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Election 2020: What Happens Next?

GW faculty experts discussed the state of the presidential election, potential legal challenges, and implications for the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Testimony: GW Law Experts Explain Election 2020

Dean Dayna Bowen Matthew interviews GW Law faculty about issues important to the nation and the impact they may have on the national election in November 2020.
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Remembering Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Justice Ginsburg leaves behind an indelible legacy and touched the lives of countless Americans—including many members of the GW Law community who counted her as a mentor and friend.
Read remembrances encapsulating the justice’s enduring connection to GW Law.
Visions of Change: A Series on Racial Justice in American Law

Join us for a powerful series that examines the role of race in health care, criminal law, commercial law, and civil justice.
A Historic Dean for a Historic Moment

Public health and human rights scholar Dayna Bowen Matthew is a leading voice in the national conversation on health, race, and the law.
Read more about GW Law's first woman dean.
The 2020 Van Vleck Moot Court Constitutional Law Competition

Four months of competition in just 7 minutes.
Watch our students and faculty work together for a common purpose and learn skills that will last a career.

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GW Law and COVID-19

20th & H

Dean Matthew Formally Installed as Greene Professor

November 25, 2020

Dean Dayna Bowen Matthew becomes the Harold H. Greene Professor of Law in a virtual ceremony with remarks by GW President Thomas J. LeBlanc; GW Provost M. Brian Blake; and David and Maria Wiegand, whose generous gift endowed the chair in memory of Judge Greene, JD '52.

Civil Rights Scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw Speaks with Dean Matthew

November 23, 2020

During the sixth annual GW Diversity Summit, Dean Dayna Bowen Matthew talks to law professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, a leading authority on race and the law, about the role of Black women in the fight for racial equality and how Professor Crenshaw envisions intersectional racial justice.

Professor Brauneis Becomes Inaugural Holder of Endowed IP Professorship

November 19, 2020

Professor Robert Brauneis is installed as the Michael J. McKeon Professor of Intellectual Property Law, thanks to a major gift by IP attorney Michael J. McKeon, JD '96.

Beyond the Capital

Karshtedt and Whealan Speak at International IP Court Conference

November 18, 2020

Associate Dean John Whealan and Associate Professor Dmitry Karshtedt joined IP judges, practitioners, and academics from around the globe as panelists at the 2020 International IP Court Conference, organized and hosted by the Patent Court of Korea.

"Stop The Obstruction and Authorize the Transition"

November 12, 2020

Professor Steven L. Schooner writes in Government Executive that GSA's failure to "ascertain" the winner of the presidential election and its refusal to authorize the transition could have real consequences in combating the spiking coronavirus, a reeling economy, and national security risks.

Discussion of "The Trial of the Chicago 7: Myth and Modern Lessons"

November 11, 2020

Professor Catherine J. Ross moderates a conversation with lawyer Danny Greenberg, co-editor of the book "The Trial of the Chicago 7," republished in 2020 to coincide with the release of Aaron Sorkin's Netflix film of the same title.

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