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The State of the State Secrets Privilege: Panel Four: Idealized View of the Privilege -- a wide-ranging assessment of what, all things considered, the nature and scope of the privilege ought to be
Posted on December 30, 2009Elizabeth Goitein, Director, Liberty and National Security Project, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law; Kenneth Gude, Associate Director, Center for American Progress; Carl J. Nichols, former Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice (Bush Administration); Kent Roach, Prichard-??Wilson Chair of Law and Public Policy, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto; and Stephen I...
The State of the State Secrets Privilege: Panel Three: Legislative Perspective -- an up-to-date view from Capitol Hill of the prospects for state secrets privilege reform by Congress
Posted on December 30, 2009Danielle Brian, Executive Director, Project on Government Oversight; Sean Moulton, Director of Information Policy, OMB Watch; Heather C. Sawyer,
The State of the State Secrets Privilege: Luncheon
Posted on December 30, 2009Louis Fisher, Specialist in Constitutional Law, Library of Congress, and author of The Politics of Executive Privilege (Carolina Academic Press 2004)
The State of the State Secrets Privilege: Panel Two: Obama Administration Policy and Practice -- a critical examination of the Obama Administrations emerging positions on the privilege and how they differ from positions advanced in litigation during the Bush administration
Posted on December 30, 2009Sharon Bradford Franklin, Senior Counsel, The Constitution Project; Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Associate Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice; Benjamin E. Wizner, Counsel, National Security Project, American Civil Liberties Union; and Daniel Marcus, Faculty Fellow in Law and Government, Washington College of Law, and former Associate Attorney General (moderator)
The State of the State Secrets Privilege: Panel One: Background of the Privilege -- a foundation discussion of the state secrets privileges origin, its development, and its current status in the courts
Posted on December 30, 2009Robert M. Chesney, Charles I. Francis Professor of Law, University of Texas; Laura K. Donohue, Associate Professor, Georgetown Law, and affiliated faculty member, Georgetown Law's Center on National Security and the Law; Douglas N. Letter, Terrorism Litigation Counsel, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Department of Justice; and Amanda Frost, Professor, Washington College of Law (moderator)
The State of the State Secrets Privilege: Welcome and Introduction / Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Chairman, House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
Posted on December 30, 2009Daniel J. Metcalfe, Executive Director, Collaboration on Government Secrecy, Washington College of Law
Juvenile Sentencing: Life without Parole - Cruel & Unusual or Necessary & Appropriate?
Posted on November 24, 2009The Criminal Law Society and Criminal Law Brief are hosting a panel on the issue of juveniles receiving life without parole sentences for non-homicide crimes. On Nov. 9, the Supreme Court will hear, separately, two cases on this issue. Those cases, Graham v...
Interview with Amy Gordon of the DC Rape Crisis Center
Posted on November 09, 2009Interview with Amy Gordon of the DC Rape Crisis Center
International Externship Workshop
Posted on November 03, 2009The Externship Program invites you to attend an informal workshop on international internship end externship opportunities for summer 2010. Avis Sanders, Director of the Externship Program, will provide information regarding international employers who have expressed an interest in receiving applications for WCL students...
Is Customary International Law US Law
Posted on October 30, 2009A debate between Profs. David Moore (BYU) and Stephen Vladeck (WCL). Moderated by Prof. David Snyder. Debaters: Professor David Moore, BYU Law, has published numerous works on international law and the legal aspects of American foreign relations and has taught a number of courses on these subjects...
Positive Strategies for Maintaining Wellness in a Tough Economy
Posted on October 23, 2009Positive Strategies for Maintaining Wellness in a Tough Economy
The Crisis in Guinea: Human Rights and Accountability
Posted on October 18, 2009The Center is hosting a dynamic panel discussion to address the recent surge of violence in Guinea. The panel will feature experts from Human Rights Watch, and the New York Times bureau chief for West Africa is scheduled to patch in via phone. In addition, a WCL alumnus who now heads a NGO in Guinea is slated to join the panel via telephone.
Patent Information Session: Exam Tips and Career Strategies
Posted on October 09, 2009OCPD and the Intellectual Property Society invite students interested in a patent law career to attend this information session featuring Attorney John White on Monday, October 5 from 4:30 - 5:30 in room 401. Mr. White is a patent lawyer and has prepared applicants for the Patent Bar Exam since 1988...
