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Looking Past Guantanamo: Are New Concepts Needed for Terrorist-Related Detentions? - Panel 3: Are New Legal Concepts Needed for Terrorist-Related Detentions?

Posted on September 29, 2008
Moderator: Daniel Marcus, Professor, Washington College of Law Panelists: Madeline Morris, Professor, Duke Law School; Ben Wittes, Research Director in Public Law, Brookings Institute; David Remes, Partner, Covington & Burling; and Deborah Colson, Human Rights First

Looking Past Guantanamo: Are New Concepts Needed for Terrorist-Related Detentions? - Panel 2: Are American Courts Creating New Concepts to Govern Terrorist-Related Detentions?

Posted on September 29, 2008
Moderator: Stephen Vladeck, Professor, Washington College of Law Panelists: David Rivkin, Partner, Baker Hostetler; David Laufman, Partner, Kelley Drye; Justin Florence, Associate, O'Melveny & Myers

Looking Past Guantanamo: Are New Concepts Needed for Terrorist-Related Detentions? - Welcome Remarks/Panel 1: Conceptual Implications of Terrorist Detentions Since 9/11

Posted on September 29, 2008
Moderator: Richard Wilson, Professor, Washington College of Law Panelists: Sandy Hodgkinson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense, Carrie Newton Lyons, Assistant Professor, University of Akron School of Law

Obama vs. McCain - Forum on the Presidential Candidates' Health Care Reform Platforms

Posted on September 29, 2008
Speakers: Gwendolyn Majette, Global Health Law Scholar and LL.M. Candidate, Georgetown Law Center: Obama Campaign Supporter. Heide Bajnrauh, Senior Adviser to Presidential Candidate John McCain Commentator: Richard Teske, President, Strategic Advocacy LLC Moderator: Corrine Parver, Practitioner?in?Residence and Executive Director, Health Law Project, Program on Law and Government.

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Third Annual Lecture on International Commercial Arbitration - Establishing Claims for Damages, Costs and Interest in International Arbitration

Posted on September 29, 2008
Established in 2006, the American University Washington College of Law Annual Lecture on International Arbitration is delivered by a leading practitioner in the field of international commercial arbitration. The annual lecture offers an eminent figure in international arbitration a platform on which to share his or her ideas on novel issues and current trends in international arbitration from his or her own perspective and provides practitioners and academics an exclusive opportunity to participate.

International Week - Oxfam Hunger Banquet: Trade and Investment in Foodstuffs During a Global Food Crisis

Posted on September 29, 2008
The International Trade Law Society, together with SDLP and the ILSP hosted an Oxfam hunger banquet, in which over 50 participants met to discuss trade and investment in foodstuffs during a global food crisis. This was a great opportunity for participants to experience and to disuss the unequal global distribution of food.

International Week - 2nd Annual ILSP Lecture on International Law: Lecturer Jose Alvarez, Hamilton Fish Professor of International Law and Diplomacy, Columbia University: "Contemporary International Law: Empire of Law or the Law of Empire?"

Posted on September 29, 2008
Professor Jose Alvarez, Hamilton Fish Professor of International Law and Diplomacy at Columbia University spoke to over 115 participants on the issue of "Contemporary International Law: Empire of Law or the Law of Empire?"

Countering Terrorism through Domestic and International Sanctions Listing: A Rule of Law Perspective - Session 3: Effective review of listing decisions - the way forward

Posted on September 22, 2008
Moderator: Eric Rosand, Center for Global Counter?Terrorism Cooperation "Fair and clear procedures" in UN sanctions listing - an outside perspective: Christian Wenaweser, Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the United Nations "Fair and clear procedures" in UN sanctions listing - an inside perspective: Richard Barrett, United Nations Al?Qaida/Taliban Monitoring Team The way towards a compromise: Sue Eckert, Watson Institute, Brown University

Countering Terrorism through Domestic and International Sanctions Listing: A Rule of Law Perspective - Session 2: Legal challenges to counter-terrorism sanctions regimes - administrative law, criminal law, and human rights

Posted on September 22, 2008
Moderator: Jonathan Winer, APCO Worldwide Presenters: The role of intelligence information: Patrick Radden Keefe, writer Court cases regarding domestic listing regimes: Ori Lev, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Court cases regarding international listing regimes: Christopher Michaelsen, Fellow, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Sydney

Countering Terrorism through Domestic and International Sanctions Listing: A Rule of Law Perspective - Opening Remarks / Session 1: Domestic and international targeted sanctions regimes - a comparison

Posted on September 22, 2008
Claudio Grossman, Dean, American University Washington College of Law Christian Wenaweser, Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the United Nations Moderator: Prof. Robert Goldman, American University Washington College of Law Presenters: The terrorist designation process in the United States: Adam J...

Constitution Day & Election Day: The Stakes for Justice in 2008

Posted on September 19, 2008
American University Washington College of Law will celebrate Constitution Day - founded by WCL alumnus Senator Robert Byrd - by examining the 2008 election and its impact on the future of the federal courts. Speakers and panelists for the event include Nan Aron, president, Alliance for Justice; Curt Levey, executive director, Committee for Justice; WCL Profs...

International Week - Nuts and Bolts of Human Rights Work: War Stories (and more) From the Field

Posted on September 19, 2008
This international Week event will discuss "the good, the bad, and the ugly" of working abroad in the field of human rights. Come prepared for some compelling stories from those who experienced it firsthand.

