Trade, Investment, and Development Program at WCL

Trade, Investment, and Development Program at WCL TID focuses on the linkage between trade and other disciplines, such as intellectual property, environment, investment, labor and human rights.

The interdisciplinary Trade & Investment Law and Policy (TILP) program, established at American University Washington College of Law in 2014, initially operated under the name Trade, Investment, and Development Program (TID) from 2014 to 2024. The interdisciplinary Trade, Investment and Development Program (TID) was established early 2014, at American University’s Washington College of Law (AUWCL)

in conjunction with the Brazilian International Trade Scholars’ Institute (ABCI Institute). The program consolidates and expands upon the law school’s existing trade-related curriculum and extensive experiential learning opportunities. The diverse curriculum focuses on the Law and Practice of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Regional Trading Arrangements (RTAs), International Trade Policy, as well as Trade and Environment, Investment Treaty Arbitration, and International Investment Law and Policy. TID also participates in organizing an intensive three-week summer course in Geneva on WTO: Rule-Making and Dispute Settlement, taught by staff members of the WTO and the Advisory Centre on WTO Law (ACWL).

06/19/2026
05/05/2026

For 28 years, International and Comparative Legal Studies at American University Washington College of Law has held the Annual Grotius Lecture during the American Society of International Law's Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.

The 2026 Annual Grotius Lecture titled "Ruptures, Justice and Order" will be delivered on April 22 at 5:30 PM by Philippe Sands, KC, Professor of Law at University College London, Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard, and practicing barrister at 11KBW. The distinguished discussant will be
John Bellinger, Partner at Arnold & Porter and former Legal Adviser to the U.S. Department of State.

Philippe Sands will address the future of the rules based system in a multilateral global legal order, against the background of current global developments, from tariffs and trade to sovereignty, war and the rights of individuals.

04/09/2026

We are excited to announce the keynote event of the AUWCL Trade, Investment and Development Program’s Reimagining Multilateralism Conference, the 2026 Annual Wenger Endowed Lecture in International Trade Law.

The 2026 Wenger Lecture will be delivered by Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director-General of the World Trade Organization. We are honored to welcome the Director-General for her timely and thought-provoking remarks on the importance of the multilateral rules-based trading system.

📅 April 15, 2026
🕒 5:15 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., reception to follow
📍 American University Washington College of Law,
Ceremonial Classroom, Room NT01
🔗 Register Here: https://lnkd.in/eJSiwyS5

Opening remarks for the Lecture will be delivered by Jonathan Alger, President of American University.

The Lecture will be moderated by Angela Paolini ELLARD, Senior Advisor (nonresident) of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), former Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization, and former Chief Trade Counsel House Ways & Means Committee.

This event is open to all, but registration is required. We hope you will join us!

Please join us for this thought provoking and timely discussion
04/09/2026

Please join us for this thought provoking and timely discussion

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