"Remember Them, Too: Don't Contractors Count When We Calculate the Costs of War?"
Professor Steven Schooner, retired Army Reserve judge advocate and co-director of the GW Government Procurement Law program, pens this editorial for The Washington Post.
May 25, 2009  .  More

2009 Commencement Wrap-Up
Read more about alumnus and Professor Gregory G. Garre's speech to the graduates, order video and photos, and more. 
May 17, 2009  .  More

Supreme Court litigator and Public Citizen co-founder Alan B. Morrison is first Lerner Family Associate Dean for Public Interest and Public Service Law
April 28, 2009  .  More

GW Law and the Environmental Law Institute host experts for a two-day conference on NEPA
Read more about the conference and its speakers in The New York Times and browse the event photo album. 
March 23, 2009  .  More

GW Law and the Federal Circuit Bar Association host Senator Orrin G. Hatch, former U.S. solicitors general, and renowned academics
Watch C-SPAN video, read a Legal Times blog article, and view a photo album of the symposium.
March 18, 2009  .  More 

Women’s Foundation Gives Awards Grant to DV LEAP
The Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project is honored with leadership award by the Washington Area Women’s Foundation. 
March 9, 2009  .  More

ABA Journal's "Blawg 100"
Professor Jonathan Turley's "Res Ipsa Loquitur" voted by ABA readers as the top law blog in legal theory; Professor Daniel Solove and Professor Lawrence Cunningham's "Concurring Opinions" also a top legal theory blog; and Professor Orin Kerr's "The Volokh Conspiracy" ranks third in legal news. 
January 7, 2009  .  More

Professor David Fontana's Paper, "Government in Opposition," has been Chosen for Princeton University's Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop  
January, 2009  .  More 

Van Vleck Winners
Third-year students Christina Davis and Julian Helisek placed first in the 59th Annual Jacob Burns Van Vleck Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition presided over by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Judge Marsha Berzon, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey Sutton.  
January 22, 2009  .  More 

GW Law Alumna Mary Schapiro Named New SEC Chief 
"It was during her time as a law student that she decided to pursue a career in regulation, after alleged manipulation pushed up the price of silver."
December 18, 2008  .  Times UK

Naomi Cahn's research on family law and trends is discussed in Margaret Talbot's New Yorker article, “Red Sex, Blue Sex: Why Do So Many Evangelical Teen-Agers Become Pregnant?” 
November 3, 2008  .  More

Protecting the Collective Voice of Songwriters, Composers, and Music Publishers is Even More Essential in Economically Difficult Times Say Panelists at GW Law Event
GW Law's CIEC and Broadcast Music, Inc. hosted the second meeting in "The Creative Industries in Transition: New Directions for the Digital Era" series showcasing academic research papers. The event, held at the Library of Congress, featured a paper by CIEC Fellow Ralph Oman.
October 27, 2008  .  More

Professor Neil H. Buchanan Authors a Study on the "Mommy Penalty"
Report shows how attorney moms can earn up to 35% less than attorney dads. Learn more about his research in the ABA Journal.
October 21, 2008  .  More

Professor Ralph Steinhardt One of Eight Experts To Write International Commission of Jurists Report on Human Rights
The report establishes the standards of liability when a multinational corporation is complicit in human rights violations and an effort to have companies see human rights as a business issue.
September 25, 2008  .  The Economist

"Pregnancy Often Puts Success Out of Reach for Teens"
In addition to this St. Louis Post-Dispatch op-ed, spring Visiting Professor June Carbone and Theodore Fey Research Professor Naomi Cahn have co-authored the forthcoming Red Families v. Blue Families.
September 4, 2008  .  More

Associate Dean Alfreda Robinson Receives National Bar Association's Highest Honor
September, 2008  .    More

Hispanic Business: GW is Top 10 Law School for Hispanic Students
Magazine ranks GW as ninth best law school in its "Top Graduate Schools" issue.
September, 2008  .  More

Alumna Making a Difference in Nepal
After almost 40 years as a research attorney with the California Supreme Court, Olga Murray founded the Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation and now dedicates her life to helping the children of Nepal.
August 27, 2008  .  More

Alumna Making a Difference in Nepal
After almost 40 years as a research attorney with the California Supreme Court, Olga Murray founded the Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation and now dedicates her life to helping the children of Nepal.
August 27, 2008  .  More

"Government Needs to Focus on Product Safety, Not Obesity"
Syndicated columnist and Professorial Lecturer in Law Jeffrey Axelrad writes an op-ed for the Athens Banner-Herald.
August 23, 2008  .  Full Editorial

Judge Satterfield to be Next D.C. Superior Court Chief
GW Law alumnus Judge Lee Satterfield (J.D. '83) will take over the position from Chief Judge Rufus G. King, III in September.
August 22, 2008  .  More

GW Law Professors Earn Book Awards
Lawrence E. Mitchell and Daniel J. Solove receive accolades for their research on the U.S. stock market and internet privacy, respectively.
August 14, 2008  .  More

Legislation Earns Cheh Humane Society Award
D.C. Councilmember and GW Law Professor Mary M. Cheh given recognition for legislation written by her and her students and colleagues.
August 5, 2008  .  More

Cahn on 30 Years of In Vitro Fertilization
Professor Naomi Cahn is a guest on KCBS to discuss this anniversary. These reproductive legal issues are the basis of her upcoming book, Test Tube Families.
July 25, 2008  .  Listen

D.C. Poised to Pass Strong Animal Protection Laws
ABC7 News: "The new laws are the result of four years of research by law students at George Washington University."
July 4, 2008  .  More

GW Law Brothers to Swim the English Channel to Honor Sister
Jay Owen (J.D. '07) and Reid Owen (2L) are raising money for traumatic brain injury patients and celebrating their sister, Caroline.
July 2, 2008  .  Full Story

Faculty in the News: The Supreme Court's Oct. '07 Term Decisions
Read and listen to professors on legal issues including domestic violence, the 2nd Amendment, detainee rights, and the death penalty.
June, 2008  .  More

GW is First Law School to Join ABA-EPA "Law Office Climate Challenge"
Participation is the latest step in strengthening the University's commitment to sustainability.
June 30, 2008  .  More

Professors Lupu and Tuttle Speak at Pew Forum on Religion
Professors Ira "Chip" Lupu and Robert Tuttle were panelists on "Hein, One Year Later: The Future of Church-State Litigation."
June 18, 2008  .  Full Transcript

Professor Emeritus and ICJ Judge Honored for Human Rights Work
Judge Thomas Buergenthal is co-recipient of the 2008 Gruber Foundation International Justice Prize.
June 12, 2008  .  More

Jacob Burns Law Library Publication Wins AALL Award
A Legal Miscellanea: A Newsletter for the Friends of the Jacob Burns Law Library is the 2008 Best Newsletter.
June 2, 2008  .  Full Advisory