International Week - World Bank's Legal Approach and Policies Towards Millennium Development Goals Lunch Presentation

Posted on September 18, 2008
World Bank's Legal Approach and Policies Towards Millennium Development Goals Lunch Presentation

International Week - 1L Luncheon on International Law

Posted on September 18, 2008
Professors discuss various topics on international law.

International Week - Working in International Organizations

Posted on September 18, 2008
Learn about career paths and the day-to-day life of lawyers in international organizations!

Munching on Human Rights: An Introduction to Human Rights and the Treaty Reporting Process

Posted on September 18, 2008
The popular Munching on Human Rights lecture series kicks off with a lecture by the Center's Executive Director, Hadar Harris, who will provide an "An Introduction to Human Rights Law and the Treaty Reporting Process." This series is an introductory program designed particularly for 1Ls who are looking to get a "taste" of international human rights and humanitarian law during their first year of study.

International Arbitration: An Overview

Posted on September 15, 2008
An introduction to International Commercial Arbitration and Investor-State Arbitration from the perspective of an arbitrator.

Presidential Management Fellowship Program Information Session

Posted on September 15, 2008
During the PMF Information Session, we will discuss information about WCL's nomination process, the formal application process and any questions students may have. Selection begins with the nomination of the student by WCL followed by an assessment process sponsored by the U...

Secrets to Successful Call Back Interviews

Posted on September 04, 2008
Join OCPD and Sullivan & Cromwell Associate Angela Brown (WCL '05) as we look behind the scenes and discuss strategies for a successful call back interview.

Teaching IHL Summer Institute (6.05.08)

Posted on July 08, 2008
On June 4-5, 2008, American University Washington College of Law Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (WCL) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will convene the first Teaching IHL Summer Institute in Washington, D.C. The Institute is targeted for law professors who are interested in teaching an IHL course for the first time, integrating IHL modules into their current courses and/or rethinking their current teaching of this important area.

International Mediation Conference

Posted on July 08, 2008
International Mediation Conference

The Emerging Era in Whistleblower Rights and the Public's Right to Know - Panel 2: The Special Case of National Security

Posted on June 26, 2008
Moderator: Conrad Martin, Executive Director, Fund for Constitutional Government Panelists: Ann Beeson, Director of U.S. Policy, Open Society Institute; Danielle Brian, Executive Director, Project on Government Oversight; Louis Fisher, Specialist in Constitutional Law, Library of Congress; Mike German, Policy Counsel for National Security, American Civil Liberties Union; Stephen Kohn, Executive Director, National Whistleblower Center.

The Emerging Era in Whistleblower Rights and the Public's Right to Know - Luncheon Address

Posted on June 26, 2008
Introduction by Mark Niles, Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs, American University Washington College of Law Introduction of Luncheon Guest Speaker by Jesselyn Radack, Homeland Security Director, GAP Luncheon Guest Speaker: Babak Pasdar, computer security specialist whose whistleblowing is credited with turning the tide in the House of Representatives against granting immunity to telecommunications companies that enabled secret government surveillance of Americans.

The Emerging Era in Whistleblower Rights and the Public's Right to Know - Panel 1 - Restoring Openness and Accountability to Government and Corporations

Posted on June 26, 2008
Moderator: Professor David Vladeck, Georgetown University Law Center Panelists: Tom Devine, Legal Director, GAP; David Marshall, Partner, Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP; Sean Moulton, Director of Federal Information Policy, OMB Watch; Bonnie Robin-Vergeer, Attorney, Public Citizen Litigation Group; Jason Zuckerman, Principal, The Employment Law Group, PC, Washington, DC.

The Emerging Era in Whistleblower Rights and the Public's Right to Know - Keynote Address

Posted on June 26, 2008
Welcome Remarks by Mark Cohen, Executive Director, Government Accountability Project (GAP) Keynote Address: Coleen Rowley, former FBI Special Agent and Minneapolis Chief Division Counsel, and one of three Time magazine "Persons of the Year" in 2002, who blew the whistle on FBI Headquarters' failure to act on information provided by her Field Office, pre-9/11, about suspected terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui.

Teaching IHL Institute Day - 6.4.08

Posted on June 18, 2008
On June 4-5, 2008, American University Washington College of Law Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (WCL) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will convene the first Teaching IHL Summer Institute in Washington, D.C. The Institute is targeted for law professors who are interested in teaching an IHL course for the first time, integrating IHL modules into their current courses and/or rethinking their current teaching of this important area.

Washington College of Law 2008 Commencement Address

Posted on May 18, 2008
Washington College of Law 2008 Commencement Address

Externship Faculty Workshop

Posted on May 16, 2008
Externship Faculty Workshop

Twelfth Annual Sylvania Woods Conference on African Americans and the Law - The Intersection of Media, Law, & Politics - Welcome Remarks & Panel Conversation

Posted on May 06, 2008
In a unique and remarkable political year, a panel of experts will come together to conduct an inclusive conversation about its meaning and ramifications for the African-American community. Confirmed and invited guests include: Jim Asendio, News Director, WAMU-88...

Twelfth Annual Sylvania Woods Conference on African Americans and the Law - The Intersection of Media, Law, & Politics - Awards Dinner

Posted on May 06, 2008
The dinner program recognizes those who have done good and done well through respective presentation of the Rising Star Award, the Hairston Award, and the North Star Award to a graduating student, a member of the alumni, and a professional.

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