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GW Law Announces 2026-27 Richey Fellows
August 13, 2026
GW Law will welcome six Richey Fellows throughout the 2026-27 academic year to provide guidance to students considering non-profit and public sector careers.
GW Law Animal Program to Host Second Annual Animals, Technology, and the Law Conference
August 12, 2026
The GW Law Animal Law Program will host the second annual Animals, Technology, and the Law Conference from Friday, October 23, through Sunday, October 25.
GW Law Professor Barak Richman Selected to Participate on North Carolina Health Care Cost Commission
August 12, 2026
Professor Richman has been selected to serve as the facilitator for a recently created Healthcare Cost Commission for the state of North Carolina.
Student Spotlight: LLM Student Sarah Brechwald
Brechwald Shares Her Experience Attending the GW-Oxford International Human Rights Law Summer School
August 11, 2026
GW Law student Sarah Brechwald spent this summer learning about International Human Rights Law at the GW-Oxford International Human Rights Law Summer School.
GW Law Now Has Two Chief Judges Teaching in the National Security Law Program
August 10, 2026
Gregory E. Maggs, an adjunct professor at GW Law, recently joined Associate Dean Lisa Schenck as a chief judge in the U.S. military justice system.
GW Law and IAEA Host First Annual Summer School on Legal Frame Work for Nuclear Energy
August 6, 2026
GW Law partnered with the International Atomic Energy Agency to host the inaugural Summer School on the Legal Framework for Nuclear Energy in June 2026.
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver Features Book Authored by GW Law Professor
Oliver Cited ‘Your Data Will Be Used Against You’ by Professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson
August 4, 2026
Oliver cited Professor Ferguson’s book in the August 2 episode about police surveillance technology.
GW Law Celebrates Reunion Weekend 2026
July 28, 2026
GW Law welcomed over 250 alumni to campus from classes ending in ones and sixes for their 2026 Reunion Weekend on June 5 and 6.
GW Law Student Wins Rudge Creative Solutions Award
July 22, 2026
Grant Gibson, a rising 3L, received the Howard J. Rudge Creative Solutions Award for his paper about affordable housing and historic preservation in May.
GW Law Hosts Symposium with Global Blockchain Business Council
July 21, 2026
The Business and Finance Law program and The Bernard Center partnered with the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) to host a day-long symposium.
GW Law Hosts Roundtable on Private Equity Investment in Physician Practices
July 16, 2026
The GW Law Health Law and Policy Program convened experts at the Private Equity Investment in Physician Practices roundtable on May 12.
The National Jurist Names GW Law Top School for Environmental Law
July 9, 2026
The Environmental and Energy Law Program at GW Law received an A+ rating from the National Jurist.