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Future of Privacy Forum Announces Partnership with GW Law School
Privacy Scholars to Partner with Think Tank to Focus on the Future of Privacy Law and Policy
October 8, 2009 . Full Advisory
GW and Councilmember Mary Cheh to Hold Forum to Spotlight Ideas for Making D.C. More Sustainable
July 8, 2009 . Full Advisory
GW to Honor Theodore and Annette Lerner and Welcome the First Lerner Family Associate Dean for Public Interest and Public Service Law
June 2, 2009 . Full Advisory
GW Law's Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project Applauded for Leadership Work in Washington, D.C.
March 30, 2009 . Full Advisory
Members of Black Law Student and Law Professor Organizations to Serve During Historic Presidential Inauguration of Barack H. Obama
January 15, 2009 . Full Advisory
GW Law School's Creative and Innovative Economy Center Fellow David Pensak, Internet Firewall Creator, Releases "Innovation for Underdogs"
December 3, 2008 . Full Advisory
Protecting the Collective Voice of Songwriters, Composers, and Music Publishers is Even More Essential in Economically Difficult Times Say Panelists at GW Law Event
October 27, 2008 . Full Advisory
GW Law School Professors Earn Book Awards
Lawrence E. Mitchell, Theodore Reinhart Professor of Business Law, and Daniel J. Solove, professor of law, have received accolades for their research on the stock market and internet privacy issues, respectively.
August 14, 2008 . Full Advisory
GW Law Becomes the First to Join the American Bar Association-Environmental Protection Agency "Law Office Climate Challenge"
Participation is the latest step in strengthening the University's commitment to sustainability.
June 30, 2008 . Full Advisory
The George Washington University’s Jacob Burns Law Library Publication Wins Best Newsletter Award
A Legal Miscellanea: A Newsletter for the Friends of the Jacob Burns Law Library is the 2008 AALL Best Newsletter.
June 1, 2008 . Full Advisory
John M. Whealan Joins GW Law as its First Associate Dean for Intellectual Property Law Studies
May 21, 2008 . Full Advisory
Senator Daniel K. Inouye (J.D. '52) to Address Graduates at The George Washington University Law School Diploma Ceremony
May 8, 2008 . Full Advisory
India's $4 Billion a Year Loss in Entertainment Industry Piracy is Focus of Annual Capitol Hill Event Marking World Intellectual Property Day
April 21, 2008 . Full Advisory
GW Law is Ranked 20th in U.S. News & World Report's 2009 Edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools"
March 28, 2008 . Full Advisory
Jacob Burns Law Library Acquires Rare French Law Collection from the Association of the Bar of the City of New York
February 5, 2008 . Full Advisory
David Pensak, Internet Firewall Creator, Joins GW Law School's Creative and Innovative Economy Center as Research Fellow
Renowned innovator and entrepreneur hopes to ignite passion for innovation and invention on global tour starting in Amman, Jordan.
January 16, 2008 . Full Advisory
GW Law's Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Policy Hosts Symposium on "Domestic Violence Law & Policy: Custody & Abuse Litigation and the Supreme Court"
November 27, 2007 . Full Advisory
The George Washington Law Review Presents "Conflicting Interests in Reproductive Autonomy and Their Impact on New Technologies"
October 25, 2007 . Full Advisory
Egypt's Film Industry Output Up 250 Percent According to Study Released by GW Law's Creative and Innovative Economy Center
Growing Pan-Arab market and popularity of Egyptian stars are major reasons for revival.
October 25, 2007 . Full Advisory
GW Law School's Creative and Innovative Economy Center Hosts Diplomats in Celebration of Amicable Resolution to Etheopia Fine Coffee-Starbucks Licensing Standoff at Geneva Roundtable
September 25, 2007 . Full Advisory
GW Law School and The Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School Relase the "Second National Risk and Culture Study -- De-Mystifying the Puzzling "Culture War of Facts"
September 19, 2007 . Full Advisory
Dr. Steven Knapp Begins Tenure As GW's 16th President
August 01, 2007 . Full Advisory
GW Law School Receives $5.1 Million Cy Pres Award
Funds will be used to create a competition law center.
July 11, 2007 . Full Advisory
Ambassador Charles T. Manatt (J.D. '62) to Address GW Law Graduates at Diploma Ceremony
GW Board of Trustees Chairman with rich history of public service to speak at alma mater.
