Students gain access to one of the largest alumni networks of intellectual property practitioners in the world. AUWCL alumni are partners in nearly all of the top 50 IP firms in the DC area, IP specialist judges, and serve in IP-focused careers in scores of businesses and Federal administrative agencies. Click through to see our list of top employers of WCL grads in the IP field. Read more
Dozens of employers in AUWCL’s acclaimed Supervised Externship Program provide students the opportunity to receive academic credit for substantive intellectual property, communications and technology law legal work combined with a specialized seminar reflecting on their experience. For examples of employers that participate in the program, see WCL IP Externship Employers.
Intellectual Property (IP) Law Community of the District of Columbia (DC) Bar will honor Professor Victoria Phillips with the esteemed Champion of IP Award. The annual Champion of IP Award celebrates an individual who has impacted IP policy, fostered innovation, and passionately advocated for intellectual property rights.
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On April 22nd, Dean Roger Fairfax and Sheriff Saadallah, Executive Director of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Academy, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to continue the close relationship between American University Washington College of Law's (AUWCL) Program on Information Justice & Intellectual Property (PIJIP) and WIPO.
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Professors Carroll and Peter Jaszi, published a new paper, The Triumph of Three Big Ideas in Fair Use Jurisprudence. The article, published in the Tulane Law Review, argues that the Court’s decisions on fair use, which represent one-third of the Court’s total merits decisions, are historic.
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