GW Law at a Glance
Established in 1865, the George Washington University Law School is the oldest law school in Washington, DC. The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a charter member of the Association of American Law Schools. The law school is located on the GW campus in the downtown neighborhood familiarly known as Foggy Bottom. The main GW Law complex is located at 2000 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052.
Student Body
The law school has a total enrollment of about 1700. Approximately 1,400 students are in the full-time division for the JD degree and 125 are enrolled in the part-time division. 175 students, many from abroad, are enrolled in graduate law degree programs.
Alumni
The George Washington University Law School boasts more than 32,000 living alumni, of whom some 150 are judges serving on local, state, and federal benches, including 10 justices on State Supreme Courts. The Law School counts among prominent alumni the late John Foster Dulles, the late J. William Fulbright, and the late U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye (JD '52), former Treasury Secretary John W. Snow (JD '67), U.S. Senator Harry Reid, (JD '64), three former Internal Revenue Service Commissioners, and many prominent leaders in business, industry, and government.
Degree Programs
- JD full-time & part-time
- LLM in Business and Finance Law
- LLM in Energy and Environmental Law
- LLM in Environmental Law
- LLM in Government Procurement Law
- LLM in Government Procurement and Environmental Law
- LLM in Intellectual Property Law
- LLM in International and Comparative Law
- LLM in International Environmental Law
- LLM in Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- LLM in National Security & Cybersecurity Law
- LLM in National Security & U.S. Foreign Relations Law
- General LLM
- MSL in various fields
- SJD in various fields
Joint Degree Programs
- JD/Master of Business Administration
- JD/Master of Public Administration
- JD/Master of Public Policy
- MA in International Affairs
- MA in International Development Studies
- MA in International Trade and Investment Policy
- MA in International Science and Technology Policy
- MA in Security Policy Studies
- MA in Middle East Studies
- MA in Global Communication
- MA in Asian Studies
- MA in European and Eurasian Studies
- MA in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies
- JD/MA in Women's Studies
- JD/MA in Public Policy with a concentration in Women's Studies
- JD/MA in History with a concentration in U.S. Legal History
- JD/Master of Public Health
- LLM/Master of Public Health
- LLM/MA in History with a concentration in U.S. Legal History
Learn more about Joint Degree Programs
Courses
The curriculum consists of the first-year required curriculum for JD candidates, as well as more than 250 elective courses that include numerous live-client clinics and courses that teach a range of lawyering skills.
Journals
- The George Washington Law Review
- The George Washington International Law Review
- The Federal Circuit Bar Journal
- The Federal Communications Law Journal
- The Public Contract Law Journal
- The American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal
- International Law in Domestic Courts
- The George Washington Journal of Energy and Environmental Law
- Business & Finance Law Review
Summer Study Abroad & Exchange Programs
- GW–Oxford Summer Program in International Human Rights Law
- Munich Summer Intellectual Property Program
- GW-University of Augsburg Student Exchange Program
- North American Consortium on Legal Education (NACLE)
- GW–University of Groningen Student Exchange Program
- GW–Universitá Commerciale “Luigi Bocconi” Student Exchange Program
Special Programs
Research Centers & Initiatives
- GW Center for Law and Technology
- Center for Law, Economics and Finance (C-LEAF)
- Competition Law Center
- Dean Dinwoodey Center for Intellectual Property Studies
- Global Internet Freedom and Human Rights Project
- Institute for Constitutional History
- James F. Humphreys Complex Litigation Center
- Sustainable Energy Initiative