polices on the Hispanic community, including the plight of children whose parents have been deported, access to justice, the "immigration limbo" many face, and the effect on the economy. Read MORE about the event.
On April 9, American University Washington College of Law and the American Society of International Law (ASIL) welcomed nearly 500 attendees to the 16th Annual Grotius Lecture to open the 108th ASIL Annual Meeting and the 76th International Law Association (ILA) Biennial Conference in Washington, D.C. This year's distinguished lecturer was NYU Law Professor Radhika Coomaraswamy, pictured above with Dean Claudio Grossman and distinguished discussant, University of Georgia School of Law Professor Diane Marie Amann. Coomaraswamy is the former U.N. special rapporteur on Violence Against Women, and former U.N. under-secretary general and special representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict. Read the full article.
“Culture gives the answer to the relevant question of how the [legal] system has to be read. How the norms have to observed and hence followed...Culture enables us not only to think about the different aspects of how power acts within the legal system, but also how people view their own power.” -Alfredo Attie, judge, Supreme Court of Sao Paulo speaks on the "International Perspectives: Preparing Young Lawyers For a Global Legal World" panel, The International Legal Education Abroad Conference.
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"I sometimes worry that Congress won’t pay attention to [threats of ] internet blackouts, if these websites [like Reddit] continue, Congress will say ‘oh, it’s just the internet again!’"
-Casey Rae, Future of Music Coalition, speaks at "30 Years of Disruption: from Betamax to Aereo."
Law and the Music Industry Panel, 3/24
"Young musicians entering [the music industry] have to decide where to fit, they have to ask themselves, 'do I want to sign to a major record label or do I want to do it on my own, and if I want to do it on my own, what kind of licensing deals should i be getting?"
-Professor Michael Carroll, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University Washington College of Law
The Annual Women and the Law Leadership Award Luncheon and Ceremony was held March 21, recognizing the extraordinary accomplishments of alumnae who have made significant contributions to the field of law and through their service to the law school.
More than 150 students, staff, faculty, alumni, and friends attended the event hosted by the Women and the Law Leadership Award Committee and Dean Claudio Grossman at The Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C.
Dean Grossman presented the 2014 Women and the Law Leadership Award to Jacqueline L. Jackson ’74, whose illustrious career has included positions at the U.S. Treasury, Bureau of Public Debt, and White House Counsel's Office.
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"Today and every day I am reminded how useful and beneficial the Act has become." - Carl Stern, former NBC legal reporter and director of public affairs for the U.S. Department of Justice, accepts the 2014 Robert Vaughn FOIA Legend Award for his distinguished FOIA-related career.
The Robert Vaughn Award is given each year at the Annual Freedom of Information Day Celebration.
Check back soon for the full webcast of the event.
This year marks the 50-year anniversary of the New York Times v. Sullivan decision, a landmark First Amendment case. In a panel this week hosted by American University Washington College of Law, Professor Steve Wermiel, Thomas A. Clarke (Kirkland & Ellis, LLP), and Mark S. Zaid (Law Office of Mark Zaid, P.C.) discussed the history of Sullivan and future of libel laws in the context of social media and news coverage. Watch the panel webcast.
Professor Wermiel also signed copies of his new book, “The Progeny: Justice William J. Brennan's Fight to Preserve the Legacy of New York Times v. Sullivan.” Hear Professor Wermiel discuss his book in this month’s Faculty Scholarship Highlight.
Thank you to the Program on Law and Government for the photo!
‘When you’re practicing in this world - whether you’re a tech company or provider - you need to consider a number of legal issues depending on how you structure your business model.”
-Alexis Gilroy, partner at Jones Day at "The Digital Health Revolution: How Law is Shaping the Next Frontier in Healthcare Delivery" event
Mr. Kari Tapiola, special advisor to the Director-General of the International Labor Organization (ILO), speaks on "The International Labour Organization and the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights at Work: From Myanmar to Bangladesh." The event was presented by the LL.M. Board alongside the Program on International Organizations, Law and Diplomacy as part of their ongoing Distinguished Speaker Series. MORE
“If a product is labeled promoted or used in a manner of a medical devices, the FDA will regulate it as a medical device.”
-Colleen Heisey, partner at Jones Day, on the rise of health-related mobile apps at "The Digital Health Revolution: How Law is Shaping the Next Frontier in Healthcare Delivery" event.
AUWCL Hosts First Annual Sports Law Symposium
The law school's First Annual Sports Law Symposium was held on Feb. 10 by the Sports and Entertainment Law Society to foster a dialogue about relevant issues in the Sports Law community. The event kicked off with commencement speaker, DeMaurice Smith, president of the National Football League (“NFL”) Players Association.
Smith addressed relevant issues in Sports Law, starting with Northwestern’s efforts toward Unionization, which he described as “a testament to [the students’] courage and [attempt] to fix what they think is broken in the system.”
Smith attributed the rise of sports unions in the past 40-50 years to the willingness of sports unions to coalesce and take risks, and such risks all had a significant impact on the strength of those unions.
A student raised the question of NFL hopeful Michael Sam's recent coming out, asking whether the NFL Players Association reached out to him for support. Smith replied that they had reached out, and the Association mentors players when they are Juniors in college and manages them during this transition period.
Smith ended by discussing his organization's educational initiatives -- helping players to maximize their 401k's, discussing workers compensation and providing lawyers to the teams, and teaching players about “handling your business as a businessman, and getting more out of football than football gets out of you.”
Following Smith's remarks, the program continued with a discussion of the Washington Redskins name change, moderated by AUWCL Professor Jeremi Duru.
David Grosso, D.C. councilmember at-large, said he has pushed for a name change in spite of death threats.
“When someone is offended by a word, and it has a profound negative impact on a group, the English vocabulary is so broad that we can find another word to replace it,” said Grosso, who noted that “redskin” is a slur in many dictionaries and that there appears to be growing public support for a name change.
Grosso argued that using a slur in a team name could have profound impact on growth and development, and the confidence of a group of people. As a life-long fan of the team, he stated that he will always support them.
Jesse Witten, an attorney for Drinker Biddle & Reath, has talked to Native Americans who find the term disparaging, and noted there is survey evidence that supports the general perception that the term is disparaging. Witten noted the difficulty of collecting survey data on the topic, particularly finding ways to word the questions in an unbiased way.
Local media in the D.C.-area covered the event. Check out the WUSA article here:
Video: http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/landover/2014/02/10/redskins-name-change-oneida-indian-nation/5375627/
Think Progress article here
“So why does a group of men devote themselves to the rights of players they’ll probably never meet or probably enver know? Because they believe. They believe in whats right- and my job as president of NFL league is building that trust.”
DeMaurice Smith, Executive Director of the National Football League (“NFL”) Players Association at the WCL First Annual Sports Law Symposium
An interview with student Shanshan Liu about Washington College of Law's externship fair.
2L and Vice President of the Environmental Law Society Lizzie Lewis (with Professor Amanda Leiter) kicks off today's event on "The State of the Environment in the Chesapeake Bay."
Speakers included representatives from the Chesapeake Legal Alliance, EPA, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and Troutman Sanders LLP. MORE