Strengthen Academic Offerings and Programs

The strength of our Law School is its core academic curriculum led by faculty with scholarly excellence. We will leverage this strength and build market prominence by enhancing our comprehensive legal education, and selectively prioritizing academic offerings that build on current strengths and respond to market needs.

Strategic Priorities:

1. Prioritize faculty hiring and retention to achieve and sustain excellence in research, scholarly impact, and teaching
2. The strength of our Law School is its core academic curriculum led by faculty with scholarly excellence. We will leverage this strength and build market prominence by enhancing our comprehensive legal education, and selectively prioritizing academic offerings that build on current strengths and respond to market needs.
3. Invest in core courses and specialty academic programs that will enhance GW Law's reputation for delivering an excellent, all-around comprehensive legal education
4. Expand clinical opportunities for students and reposition the mission of the Clinics as a key element of the academic curriculum
5. Invest in online core and specialty academic programs that will attract graduate students globally and diversify our JD learning modalities
6. Develop a strong sense of community and cross-disciplinarity through scholarly and programmatic connections and collaborations among and within programs and University entities