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Max Kaplan is a first-year law student at American University Washington College of Law, and is interested in rule of law, international investor-state dispute, and the comparative law of land rights and equity. Max is research editor for the Law and International Development Society, where he is working on research for a World Bank project on disruptive technologies in emerging economies. This summer, Max will be a law intern at the National Center for State Courts, where he will be working with the international department on various rule of law projects. . . . #americanuniversity #internationallaw #lawyeringpeace #auwcl #au_wcl #au_sis
Shelsea Ramirez is a rising 3L JD/MA student. This summer she will be working for the Honorable Judge Julieta Lemaitre at the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) in Bogota, Colombia. She looks forward to gaining a deeper understanding of international rule of law issues and transitional justice policies. She will be responsible for conducting in-depth legal research and policy frameworks analysis of issues pertaining to the Peace Agreement between the Colombian National Government and the FARC-EP. . . . #internationallaw #americanuniversity #lawyeringpeace #auwcl #au_wcl #au_sis
WCL’s Day of Crisis competition team took home the prize for best negotiations at the Day of Crisis international moot court competition, which took place in Paris from April 4th to 5th at the Université Paris Nanterre and the headquarters of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris. The competition requires that the teams define a strategy to resolve a series of major international crises and provide legal advice to various clients (states, companies, or individuals), draft legal or diplomatic documents, undertake negotiations on behalf of a client or develop diplomatic and judicial strategies, all over the course of 24 hours non-stop. During these 24 hours, the team prepared thirteen legal consultations, three negotiations, one press conference, one speech, and one general council meeting. WCL’s team, which is the first and only American team to be invited to participate in the competition, was comprised of 3Ls Christine Vlasic, Ali Boyd, Noura Abahsain, and Emma Marion and 2L Andrew Johnson. . . . #americanuniversity #internationallaw #lawyeringpeace #au_wcl #auwcl #au_sis
Nicole Carle is a 2L student at WCL and is currently a Research Associate at PILPG. This summer, Nicole will be interning with the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Representative Engel. Nicole will assist with event planning, coordinating hearings and markups, drafting remarks, and addressing constituent concerns.  She most looks forward to potential opportunities for drafting resolutions and letters regarding various substantive matters of committee concern (and of course, Jazz in the Garden every Friday)! . . . #americanuniversity #internationallaw #auwcl #lawyeringpeace #au_sis #au_wcl
For a second year in a row, the WCL's team competed in the International Advance Rounds of the White & Case Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. This year, 145 teams from 90 countries participated in the international rounds. WCL's team faced off against teams from Peru, Brazil, France, and Israel. Arguing a combined 12 rounds, the team was undefeated at both the US Mid-Atlantic Regional round and the International Preliminary Rounds. The team , coached by Catherine Newcombe, was comprised of 3Ls Hannah Stambaugh, Katherine Youssouf, and Medea Jones, and 2Ls Erin Downey and Dimitar Georgiev. . . . #internationallaw #americanuniversity #lawyeringpeace #auwcl #au_wcl #au_sis
Current PILPG Research Associate and 3L student Dalya Kefi was an NGO Observer at the Guantanamo Bay Military Commissions at the end of March. Dalya observed pre-trial hearings in U.S. v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, et al., the case against five alleged Al-Qaeda members for their roles in the 9/11 attacks. Camp Justice is the section of Guanatanmo Bay base where the commissions are held, and where media and ngo observers stay during the proceedings. . . . #americanuniversity #internationallaw #lawyeringpeace #au_wcl #auwcl #au_sis
PILPG Research Associate Jenna Russo will be interning at the Department of State’s Office of the Secretary this summer. She will be joining the Expo Unit, which is responsible for U.S. participation in international expositions, including Dubai 2020 and Argentina 2023. . . . #americanuniversity #auwcl #lawyeringpeace #internationallaw #au_wcl #au_sis
Emma Marion is a third-year law student and research associate at the Public International Law and Policy Group. Next year, Emma will be an associate at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz in the litigation group. While in law school, Emma participated in the Kovler Project Against Torture where she attended U.N. Committee against Torture hearings in Geneva, Switzerland. She also competed in the Clara Barton and Jean Pictet international humanitarian law competitions in Washington, D.C and Ohrid, Macedonia, respectively and is competing in the Day of Crisis international law and diplomacy competition Paris, France this April. Emma looks forward to honing in on her litigation skills with Baker Donelson in the fall. . . . #americanuniversity #lawyeringpeace #auwcl #au_wcl #au_sis #internationallaw
During her thirteen years as a foreign service officer, Gina Kassem has worked in Riyadh, London, Amman, and Washington, DC. She currently works on the Turkey desk, but before that, she worked in Jordan, as the Regional Refugee Coordinator overseeing the US Refugee Admissions Program in the Middle East and North Africa.  Before starting her career at the State Department, she was a Somalia Project Officer for the United Nations Development Program, and a Pro Bono Attorney for the Public International Law & Policy Group on its Somalia Project. . . . #americanuniversity #internationallaw #auwcl #au_wcl #au_sis #lawyeringpeace

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