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2026 Commencement

Visit our Law Commencement site for full details on this year's graduation activities, including schedules, speakers, and important event information.

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GW Law Celebrates Reunion Weekend 2026

2027 Reunion Weekend To Take Place on June 4 and 5

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.

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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.

Assistant Dean Adrienne Fowler speaks on a panel as part of the GBBC conference

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.

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GW Law alumni pose for a photo with dean matthew

GW Law Celebrates Reunion Weekend 2026

2027 Reunion Weekend To Take Place on June 4 and 5

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.

Assistant Dean Adrienne Fowler speaks on a panel as part of the GBBC conference

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.

Panelists speak at a roundtable at GW Law.

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.

GW Law Dean Dayna Bowen Matthew and alumni pose for a photo a the GW Law in New York reunion on June 12, 2026.

GW Law in New York Program Hosts Reunion Celebration

June 23, 2026

GWNY begins its tenth academic year this Fall, and has welcomed 194 GW Law students to New York City since its inaugural semester in 2017.


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