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🗣️🗣️ Calling all future Junior Staffers! Applications are open now until September 13th. Click the link in our bio or us...
09/04/2024

🗣️🗣️ Calling all future Junior Staffers! Applications are open now until September 13th. Click the link in our bio or use the QR code above to apply.

Read our latest blog post by 1L Grace Byers about Congress’s difficulties with passing regular appropriations bills befo...
04/25/2024

Read our latest blog post by 1L Grace Byers about Congress’s difficulties with passing regular appropriations bills before the fiscal deadline and the impact of continuing resolutions on agencies. Read more at the link below!

Grace Byers is a first-year law student at American University Washington College of Law. She graduated from West Virginia University with a degree in International Studies, and before law school, she worked as a Congressional Researcher for the Embassy of Japan. The DMV has the largest number of

04/02/2024

Mikesha Withanachchi is a 2L at American University Washington College of Law. She graduated from St. John’s University in 2022 with a B.A. in Sociology, where she engaged in local and international volunteer work aiding immigrant and low-income communities. She hopes to continue assisting immigra...

04/01/2024

Maya McLees is a 2L at American University Washington College of Law. It has long been recognized that the lack of accommodations for working parents—mothers especially—can force them “to choose between job security and parenting.”[1] The Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA) mandates that eligi...

Read more about "Medi-Cal," California's newest legislation that plays a pivotal role in shaping healthcare accessibilit...
03/01/2024

Read more about "Medi-Cal," California's newest legislation that plays a pivotal role in shaping healthcare accessibility within the state. Written by 1L Anna Dominguez, our latest blog post dives deep into the legislation, including how the legislation affects healthcare for undocumented individuals.

Anna Dominguez is a first-year student at American University Washington College of Law. She graduated magna cm laude from Nazareth College with a degree in legal studies and political science. California serves as a home to 10.5 million immigrants.[1] Impressively, approximately 78% of these im

Is net neutrality doomed to fail? Read more about the FCC’s recent vote to adopt a notice of proposed rulemaking restori...
02/09/2024

Is net neutrality doomed to fail? Read more about the FCC’s recent vote to adopt a notice of proposed rulemaking restoring net neutrality regulations. Authored by 1L Hunter Law, our most recent blog post dives into the proposed rule and the history of net neutrality regulation.

Hunter Law is a first-year student at the American University Washington College of Law. He graduated from Hillsdale College with a bachelor’s degree in politics. He is interested in studying administrative law. On July 9, 2021, President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 14036, “Promoting Co

New blog post by 2L Carter Ware! Carter discusses state law regarding race-conscious admissions in the wake of the Supre...
02/08/2024

New blog post by 2L Carter Ware! Carter discusses state law regarding race-conscious admissions in the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling that the race-based admissions policies used by Harvard University and the University of North Carolina violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.

Carter Ware is a second-year law student at American University Washington College of Law. She graduated from Sewanee: University of the South with a degree in Politics in 2020. Before law school, she worked as a litigation paralegal and hopes to continue to pursue civil litigation after graduation.

Read more about Florida's recent "Don't Say Period" bill, introduced in May of 2023 by Governor DeSantis. Authored by 1L...
02/07/2024

Read more about Florida's recent "Don't Say Period" bill, introduced in May of 2023 by Governor DeSantis. Authored by 1L Amanda Dobrucky, this blog discusses the technicalities of the bill which includes the prohibition of classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity to eighth grade.

Amanda Dobrucky is a 1L student at American University Washington College of Law. She graduated from the University of Florida in 2023 with a bachelor’s in Political Science and Women’s Studies. She has assisted in research in the Political Science Department on the intersectionality African Ame...

Check out our new blog post by 1L Daniel Ernst about felony disenfranchisement in Virginia and the recent lawsuits again...
02/06/2024

Check out our new blog post by 1L Daniel Ernst about felony disenfranchisement in Virginia and the recent lawsuits against Governor Youngkin. Read more at the link below!

Daniel Ernst is a 1L at the American University Washington College of Law. In the words of President Lyndon B. Johnson, the right to vote is “the basic right without which all others are meaningless.”[1] Yet, the right to vote has long been denied to people because of the color of their skin.[2]

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Staff Membership to the American University Legislation and Policy Brief (AULPB) is open to all current American University Washington College of Law Students (including 1Ls) in good academic standing. It presents fantastic opportunities to develop crucial legal writing and editing skills, explore and blog on current legal issues on any subject area, as well as possibility for accession to the Executive Board.

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