Value proposition

We champion what matters in all areas of the law.

In 1896, American University Washington College of Law became the first law school in the country founded by women. More than 125 years since its founding, this law school community is grounded in the values of equality, diversity, and intellectual rigor. The law school's nationally and internationally recognized programs (in clinical legal education, trial advocacy, international law, intellectual property, and health law to name a few) and dedicated faculty provide its JD, LL.M., and SJD students with the critical skills and values to have an immediate impact as students and as graduates, in Washington, DC and around the world.

Environmental and Energy Law, International and Comparative Law, Intellectual Property, Trial Advocacy, Clinical Legal Education, Criminal Law, Law and Government, Criminal Justice, Public Interest, Health Law and Policy, Gender and the Law, and Human Rights