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Class Assignment: Free a Man from Prison
GW Magazine chronicles how alumni Courtney Francik and Bart Sheard petitioned President Obama to commute a man's sentence—and he did.
May 6, 2016
Four Questions With Diploma Ceremony Speaker Gregory Garre
Mr. Garre explains why he's looking forward to Commencement and what he'd be doing if he wasn't practicing law.
May 4, 2016
Adjunct Professor Kuyomars "Q" Golparvar Wins "Spark a Life" Award
Mr. Golparvar also recently began work as an immigration judge at the EOIR.
April 29, 2016
3Ls Dane Shikman and Julia Haigney Named to "Top Law Students" List
Tipping the Scales profiled "The Top Law Students From The Class of 2016."
April 28, 2016
Balancing the Books
Alumna Kyle Zimmer’s nonprofit, First Book, is pooling the buying power of educators and families in need to change the face of—and the access to—children’s publishing.
April 28, 2016
GW Law Students Shine in Advocacy Competitions
In the past year, students succeeded in external competitions that pitted them against teams from around the world.
April 25, 2016
What Can’t You Say in School?
First Amendment rights for K-12 students are crucial to healthy democracy, Professor Catherine Ross tells GW Today.
April 22, 2016
Attend a Constitutional Conversation with U.S. Senators
On April 25, Senators Chris Coons and Mike Lee will join Professor Jeffrey Rosen at the U.S. Capitol.
April 20, 2016
The 6th Annual “Live from L”: The Iran Nuclear Deal
Lawyers from the State Department came to GW to give an insider's perspective on the major agreement.
April 18, 2016
3L Julia Haigney Named Commencement Student Speaker
Selected from a pool of 54 students, the future double GW alumna will speak to an estimated 25,000 people.
April 18, 2016
The Panama Papers: ‘Violations of Anti-Corruption, Money-Laundering, Fraud, Tax Laws’
Assistant Dean Jessica Tillipman answers questions about leaders implicated in the journalism world’s largest data leak.
April 13, 2016