April 18, 2007 . Full Advisory
GW Report Identifies Three Key Factors Driving Double-Digit Growth in India's Booming Film Industry
February 20, 2007 . Full Advisory
GW Report Urges Wealthy Countries and Companies to Help Africans Develop "Social Contract" to Combat AIDS Crisis
February 19, 2007 . Full Advisory
GW Law Clinic Spearheads Academic Initiative in Support of Extraditing Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori
February 7, 2007 . Full Advisory
Johns Hopkins University Provost Selected as GW's 16th President
Dr. Steven Knapp, distinguished scholar, fundraiser, and community leader, will take office August 1.
December 05, 2006 . Full Advisory
The George Washington Law Review Presents Symposium on the Implications of the Supreme Court's Recent Landmark Decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
October 12, 2006 . Full Advisory
GW's Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project to Receive Mary Byron Foundation's Celebrating Solutions Award
October 10, 2006 . Full Advisory
Former Vice President Al Gore to Speak at GW Law School on Global Warming
Gore to address National Association of Environmental Law Societies conference.
September, 07, 2006 . Full Advisory
The George Washington University Names Five New Trustees
New charter Trustees include James F. Humphreys (J.D. '78), President, James F. Humphreys & Associates and Robert K. Tanenbaum (J.D. '82), Principal, Lerner Enterprises, and Washington Nationals Ownership Group.
August 22, 2006 . Full Advisory
GW Law School Announces Appointments of Faculty to Endowed Chairs and Research Professorships
June 27, 2006 . Full Advisory
Institutionalizing Technology Process is Key to Economic Development in Emerging Growth Nations According to Experts at Geneva Roundtable: Hosted by GW Law's Creative and Innovative Economy Center
June 12, 2006 . Full Advisory
Jacob Burns Foundation Endows Faculty Chair at GW's Community Legal Clinics with $2 Million Gift
June 6, 2006 . Full Advisory
GW Law's Creative and Innovative Economy Center and the World Intellectual Property Organization Mark World IP Day with Premier of a "Nollywood" Drama
April 12, 2006 . Full Advisory
GW Graduate Programs in Law, Education, and Business Rank Among Top 25 in Latest Edition of U.S. News & World Report "America's Best Graduate Schools" Survey
April 03, 2006 . Full Advisory
Famed Civil Rights Attorney and GW Alumnus Leonard Weinglass to Speak About Defending the Cuban Five at GW Law Enrichment Program Lecture
March 23 event also includes a screening of the documentary mission against terror.
March 13, 2006 . Full Advisory
GW Law Establishes First-Of-Its-Kind Research and Education Center to Explore Role of Creativity and Innovation in Economic Development
February 20, 2006 . Full Advisory
New Report Finds Brazilian Bio-Medical Industry is Advancing Thanks to Reforms in Innovation and Intellectual Property Systems
February 20, 2006 . Full Advisory
GW Law to Hold Charles H. Goldstein Labor Law Symposium, Feb. 17: "Are Labor Unions Still Relevant in the 21st Century?"
February 13, 2006 . Full Advisory
U.S. Senate Confirms GW Law Professor William E. Kovacic as Federal Trade Commission Commissioner
December 05, 2005 . Full Advisory
GW Law Professor Emeritus Thomas Buergenthal Re-Elected to the International Court of Justice
November 22, 2005 . Full Advisory
The George Washington Law Review Presents Symposium on the Legacy of the Rehnquist Court
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to provide remarks.
October 11, 2005 . Full Advisory
GW Celebrates Constitution Day September 16
September 14, 2005 . Full Advisory
GW Assistance for Students Displaced by Hurricane Katrina
September 07, 2005 . Full Advisory
James F. Humphreys (J.D. '78) Gives $3 Million Gift to GW Law School to Establish the Humphreys Complex Litigation Center and Endowed Faculty Position
July 12, 2005 . Full Advisory
Law School Names New Dean
Civil rights scholar Frederick M. Lawrence takes leadership August 1.
May 26, 2005 . Full Advisory
The George Washington University Law School Announces New Animal Law Litigation Project
May 03, 2005 . Full Advisory
Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (J.D. '64) to Address GW Law School Graduates at Diploma Ceremony
April 21, 2005 . Full Advisory
GW Graduate Programs in Law, Education, and Business Rank Among Top 25 in Latest U.S. News' "America's Best Graduate Schools" Survery
Intellectual Property Law, Environmental Law, and International Law rank in Top 10; Clinical Training ranked 13th and Tax Law ranked 24th.
April 01, 2005 . Full Advisory
Law School Organization Files Amicus Brief in Support of Plaintiff for the U.S. Supreme Court's First Domestic Violence Case
March 08, 2005 . Full Advisory
GW Law School Animal Welfare Project Offers Recommendations to Strengthen D.C. Animal Welfare Laws
Press conference on February 10.
