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Here is the schedule of our fall workshops. If you are in the Mid-Atlantic region on any of these Fridays, please join us. There is no charge for attending and I will be happy to send you a copy of the article we will be discussing.
On Friday, September 15, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., in Room 600 of the Washington College of Law, American University, Patience Crowder (University of Baltimore School of Law) will present her work-in-progress, Ain't No
Sunshine": Deal Making, Open Meeting Acts, and Community Participation in Inner City Redevelopment. A copy of that article will be sent out after Labor Day. Parking will be available in the garage under the law school building (enter from Massachusetts Avenue). As always, sumptuous refreshments will also be provided.
October 13 - Emily Read (Georgetown University Law Center) - In Grave
Danger: Reforming the Civil Commitment System to Protect Victims of Domestic Violence. Her paper scrutinizes the psychiatric civil commitment system as it affects victims of domestic violence. More specifically, she explores why victims of domestic violence are particularly vulnerable in the civil commitment system, and why the system may enable batterers to control victims with mental health disabilities even while they are seeking treatment. She then provides a plan for how the civil commitment system could be reformed so that it would better protect victims of domestic violence.
November 10 - Michele Pistone (Villanova University School of Law) and David Zammit (University of Malta Faculty of Law) - Bringing Clinical Legal Education to Europe: The Challenges Faced and Lessons Learned from Developing a Refugee Law Clinic at the University of Malta. After the small island country of Malta joined the European Union in 2004, it almost
immediately became a refuge for hundreds of irregular migrants. Malta was
required by its European neighbors to adopt an asylum system that would adjudicate claims for refugee status from people fleeing persecution on account of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. As part of a Fulbright, Michele worked with David to create a refugee law clinic. Their article will discuss some of the challenges they confronted and the choices they made.
December 1 - Brian Gilmore (Howard University School of Law) - The Road to
Kriegsfeld: Legal Protections for Persons with Mental Disabilities in the Landlord-Tenant Context. This essay concerns the development over the last decade of legal protections for persons with mental disabilities in landlord-tenant cases, specifically in the District of Columbia. The essay centers around the case Kriegsfeld v Douglas that was tried in DC Superior Court and resulted in two opinions from the DC Court of Appeals.
David F. Chavkin
Professor of Law and
Director, Civil Practice Clinic
Washington College of Law
American University
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016
(202) 274-4168 (voice)
(202) 730-4581 (fax)
dchavkin@wcl.american.edu
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