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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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.

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Amicus Brief in United States v. Rahimi Supreme Court Case

September 27, 2023

Professor Mary Anne Franks is among the legal scholars who filed an amicus brief on the Second Amendment case.


In the News

"SAP Wins Early Legal Victory in Antitrust Dispute with Celonis."

Bloomberg quoted William Kovacic on a relatively new theory of market harm in this case.

"Tempe weighs changing rules for holding events, raising 1st Amendment concerns"

The Arizona Republic quoted Mary Anne Franks explaining, "First Amendment doctrine typically opposes pre-approval requirements to engage in expressive activity.”

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