Areas of Study & Courses

GW Law Areas of Study

GW Law offers multiple areas of study to provide students with a wide choice of academic specialties with courses taught by faculty who are leaders in their fields. As public interest law is a broad umbrella, several of these areas of study fall under that umbrella.

These can include, but are not limited to:

• Administrative Law and Government Regulation
• Animal Law
• Constitutional Law and Civil Rights
• Criminal Law and Procedure
• Environmental and Energy Law
• Family Law
• Health Law
• International and Comparative Law
• Labor and Employment Law
• National Security, Cybersecurity, and Foreign Relations Law

Courses

As one of the biggest law schools in the country, GW Law offers over 275 elective courses each year. The recommended courses will vary depending on which practice area you are interested in. Below, you will find a list of public interest practice areas and some recommended courses for each one. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list, merely a starting point.