SPRING 2013 EVENTS
Clinton Global Initiative University
Wednesday, March 27 at
4:30 p.m.
Danforth University Center
Washington University students are invited to the kickoff event for Washington University’s hosting of the Sixth Annual Clinton Global Initiative University. Faces of Hope celebrates the 118 Commitments to Action for the April 5-7, 2013, Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU). CGIU will bring to campus nearly 1,200 students to work on projects to address global issues; the projects include those by two teams of law school students. The five focus areas are education, environment and climate change, peace and human rights, poverty alleviation, and public health.
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Nagel Chair Installation: Andrew D. Martin
Thursday, March 28 at
4:30 p.m.
Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom (AB Hall, No. 310)
Vice Dean Andrew D. Martin will be installed as the Charles Nagel Chair of Constitutional Law and Political Science. Martin, who is currently a professor of law and of political science, is the founding director of the law school’s Center for Empirical Research in the Law and is a principal of the analytics consultancy firm, Principia Empirica LLC. For more information and to RSVP, contact: gina.tramelli@wustl.edu. [More] |
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Tyrrell Williams Lecture:
Stephen H. Legomsky
Thursday, April 11 at 4:30 p.m.
Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom
(AB Hall, No. 310)
Stephen H. Legomsky is an expert in U.S., comparative, and international immigration and refugee law and policy. Currently on leave from the faculty, he has been serving as chief counsel for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) since fall 2011.
In his role at USCIS, he is serving as the principal legal advisor to the agency that will be charged with implementing the central components of proposed new comprehensive immigration legislation. He will be speaking on “Immigration and the Role of the Government Attorney.” [more]
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Law School Alumnus: Arsalan Iftikhar
Friday, April 19 at 12 p.m.
Danforth Campus, Women’s Building Formal Lounge
Arsalan Iftikhar, AB '99, JD ’03, will lecture on “Islam and Muslims as American Political Football,” as part of Washington University’s Danforth Center of Religion and Politics lecture series. An international human rights lawyer and global media commentator, Iftikhar is the founder of theMuslimGuy.com and author of the book, Islamic Pacifism: Global Muslims in the Post-Osama Era. For more information and to RSVP, contact: rap@wustl.edu. [More] [Related video] |
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2013 Distinguished Law Alumni Awards
Friday, April 19 at 6 p.m.
Crowder Courtyard (AB Hall, No. 301)
The 2013 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients will be honored at a recognition ceremony on April 19. They are the Hon. Michael A. Cherry, JD ’69; Glenn L. Dalton, JD ’77; Steven “Cash” Nickerson, JD ’85, MBA ’93; and Andrew F. Puzder, JD ’78. Distinguished Young Law Alumni Award honorees are: Arsalan T. Iftikhar, AB ’99, JD ’03; Robert D. Millstone, AB ’85, JD ’88, EMBA ’02; and the Hon. Ellen Levy Siwak, AB ’85, JD ’88. For more information, please contact Gina Tramelli at gina.tramelli@wustl.edu. |
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