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Alumnus Receives Top Honor from Food and Drug Law Institute

October 19, 2020

Jonathan S. Kahan, BA ’70, JD ’73, is a recipient of this year’s Food and Drug Law Institute Distinguished Service and Leadership Award. Earlier this year, Mr. Kahan funded the creation of a Health Law Initiative at GW Law.

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Professor Berman Edits New Scholarship on Global Legal Pluralism

October 15, 2020

In his newly edited book, The Oxford Handbook of Global Legal Pluralism, Professor Paul Schiff Berman defines the field of global legal pluralism and helps explain how law operates in a world of multiple legal systems and authorities.

2L Receives Morgan Lewis Foundation Diversity Scholarship

October 12, 2020

Chidima Osuchukwu, 2L, is awarded a Morgan Lewis Foundation Diversity Scholarship for 2020. This marks the second consecutive year a GW Law student has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious honor.

“Breonna’s Life Mattered”

October 08, 2020

The Criminal Law & Policy Initiative hosted a virtual conversation on the Breonna Taylor case featuring Professors Roger A. Fairfax, Jr. and Kate Weisburd.

Alumna and Board of Trustees Chair Honored as “Winning Litigator”

October 02, 2020

Grace E. Speights, JD '82, is named among The National Law Journal’s “Winning Litigators” for 2020. Ms. Speights, a Partner at Morgan Lewis, is honored for leading the team that secured a win for PBS in a landmark case involving former host Tavis Smiley.

"Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Opera Fan, Swedish Translator, Icon and Friend"

September 28, 2020

Members of the GW Law community who shared personal relationships with Justice Ginsburg recalled their memories of the late judicial icon and her role as mentor and friend.

Justice Breyer speaking with Dean Matthew and Alan Morrison

Justice Breyer Celebrates Constitution Day with GW

September 24, 2020

In a virtual conversation moderated by Dean Dayna Bowen Matthew and Associate Dean Alan B. Morrison, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer shared his thoughts on strengthening our democracy through a greater understanding of the Constitution and increased citizen participation in public life.

Remembering Justice Ginsburg

September 21, 2020

Professor Paul Schiff Berman, who clerked for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg more than two decades ago, spoke with GW Today about her life, influence, and legacy, while also sharing personal memories.

"RBG, in Her Own Words"

September 21, 2020

Professor Jeffrey Rosen, author of Conversations with RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law, writes for The Atlantic about his revealing interview with Justice Ginsburg just nine months ago when she discussed her struggles, her losses, and her hope for the future.

Professor Benitez Honored by Best Lawyers

September 18, 2020

For the third year in a row, Professor Alberto Benitez, Director of the Immigration Clinic, is named one of the top immigration lawyers in Washington, DC, by Best Lawyers, a peer-review publication. He is the only law professor on the list.

Alumnus Endows Professorship of Intellectual Property Law

September 10, 2020

A gift from Michael J. McKeon, JD ’96, establishes the Michael J. McKeon Professorship of Intellectual Property Law, building on GW Law's pioneering program in this area. Professor Robert Brauneis is the inaugural holder of the endowed professorship.

2L Receives Inaugural NAPABA Law Foundation SAIL Scholarship

September 08, 2020

Soohyun Stephanie Hahn is a recipient of the Sharon and Ivan Leadership (SAIL) Scholarships from the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) Law Foundation for “outstanding professional promise and leadership potential.”

Caroline Pham, JD '11, Recognized by RegTech Analyst

August 27, 2020

Ms. Pham, JD '11, Director and General Counsel and Deputy Head of Global Regulatory Affairs at Citi, is chosen as one of 11 women leading the emerging RegTech industry into the future.

Professor Bearer-Friend Receives Tax Editorial Appointment

August 25, 2020

Professor Jeremy Bearer-Friend is appointed to a three-year term on the editorial board of The Tax Lawyer, a peer-reviewed tax law journal published quarterly by the American Bar Association's Tax Section.

Alumnus Establishes Health Law Initiative at GW Law

August 20, 2020

A gift from health law attorney Jonathan S. Kahan, BA '70, JD '73, creates the Health Law Initiative, building on GW Law's strengths in the fast-growing field of health care law. Professor Sonia Suter, the Kahan Family Research Professor of Law, serves as the project's Founding Director.

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