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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

"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.

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A Database from GW Law Informs Users on Litigation Relating to AI

September 21, 2023

The shifting legal landscape surrounding artificial intelligence is commanding attention, says Professor Robert Brauneis.


In the News

"Are Trump's tariffs too big to fail at the Supreme Court?"

USA Today quoted Alan Morrison on Trump's tariffs.

"The legal and political questions surrounding Trump's deployment of National Guard troops."

MPR News spoke to Laura Dickinson on the legality of the National Guard deployment.

"JONATHAN TURLEY: Why blue states' new anti-ICE laws are unconstitutional virtue signaling."

Fox News quoted Jonathan Turley on anti-ICE laws.

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