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Perhaps the most famous sentence in any of our country’s founding documents is the justly celebrated key thirty-five words in the Declaration of Independence, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Read more from Dean Lawrence.


 

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
GW Black Law Alumni Cocktail Reception - Details

Wednesday, July 30, 2008
DC Alumni Happy Hour - Details

Friday, August 8, 2008
Alumni Reception in Conjunction with ABA Meeting - Details

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ALUMNI WEEKEND 2008

Alumni Weekend 2008

Mark your calendar for Alumni Weekend 2008- September 26-28

All alumni, families and friends are invited back to campus to enjoy breakfast with Emeritus Faculty, a Family BBQ & Carnival, elegant dinner at Union Station and more. Visit the Alumni Weekend website for details and to register.

NEWSMAKERS

GW Law Alumnus Appointed Solicitor General of the United States
Gregory G. Garre's (J.D. '91) career includes clerk to Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, Hogan & Hartson’s appellate attorney, and GW professorial lecturer in law.  More

Mitchell is Newest Member of D.C. Mayor Fenty's Executive Office
Alumnus Rodney C. Mitchell has been appointed Director of the D.C. Office of Ex-Offender Affairs.  Full Advisory

Law Library Acquires Rare French Law Collection from the Association of the Bar of the City of N.Y.  
This collection of 269 titles represented in nearly 600 volumes augments the Burns Law Library's noted French Collection.  Full Advisory