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Clerkship Class of 2022
June 22, 2022
Over 40 GW Law students participated in judicial clerkships in 2022. Each year approximately 10% of graduates go on to judicial clerkships, including federal, state, and specialized courts.
GW Law recognizes Juneteenth 2022
June 17, 2022
This weekend we recognize Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the end of chattel slavery in America.
Open Doors: Cynthia Patton, JD '86
June 10, 2022
Now general counsel at Verily and a regular GW donor, alumna says the impact of aid on her own life reminds her to give back to others.
Professor Glicksman’s Article Selected Among Best in Environmental Law
June 10, 2022
Scholarly work by Robert L. Glicksman, J. B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law, has been selected as one of the five best environmental law articles published in 2020, in a competition sponsored by Thomson Reuters.
GW Alums appointed to lead State Bar Associations
June 8, 2022
We are pleased to share that two GW alums have recently been selected to lead their respective state bar associations.
Leila M. Diallo, JD '23, discusses Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation
June 6, 2022
Leila M. Diallo answers questions about Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation.
JIL and GW Law Launch a First-of-Its-Kind Partnership: JIL@GW
June 3, 2022
Justice Innovation Lab and George Washington University Law School have launched a first-of-its-kind partnership JIL @ GW in which students work with practitioners to help solve some of the justice system’s most pressing and complex problems.
Roe Opinion Leak: What Happens Next
May 31, 2022
GW Law Experts analyze the impact of the draft Supreme Court opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson
Dean Robinson Leads International Law Trip to The Hague
May 25, 2022
In April, 2022, GW Law Associate Dean Alfreda Robinson, 77th President of the National Bar Association (NBA), led an official delegation to The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, The Netherlands.
GW National Security, Cybersecurity, and Foreign Relations Law Program Courses at Fort Belvoir Starting Fall 2022
May 23, 2022
Starting in Fall 2022, the National Security, Cybersecurity, & Foreign Relations Law Program will offer courses at the U.S. Army Advocacy Center, Fort Belvoir.
Two GW Law Professors Cited in Opinion by Justice Kagan
May 19, 2022
A forthcoming article about habeas corpus by Jonathan R. Siegel, Professor of Law & Davis Research Professor, was cited twice by Justice Elena Kagan in her dissenting opinion in Brown v. Davenport.