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Faculty

Faculty

GW Law faculty members are scholars and practitioners with strong reputations in the legal community.

Our faculty members are among the most cited law faculty in the nation, appearing in print, online, and on-air, in world-renowned media outlets. But first and foremost, each faculty member is devoted to teaching.


Faculty News

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Professor Laura A. Dickinson on the War in Afghanistan

October 6, 2023

Professor Dickinson answered a couple of questions regarding her publication "Over-the-Horizon Drone Strikes in an Ongoing Global War: Afghanistan and Beyond."

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Listen Now! GW Law Deans and Faculty on Podcasts

September 29, 2023

Celebrate International Podcast Day, September 30, by listening to GW Law deans and faculty on various podcasts.

"Our scholarship, disseminated from the oldest law school in the nation's capital, influences law and policymakers around the world who seek to solve the existential problems and heal the bitter divides of our day." Dean Dayna Bowen Matthew and at the bottom a picture of GW Law faculty in their regalia with 2023 Commencement speaker Laura Coates on steps

A Celebration of Faculty Scholarship

September 28, 2023

This bibliography includes entries for works by full-time faculty and deans of the George Washington University Law School published between 2020 and 2023.


In the News

"Legal scholars: SCOTUS should reject Big Oil’s arguments to escape trial in Colorado"

The Center for Climate Integrity quoted Robert Glicksman on Suncor v. Boulder.

"A lot on the ballot"

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette mentioned Jonathan Turley in an article.

"Rare Patent Defense Tests How Far Patent Claim Language Reaches"

Bloomberg Law quoted Christopher Cotropia in this article about recent jury verdicts in patent cases.

Scholarly Work

Our faculty are leading scholars and practitioners—experts whose experience and passion for teaching shape the study and practice of law. Learn more about publications and other work written by our faculty.

Daniel J. Solove
Breached!: Why Data Security Law Fails and How to Improve It

Rosa Celorio
Women and International Human Rights in Modern Times: A Contemporary Casebook 

Dayna Bowen Matthew
Just Health: Treating Structural Racism to Heal America

Catherine J. Ross
A Right to Lie? Presidents, Other Liars, and the First Amendment

Additional Faculty Scholarship News

Faculty Books