February 07, 2005 . Full Advisory
GW Law School's Jacob Burns Community Legal Clinics Receives $2.4 Million Donation Resulting from a Class-Action Lawsuit
February 01. 2005 . Full Advisory
GW Law & Elliott School of International Affairs to Co-Host "Contractors on the Battlefield: Learning from the Experience in Iraq"
January 25, 2005 . Full Advisory
GW Law School Program, the Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project, Applauded for Leadership Work in Washington, D.C.
March 30, 2009 . Full Advisory
Members of Black Law Student and Law Professor Organizations to Serve During Historic Presidential Inauguration of Barack H. Obama
January 15, 2009 . Full Advisory
GW Law School's Creative and Innovative Economy Center Fellow David Pensak, Internet Firewall Creator, Releases "Innovation for Underdogs"
December 3, 2008 . Full Advisory
Protecting the Collective Voice of Songwriters, Composers, and Music Publishers is Even More Essential in Economically Difficult Times Say Panelists at GW Law Event
October 27, 2008 . Full Advisory
GW Law School Professors Earn Book Awards
Lawrence E. Mitchell, Theodore Reinhart Professor of Business Law, and Daniel J. Solove, professor of law, have received accolades for their research on the stock market and internet privacy issues, respectively.
August 14, 2008 . Full Advisory
GW Law Becomes the First to Join the American Bar Association-Environmental Protection Agency "Law Office Climate Challenge"
Participation is the latest step in strengthening the University's commitment to sustainability.
June 30, 2008 . Full Advisory
The George Washington University’s Jacob Burns Law Library Publication Wins Best Newsletter Award
A Legal Miscellanea: A Newsletter for the Friends of the Jacob Burns Law Library is the 2008 AALL Best Newsletter.
June 1, 2008 . Full Advisory
John M. Whealan Joins GW Law as its First Associate Dean for Intellectual Property Law Studies
May 21, 2008 . Full Advisory
Senator Daniel K. Inouye (J.D. '52) to Address Graduates at The George Washington University Law School Diploma Ceremony
May 8, 2008 . Full Advisory
India's $4 Billion a Year Loss in Entertainment Industry Piracy is Focus of Annual Capitol Hill Event Marking World Intellectual Property Day
April 21, 2008 . Full Advisory
GW Law is Ranked 20th in U.S. News & World Report's 2009 Edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools"
March 28, 2008 . Full Advisory
Jacob Burns Law Library Acquires Rare French Law Collection from the Association of the Bar of the City of New York
February 5, 2008 . Full Advisory
David Pensak, Internet Firewall Creator, Joins GW Law School's Creative and Innovative Economy Center as Research Fellow
Renowned innovator and entrepreneur hopes to ignite passion for innovation and invention on global tour starting in Amman, Jordan.
January 16, 2008 . Full Advisory
GW Law's Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Policy Hosts Symposium on "Domestic Violence Law & Policy: Custody & Abuse Litigation and the Supreme Court"
November 27, 2007 . Full Advisory
The George Washington Law Review Presents "Conflicting Interests in Reproductive Autonomy and Their Impact on New Technologies"
October 25, 2007 . Full Advisory
Egypt's Film Industry Output Up 250 Percent According to Study Released by GW Law's Creative and Innovative Economy Center
Growing Pan-Arab market and popularity of Egyptian stars are major reasons for revival.
October 25, 2007 . Full Advisory
GW Law School's Creative and Innovative Economy Center Hosts Diplomats in Celebration of Amicable Resolution to Etheopia Fine Coffee-Starbucks Licensing Standoff at Geneva Roundtable
September 25, 2007 . Full Advisory
GW Law School and The Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School Relase the "Second National Risk and Culture Study -- De-Mystifying the Puzzling "Culture War of Facts"
September 19, 2007 . Full Advisory
Dr. Steven Knapp Begins Tenure As GW's 16th President
August 01, 2007 . Full Advisory
GW Law School Receives $5.1 Million Cy Pres Award
Funds will be used to create a competition law center.
July 11, 2007 . Full Advisory
Ambassador Charles T. Manatt (J.D. '62) to Address GW Law Graduates at Diploma Ceremony
GW Board of Trustees Chairman with rich history of public service to speak at alma mater.
April 18, 2007 . Full Advisory
GW Report Identifies Three Key Factors Driving Double-Digit Growth in India's Booming Film Industry
February 20, 2007 . Full Advisory
GW Report Urges Wealthy Countries and Companies to Help Africans Develop "Social Contract" to Combat AIDS Crisis
February 19, 2007 . Full Advisory
GW Law Clinic Spearheads Academic Initiative in Support of Extraditing Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori
February 7, 2007 . Full Advisory
Johns Hopkins University Provost Selected as GW's 16th President
Dr. Steven Knapp, distinguished scholar, fundraiser, and community leader, will take office August 1.
