Laura Coates, CNN Host and Senior Legal Analyst, Constitutional Expert, Author, and former adjunct professor at GW Law, will deliver the keynote address at the Law School Diploma Ceremony on Sunday, May 21, 2023, at 3 PM ET.
A former federal prosecutor, Coates served as Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, as well as a Trial Attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, specializing in the enforcement of Voting Rights throughout the United States. As a civil rights attorney, she traveled throughout the United States supervising local and national elections and led investigations into allegations of unconstitutional voting practices. In private practice, Coates was an intellectual property litigator with expertise in First Amendment and media law. She is the bestselling author of You Have the Right...A Constitutional Guide to Policing the Police.
Coates is the host of the daily eponymous show on SiriusXM. The Laura Coates Show, which broadcasts live 3-6 PM ET on the bipartisan P.O.T.U.S. channel, features her lively analysis of the trending news of the day and impactful interviews with entertainers, politicians, DC insiders, and game changers on the topics of politics, pop culture and everything in between. She has also hosted a series of true crime specials for the Oxygen network.