News Stories
Stay up-to-date on news happening on-campus, in our community, and around the world.
GW Law Celebrates Pride Month
June 1, 2023
Pride Month is a dedicated time and opportunity for the GW Law community to celebrate love and honor the 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York City.
In Memoriam: Thomas Buergenthal
May 30, 2023
The GW Law community deeply mourns the loss of the Honorable Thomas “Tom” Buergenthal.
Professor Murphy Receives Honorary Degree from the University of Prishtina
May 26, 2023
The degree of Doctor Honoris Causa was awarded for "the advancement of peace and justice through international law..."
Recent GW Law Graduates Won the 2023 National Patent Application Drafting Competition
May 25, 2023
Khailee, Bree, Rita, and Maria, JD '23, teamed up to win the 2023 National Patent Application Drafting Competition at the USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, VA.
Expanding GW Law's Public Interest Community
May 23, 2023
Our strategic plan calls for augmenting the Public Interest and Public Service Law program, and no time has been wasted in pushing that goal forward.
GW Law Alumni: An Intergenerational Commitment
May 23, 2023
Motivated. Loyal. Grateful. For GW Law alumni, those three words define their relationship with their alma mater, even long after they’ve graduated.
GW Law Celebrates Commencement 2023
May 23, 2023
The 156th Commencement of the George Washington University Law School was held on Sunday, May 21, 2023.
GW Law on the Move
May 22, 2023
GW LAW HAS BEGUN A HIGH-IMPACT buildout of its faculty, adding new tenure-track professors, expanding the Fundamentals of Lawyering Program, and much more.
The Transformative Power of Scholarships
May 22, 2023
Operating a law school where students of all backgrounds and circumstances are fully represented requires more than a fair-weather commitment.
SBA President Nicole Karem's Parting Words for the Class of 2023
May 19, 2023
Nicole Karem started this academic year by addressing the incoming 1L class. On May 21, 2023, she will walk across the stage as a graduate of GW Law.
"Punishment as Rights Violation"
May 18, 2023
Jonathan Simon reviews Professor Kate Weisburd's forthcoming article in the California Law Review, "Rights Violation as Punishment."
Small Business and Community Economic Development Clinic Empowering Nonprofits to Make a Positive Impact
May 15, 2023
The Small Business & Community Economic Development Clinic had multiple client victories this year.