Women’s Initiative

Women’s Initiative is a non-partisan, inclusive department of the Student Government that helps coordinate and advise campus departments and committees on programming and policy decisions that affect the women students, faculty, and staff of American University. Women’s Initiative focuses on making AU a safer, more equitable, and more empowering place for women through AU traditions like the Breastival, AIDS Walk Washington, World AIDS Day, the Vagina Monologues, Women’s History Month, and Take Back the Night.          

Contact: wi@ausg.org or http://wi.ausg.org/

Domestic Violence Clinic - Washington College of Law

Student attorneys in the Domestic Violence Clinic (DVC) represent victim/survivors of domestic violence seeking civil protection orders and/or petitioning to change their immigration status. The opportunity to gain experience in family and immigration arenas allows student attorneys to evaluate the benefits and limits of these interventions into the complex problem of domestic violence in this two-semester clinic.

Contact: http://www.wcl.american.edu/clinical/domestic.cfm

Women and the Law Clinic - Washington College of Law

The Women and the Law Clinic often begins representation of clients in child custody and support, domestic violence, and child neglect cases. Once the clinic begins working with a client, however, student attorneys assist the client with other legal matters that affect the client’s life. The clinic’s caseload is thus quite varied. Student attorneys treat each client not as a discrete “case” but as a complex person dealing with issues implicating many aspects of the legal system. These issues may have led to, complicated, or exacerbated the client’s involvement with the legal system. While cases often involve family law issues, student attorneys also represent clients in other civil and administrative actions including landlord-tenant, employment, immigration, education, consumer, and small claims cases.

Contact: http://www.wcl.american.edu/clinical/women.cfm

Women and the Law Program - Washington College of Law

Since 1984 the Women and the Law Program has promoted the integration of women's rights and gender studies into legal education, practice and doctrine. To foster the study and teaching of gender and international or comparative law, the program expanded to include a Women and International Law Program in 1994.

Contact: http://www.wcl.american.edu/gender/wlp/about_us.cfm

Women and Politics Institute

The Women & Politics Institute works to close the gender gap in political leadership by providing young women with academic and practical training that encourages them to become involved in the political process and facilitate research that enhances our understanding of the challenges women face in the political arena.

Contact: wpi@american.edu and http://www.american.edu/spa/wpi/directors_message.cfm

GLBTA Resource Center

The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Ally (GLBTA) Resource Center works to strengthen and sustain an inclusive campus community that welcomes   people of all sexual orientations and gender identities by providing support, educational resources, and advocacy.

Contact: glbta@american.edu or http://www.american.edu/ocl/glbta/index.cfm