Communications Office
The GW Law Communications Office is charged with telling the law school’s story through print and digital media and ensuring that the law school’s brand is consistently presented. The office collaborates with administrators, faculty, and staff to publicize GW Law’s excellence and accomplishments through communication strategies that include media relations, digital content, editorial storytelling, the GW Law website, social media, photography, and video.
Our Scope of Projects
- GW Law magazine
- All admissions brochures, collateral materials, and event support
- National and local media placement of stories and opinion pieces, and faculty experts for interviews and background
- Drupal website design and maintenance (this does not include the Portal)
- Web news stories, events calendar, and feature stories
- Social media across all the main GW Law channels
- GW Law Bulletin (with help from the Dean's office)
- Weekly 5, and other school-wide internal and external communications
- Program newsletter and updates support
- Publication support for program-area events open to the public
- Alumni and Development communications needs
- Photography booking for events receiving external publicity
- Commencement publication and publicity support
- Videos for external marketing
For the Media
Members of the media and other outside organizations can reach us directly to ask questions, to coordinate coverage of events, or to facilitate contact with GW Law faculty or administrators. Please direct media inquiries to: Shannon Mitchell, shannon [dot] mitchell
gwu [dot] edu (shannon[dot]mitchell[at]gwu[dot]edu).
Logos and Templates
Maintaining a strong, consistent brand is a vital part of maintaining GW Law's strength as a part of GW's institution. We communicate with hundreds of people, from students in the classroom to hosting an event for the public. The design elements below are for you to download and use in your work. Whether you’re promoting your events or creating a class presentation, your materials should clearly be a part of GW Law.
Digital Training Recordings
The University Online Strategy team set up some collections of training videos for different topics on our Vimeo account. Check them out and feel free to share them with anyone that might find them useful.
Social Media Channels
Our social media channels play a vital role in enhancing the reputation and communication at GW Law. We encourage all our faculty, staff, and students to engage with our various platforms. For any social media questions or best practices check out our social media webpage.