Miriam Galston

- Title:
- Associate Professor of Law
- Address:
- 2000 H Street, NW
Washington, District Of Columbia 20052 - Phone:
- 202-994-6781
- Fax:
- 202-994-5654
- Email:
- [email protected]
Miriam Galston has been a member of the GW Law faculty since 1990. She has taught courses on corporations and other business relationships, state debtor and creditor rights and federal bankruptcy law, state and federal law of nonprofits, and jurisprudence courses and seminars. She has written articles and essays in book collections in the areas of legal theory, the history of legal ideas, and public policy issues affecting exempt organizations. She has also served for many years as co-chair of the Subcommittee on Political and Lobbying Activities of the Exempt Organizations Committee of the Tax Section of the ABA, and has participated in numerous conferences and organizations devoted to nonprofits and exempt organizations. Previously, she received a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, where she specialized in medieval Arabic philosophy and engaged in a career of teaching and writing about classical Greek, medieval Arabic, and medieval Jewish political philosophy and logic.
Education
BA, Cornell University; PhD, University of Chicago; JD, Yale University
In the News
"Fallout from Allegations of Tea Party Targeting Hamper IRS Oversight of Nonprofits"
Miriam Galston is quoted in the Washington Post about IRS oversight of nonprofits in the wake of targeting allegations.