The Health Law and Policy Program at American University Washington College of Law ensures that students graduate practice-ready and connected to opportunities.
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Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for our book talk on The Pain Brokers! @elizabethcburch and Judge McCafferty discussed pelvic mesh, fraud, and access to justice.
🤝 Thanks to @WomenLawWCL for co-sponsoring.
📹 Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=MWHJ5mtY…
Join us for the next Future of Health Care Series: Jessica Waters and Katie Watson discuss advance healthcare directives, pregnancy exclusions, and autonomy, moderated by Maya Manian
📅 Nov 11, 2026
⏰ 12–1:30 PM ET
📍 AUWCL & Zoom
🔗 Learn more/register: tinyurl.com/3d72p84a
This series is presented in partnership with the American Health Law Association and the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics (@ASLMENews ; @JLME_ASLME)
We are grateful to the AUWCL Program on Gender, Theory, Law and Practice for co-sponsoring this event (@WomenLawWCL)
📖 Join us for a book talk with Prof. @elizabethcburch, author of The Pain Brokers, and Hon. Landya Boyer McCafferty.
🗓️ Oct 28 | 12–1:30 PM ET
📍 AUWCL and Zoom
🔗 Learn more & register: tinyurl.com/bpa7nw3u (Free & open to all)
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Congrats to Dr. Emelyne Calimoutou LLM '16 who will receive the Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD) Award at the AUWCL Alumni Reunion on Oct. 10! Join us in celebrating her achievements and dedication to the AUWCL community. Register: tinyurl.com/2026-Alumni-Reun… @AUWCL_alumni
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From election law and cybercrime to medical billing, player safety, press freedom, and environmental justice, AUWCL faculty continue to share expertise that matters. Check out their recent contributions in leading media outlets and policy forums.
Join us for a screening of SHUFFLE (2026), followed by a discussion with the film director exploring systemic challenges in the addiction treatment industry.
🗓️ Oct 19 | 6–9 PM ET
📍 AUWCL (In person only)
🔗 Learn more & register: tinyurl.com/4j7fufd7 (Free & open to all)
The @AUWCL Health Law and Policy Program is pleased to sponsor this @AmerHealthLaw podcast. Asha Scielzo interviews Radha Savitala (Tenor Health Foundation) about revitalizing community hospitals & preserving critical medical services.
Listen here: tinyurl.com/yby8t8st
Asha Scielzo, American University Washington College of Law, speaks with Radha Savitala, Tenor Health Foundation, about her work helping hospitals and health systems under duress and ensuring the viability of community hospitals across the nation.
Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=GH8ZZw40…
We’re excited to sponsor our share our expertise at the @JLME_ASLME Health Law Professors Conference in Atlanta! Looking forward to connecting and sharing insights in health law and policy.
See our faculty lineup below ⬇️
#AUWCLHealthLaw @GSU_HealthLaw @GeorgiaStateLaw
📣 THIS SATURDAY: AUWCL JGSPL 2026 Symposium - “Policing Gender: Reform, Resistance & the Future”
🗓 April 4 | 9 AM–4 PM | NT01
HLPP faculty moderating:
Drake Hagner (Panel 1)
Maya Manian (Panel 3)
Register here: tinyurl.com/mvw4v869
📢 Join us for a conversation on how AI is transforming drug development & the legal frameworks guiding it!
Moderator: @LewisGrossman
🗓️ Mar 4 | 3:30–5 PM ET
📍Hybrid (AUWCL and Zoom)
🔗Register: tinyurl.com/nhe27vk3
Free & open to all
📢 Join us for a book talk with @ProfGraceHoward on The Pregnancy Police: Conceiving Crime, Arresting Personhood, in discussion with @RBraceySherman.
🗓️ Mar 2 | 12–1:15 PM ET
📍 AUWCL Yuma Building (Y115) | Free & open to all (recorded)
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/5fzc7dvf
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AHLA is pleased to partner with @HealthAUWCL to present the next installment in the Future of Health Care Series: After Dobbs: How the Supreme Court Ended Roe but Not Abortion on Friday, February 6, from 12:00–1:30 PM ET.
Free registration: american.edu/wcl/impact/init…
Join @AUWCL Health Law & Policy Program for the next Future of Health Care event: After Dobbs: How the Supreme Court Ended Roe but Not Abortion.
📅 Fri, Feb 6 | 12–1:30 PM ET | Virtual via Zoom
🔗 Free registration: tinyurl.com/3d72p84a
📣Share this terrific opportunity with law students!
The Eleventh Annual AUWCL National Health Law Writing Competition is now open! Submit papers on health law and food law topics. Prizes awarded, sponsored by AUWCL Alumni!
Learn more and submit here: tinyurl.com/yjhfrzn7
Join AUWCL’s Health Law & Policy Program for Preventing Stillbirth: Legal, Policy, and Public Health Perspectives on Thurs, Nov 13 from 12–1:30 PM ET (Hybrid).
Experts explore stillbirth prevention, legal frameworks, and reproductive justice.
Register: tinyurl.com/4xvm6s6b
Join us Oct. 3 (12–5 PM ET | hybrid) for Risk and Resistance: Feminist Interventions in Health Law, Science & Policy. Featuring Prof. Aziza Ahmed's keynote on her new book, followed by panels on feminist activism, law & public health.
Register: tinyurl.com/yt2zex6u
Join Prof. @LewisGrossman next Wed. May 7, as he moderates “The Elements of a Trustworthy Health Ecosystem” in D.C.
A timely conversation on rebuilding trust in health & science institutions.
Panel: 3:30-5PM ET
🎟️Free | RSVP: lnkd.in/ePhj_vV6
@TAMUHealth
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AUWCL Prof. @LewisGrossman discusses ivermectin and America’s history of medical skepticism in the NYT. Read more: tinyurl.com/Grossman-NYT
#HealthLaw #NYT #ChampionWhatmatters
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