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With several events taking place each day, GW Law is a hub of legal activity. From moot court competitions judged by Supreme Court justices to lectures by prominent legal minds to career development programs, the Law School is always abuzz with activities that benefit students, faculty, and the GW community.
The New Republic
David Fontana co-authors "Old World: Why isn't Obama appointing young judges to the circuit courts?"
The New Republic
David Fontana pens "Honduras and Constitutional Democracy."
The National Law Journal
Edward Swaine on the Sotomayor hearings and the role of international law in her jurisprudence.
Salt Lake City Tribune
James E. Starrs leads the team to exhume the body of Capt. Meriwether Lewis.
The New York Times
Catherine J. Ross on South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford.
Bloomberg
Arthur Wilmarth on Goldman Sachs's record trading revenue and quarterly earnings.
National Journal
Jonathan Turley on the state of the D.C. Voting Rights Act.
BusinessWeek
John Duffy's career and scholarship in IP law is profiled in "A Scholar-Activist Challenges U.S. Patent Law."
More Faculty Experts Quoted
Professor Lawrence E. Mitchell's book, "The Speculation Economy," has been awarded a 2008 Independent Publisher Book Award. Mitchell's book is a Silver-medal winner in Finance/Investment/
Economics category.
The new Lerner Family Associate Dean for Public Interest and Public Service Law Associate Dean position and its inaugural appointment, renowned attorney Alan B. Morrison, were commemorated June 2 at the Newseum by, among others, Dean Frederick M. Lawrence and Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer. Read more in Tony Mauro's BLT: The Blog of LegalTimes' column.
GW Law and the Federal Circuit Bar Association host Senator Orrin G. Hatch, former U.S. solicitors general, and renowned academics. Click here for links to C-SPAN video, Legal Times blog article, and event photo album.
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Upcoming Events
Friday, November 20
"Rethinking the Law Governing the Structure and Operation of the Supreme Court." (more)
Judge Sonia Sotomayor
Read about Judge Sotomayor's visit to GW Law in 2006 and watch C-SPAN coverage of the Van Vleck Moot Court Finals with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and fellow Second Circuit Judge Guido Calabresi.
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Professor Shelton and Secretary of State Clinton
Professor Dinah L. Shelton has been elected to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Shelton, here with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton June 2 in Honduras, is the first woman nominated by the United States to the IACHR.
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