December 05, 2006 . Full Advisory
The George Washington Law Review Presents Symposium on the Implications of the Supreme Court's Recent Landmark Decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
October 12, 2006 . Full Advisory
GW's Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project to Receive Mary Byron Foundation's Celebrating Solutions Award
October 10, 2006 . Full Advisory
Former Vice President Al Gore to Speak at GW Law School on Global Warming
Gore to address National Association of Environmental Law Societies conference.
September, 07, 2006 . Full Advisory
The George Washington University Names Five New Trustees
New charter Trustees include James F. Humphreys (J.D. '78), President, James F. Humphreys & Associates and Robert K. Tanenbaum (J.D. '82), Principal, Lerner Enterprises, and Washington Nationals Ownership Group.
August 22, 2006 . Full Advisory
GW Law School Announces Appointments of Faculty to Endowed Chairs and Research Professorships
June 27, 2006 . Full Advisory
Institutionalizing Technology Process is Key to Economic Development in Emerging Growth Nations According to Experts at Geneva Roundtable: Hosted by GW Law's Creative and Innovative Economy Center
June 12, 2006 . Full Advisory
Jacob Burns Foundation Endows Faculty Chair at GW's Community Legal Clinics with $2 Million Gift
June 6, 2006 . Full Advisory
GW Law's Creative and Innovative Economy Center and the World Intellectual Property Organization Mark World IP Day with Premier of a "Nollywood" Drama
April 12, 2006 . Full Advisory
GW Graduate Programs in Law, Education, and Business Rank Among Top 25 in Latest Edition of U.S. News & World Report "America's Best Graduate Schools" Survey
April 03, 2006 . Full Advisory
Famed Civil Rights Attorney and GW Alumnus Leonard Weinglass to Speak About Defending the Cuban Five at GW Law Enrichment Program Lecture
March 23 event also includes a screening of the documentary mission against terror.
March 13, 2006 . Full Advisory
GW Law Establishes First-Of-Its-Kind Research and Education Center to Explore Role of Creativity and Innovation in Economic Development
February 20, 2006 . Full Advisory
New Report Finds Brazilian Bio-Medical Industry is Advancing Thanks to Reforms in Innovation and Intellectual Property Systems
February 20, 2006 . Full Advisory
GW Law to Hold Charles H. Goldstein Labor Law Symposium, Feb. 17: "Are Labor Unions Still Relevant in the 21st Century?"
February 13, 2006 . Full Advisory
U.S. Senate Confirms GW Law Professor William E. Kovacic as Federal Trade Commission Commissioner
December 05, 2005 . Full Advisory
GW Law Professor Emeritus Thomas Buergenthal Re-Elected to the International Court of Justice
November 22, 2005 . Full Advisory
The George Washington Law Review Presents Symposium on the Legacy of the Rehnquist Court
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to provide remarks.
October 11, 2005 . Full Advisory
GW Celebrates Constitution Day September 16
September 14, 2005 . Full Advisory
GW Assistance for Students Displaced by Hurricane Katrina
September 07, 2005 . Full Advisory
James F. Humphreys (J.D. '78) Gives $3 Million Gift to GW Law School to Establish the Humphreys Complex Litigation Center and Endowed Faculty Position
July 12, 2005 . Full Advisory
Law School Names New Dean
Civil rights scholar Frederick M. Lawrence takes leadership August 1.
May 26, 2005 . Full Advisory
The George Washington University Law School Announces New Animal Law Litigation Project
May 03, 2005 . Full Advisory
Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (J.D. '64) to Address GW Law School Graduates at Diploma Ceremony
April 21, 2005 . Full Advisory
GW Graduate Programs in Law, Education, and Business Rank Among Top 25 in Latest U.S. News' "America's Best Graduate Schools" Survery
Intellectual Property Law, Environmental Law, and International Law rank in Top 10; Clinical Training ranked 13th and Tax Law ranked 24th.
April 01, 2005 . Full Advisory
Law School Organization Files Amicus Brief in Support of Plaintiff for the U.S. Supreme Court's First Domestic Violence Case
March 08, 2005 . Full Advisory
GW Law School Animal Welfare Project Offers Recommendations to Strengthen D.C. Animal Welfare Laws
Press conference on February 10.
February 07, 2005 . Full Advisory
GW Law School's Jacob Burns Community Legal Clinics Receives $2.4 Million Donation Resulting from a Class-Action Lawsuit
February 01. 2005 . Full Advisory
GW Law & Elliott School of International Affairs to Co-Host "Contractors on the Battlefield: Learning from the Experience in Iraq"
January 25, 2005 . Full Advisory