Externship Fair

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First In-Person Spring 2023 Externship Fair in Three Years a Great Success

More than 500 students turned out to meet with over 120 employers at Washington College of Law’s annual Externship Fair, the first in-person fair since 2020.
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MLK Day of Service

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MLK Day of Service

WCL commemorated MLK Day of Service with a community reading of excerpts from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “The Drum Major Instinctâ€
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A Solid Comeback

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A Solid Comeback

WCL faculty presence contributes to strong return to in-person AALS annual meeting
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Legal stories to follow in 2023

The law was at the center of the biggest stories of 2022 — and WCL professors published leading research, testified before Congress, and offered their analysis to national media. 
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WCL Sport and Society Initiative hosts conversation about race and the NFL

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WCL Sport and Society Initiative hosts

The rule — which required teams to interview minority candidates for open head coaching positions — was copied by other sports and modified for the corporate world. But for all its promise, progress in the NFL remains slow. While the majority of the players are Black, the majority of coaches are white. White coaches are more likely to be hired a second time, and the sons and brothers white coaches continue to be hot names when jobs come open. 
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Â鶹ÊÓƵWCL welcomes new faculty for 2022-23

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WCL celebrates 50 years of Clinical Law Program

When it was founded in 1972, the at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Washington College of Law was at the forefront of clinical legal education. Over the past five decades, it has grown to include 11 in-house clinics.
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40 anniversary

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International Legal Studies Program celebrates its 40th anniversary

Forty years ago, WCL launched its International Legal Studies Program to prepare lawyers for the complex realities of working across borders. Since then, the program has trained more than 4,500 lawyers from 60 countries
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg visits WCL for a Fireside Chat

As the District Attorney for Manhattan, Alvin Bragg oversees a jurisdiction that deals with crime on the streets and Wall Street.
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The Clinical Program welcomes five new Practitioners in Residence this year

Mariam Hinds has joined the WCL faculty as a Practitioner in Residence with the Criminal Justice Clinic. Mariam previously worked at the Wren Collective where she advised clients on the development of strategies and initiatives on criminal justice and police reform, as well as on voting rights issues. Prior to that, she spent six years as an attorney and then supervisor/team leader at the Bronx Defenders. She is a graduate of Yale University and Stanford Law School.            
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Dean Fairfax joins Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Board of Directors

Roger Fairfax, Jr., Dean of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Washington College of Law, to the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Board of Directors. 
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