Third Annual International Right-to-Know Day Celebration - Restoration of U.S. International Transparency Leadership During the Obama Administration
Posted on October 06, 2009Kevin M. Goldberg, Legal Counsel, American Society of Newspaper Editors; Miriam M. Nisbet, Founding Director, Office of Government Information Services, NARA, and most recently Director, Information Society Division, UNESCO, Paris; John Verdi, Director, Open Government Project, EPIC
Third Annual International Right-to-Know Day Celebration - Survey of Transparency Worldwide
Posted on October 06, 2009Tom Blanton, Director, National Security Archive; Jamie P. Horsley, Deputy Director, China Law Center, Yale Law School; Toby McIntosh, Steering Committee Coordinator, Global Transparency Initiative
Third Annual International Right-to-Know Day Celebration - Kevin Dunion, Information Commissioner of Scotland, and Arne Fliflet, Information Commissioner of Norway
Posted on October 06, 2009Kevin Dunion, Information Commissioner of Scotland, and Arne Fliflet, Information Commissioner of Norway - via audio connection at the Sixth International Conference of Information Commissioners in Oslo, Norway
Third Annual International Right-to-Know Day Celebration - Welcome and Introduction / Keynote Presentation: "Transparency in the UK and Beyond"
Posted on October 06, 2009Daniel J. Metcalfe, Executive Director, CGS Alasdair S. Roberts, Professor of Law and Public Policy, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, and Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University College London
Gender and Climate Change
Posted on September 25, 2009International Week: Gender and Climate Change
21st Century Infrastructure: Opportunities and Hurdles for Renewable Energy Development - Financing Issues: Views from Wall Street to Sand Hill Road
Posted on September 18, 200921st Century Infrastructure: Opportunities and Hurdles for Renewable Energy Development - Financing Issues: Views from Wall Street to Sand Hill Road
21st Century Infrastructure: Opportunities and Hurdles for Renewable Energy Development - Policies for the Transition to a Carbon-Constrained Economy
Posted on September 18, 200921st Century Infrastructure: Opportunities and Hurdles for Renewable Energy Development - Policies for the Transition to a Carbon-Constrained Economy
21st Century Infrastructure: Opportunities and Hurdles for Renewable Energy Development - Private Investment and the Role of Government: The Goldilocks Conundrum
Posted on September 18, 200921st Century Infrastructure: Opportunities and Hurdles for Renewable Energy Development - Private Investment and the Role of Government: The Goldilocks Conundrum
21st Century Infrastructure: Opportunities and Hurdles for Renewable Energy Development - Lunch with Keynote Speaker
Posted on September 18, 200921st Century Infrastructure: Opportunities and Hurdles for Renewable Energy Development - Lunch with Keynote Speaker
21st Century Infrastructure: Opportunities and Hurdles for Renewable Energy Development - Generation Resources: Finding the Right Mix
Posted on September 18, 200921st Century Infrastructure: Opportunities and Hurdles for Renewable Energy Development - Generation Resources: Finding the Right Mix
21st Century Infrastructure: Opportunities and Hurdles for Renewable Energy Development - Electric Transmission Gaps and Bottlenecks: Issues and Potential Solutions
Posted on September 18, 200921st Century Infrastructure: Opportunities and Hurdles for Renewable Energy Development - Electric Transmission Gaps and Bottlenecks: Issues and Potential Solutions
21st Century Infrastructure: Opportunities and Hurdles for Renewable Energy Development - Introduction and Welcome
Posted on September 18, 200921st Century Infrastructure: Opportunities and Hurdles for Renewable Energy Development - Introduction and Welcome
International JD Dual Degree Program Info Session
Posted on September 17, 2009Information session for the International JD Dual Degree Programs in France, Australia, Canada, and Spain.
Munching on Human Rights
Posted on September 17, 2009The Center's popular "Munching on Human Rights" series is back for another season of engaging and thought-provoking lunchtime lectures hosted by WCL faculty. 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...
Joint Journal, Note and Comment Training
Posted on June 11, 2009Joint Journal, Note and Comment Training
ABCI Conference - Breakfast with Bruce Wilson on Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization
Posted on June 03, 2009American University Washington College of Law International Legal Studies Program (ILSP) and Brazilian International Trade Scholars, Inc. (ABCI) present the 89th Meeting of the Brazilian International Trade Scholars, Inc. featuring Bruce Wilson, Director, Legal Affairs Division, World Trade Organization...
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