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From Junior Tax Law Professor to National Library of Scotland Curator

September 22, 2022

Last semester, Professor Jeremy Bearer-Friend was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study poll tax issues in the archives of the National Library of Scotland (NLS).

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GW Law Hosts Veterans Welcome Back Reception

September 21, 2022

The National Security, Cybersecurity, & Foreign Relations Law Program held its annual Veterans Welcome Back Reception.

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Equity Institute Initiative Will Showcase Researchers’ Work on Racial, Ethnic and Socioeconomic Equity

September 20, 2022

GW Law to Address Inequity in GWU's Equity Institute Initiative

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Anna Schwartz, Class of '24, Shares her Summer Fellowship

September 15, 2022

GW Law student Anna Schwartz recaps her summer fellowship.

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Professor Sean D. Murphy Teaches Law of the Sea in Tanzania

September 12, 2022

GW Law’s Sean D. Murphy, spent the last week of the summer teaching on the law of the sea in Arusha, Tanzania, at the Summer Academy on the Continental Shelf.

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Government Procurement MSL Grad Shares How Her Degree Has Changed Her Career

September 8, 2022

Government Procurement Master of Studies in Law Graduate Shares How Her Degree Has Changed Her Career

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GW Law Professor and LLM Graduate Co-Author Scientific American Article

September 6, 2022

GW Law Professor Daniel Solove and Boston University Law Professor Woodrow Hartzog, LLM '04, recently co-authored a piece for Scientific American Data Vu: Why Breaches Involve the Same Stories Again and Again.

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GW Law Hosts Stanford Professor Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt to Discuss Her Book "Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do"

August 31, 2022

GW faculty, 1L students, and guests were invited for a discussion on how the law interacts with social science.

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GW Law Faculty Say Supreme Court’s Abortion Decision Leaves Pregnant Persons and Doctors in Legal Jeopardy

August 26, 2022

“To put it in its bluntest form, it is not safe to be pregnant anymore,” said Sara Rosenbaum, professor of Health Law and Policy, while discussing the legal and health implications of the Supreme Court’s recent decision, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.