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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Gw_law.png/440px-Gw_law.png 2x" data-file-width="582" data-file-height="253" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent school</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_University" title="George Washington University">George Washington University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1865<sup id="cite_ref-History_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">School type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Private_school" title="Private school">Private</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent endowment</th><td class="infobox-data">$2.8 billion</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dean_(education)" title="Dean (education)">Dean</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dayna_Bowen_Matthew" title="Dayna Bowen Matthew">Dayna Bowen Matthew</a><sup id="cite_ref-New_Dean_2020_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_Dean_2020-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Enrollment</th><td class="infobox-data">1,646 (2016)<sup id="cite_ref-gwu.edu_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gwu.edu-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Faculty</th><td class="infobox-data">371 (2016)<sup id="cite_ref-gwu.edu_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gwu.edu-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i><a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report" title="U.S. News & World Report">USNWR</a></i> ranking</th><td class="infobox-data">41st (2024)<sup id="cite_ref-George_Washington_University_Law_School_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-George_Washington_University_Law_School-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Bar_examination" title="Bar examination">Bar</a> pass rate</th><td class="infobox-data">97.19%<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.gwu.edu">law.gwu.edu</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">ABA profile</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.gwu.edu/aba-required-disclosures"><i>Standard 509 Report</i></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:GWULaw.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ac/GWULaw.jpg/220px-GWULaw.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ac/GWULaw.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="150" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>George Washington University Law School</b> (<b>GW Law</b>) is the <a href="/wiki/Law_school" title="Law school">law school</a> of <a href="/wiki/George_Washington_University" title="George Washington University">George Washington University</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> Established in 1865, GW Law is the oldest law school in the <a href="/wiki/National_capital" class="mw-redirect" title="National capital">national capital</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Strengths_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Strengths-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> GW Law has 275 <a href="/wiki/Elective_course" class="mw-redirect" title="Elective course">elective courses</a> in <a href="/wiki/Commercial_law" title="Commercial law">business and finance law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Environmental_law" title="Environmental law">environmental law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Government_procurement" title="Government procurement">government procurement law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comparative_law" title="Comparative law">international comparative law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Litigation" class="mw-redirect" title="Litigation">litigation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dispute_resolution" title="Dispute resolution">dispute resolution</a>, and <a href="/wiki/National_security" title="National security">national security</a> and <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_United_States" title="Foreign relations of the United States">U.S. foreign relations law</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Focus_Areas_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Focus_Areas-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>GW Law has an alumni network that includes notable people within the fields of law and government, including the former <a href="/wiki/William_P._Barr" class="mw-redirect" title="William P. Barr">U.S. Attorney General</a>, the former <a href="/wiki/David_Bernhardt" title="David Bernhardt">U.S. Secretary of the Interior</a>, foreign <a href="/wiki/Heads_of_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Heads of state">heads of state</a>, judges of the <a href="/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice" title="International Court of Justice">International Court of Justice</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_foreign_affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of foreign affairs">ministers of foreign affairs</a>, a <a href="/wiki/%C3%81rp%C3%A1d_Bogsch" title="Árpád Bogsch">Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization</a>, <a href="/wiki/Allen_Dulles" title="Allen Dulles">a Director of the CIA</a>, members of <a href="/wiki/U.S._Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Congress">U.S. Congress</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_(United_States)" title="Governor (United States)">U.S. State Governors</a>, four <a href="/wiki/Director_of_the_Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation">Directors of the FBI</a>, and numerous <a href="/wiki/Federal_judge" title="Federal judge">Federal judges</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Washington_University_Law_School&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="19th_century">19th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Washington_University_Law_School&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 19th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The George Washington University Law School was founded in the 1820s but closed in 1826 due to low enrollment.<sup id="cite_ref-Strengths_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Strengths-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The law school's first two professors were <a href="/wiki/William_Cranch" title="William Cranch">William Cranch</a>, chief justice of the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia and second reporter of the U.S. Supreme Court, and William Thomas Carroll, a descendant of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Carroll_the_Settler" title="Charles Carroll the Settler">Charles Carroll the Settler</a> and clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1827 until his death in 1863.<sup id="cite_ref-A_Legal_Miscellanea_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_Legal_Miscellanea-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The law school was reestablished in 1865 and was the first law school in the District of Columbia.<sup id="cite_ref-Strengths_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Strengths-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> Law classes resumed in 1865 in the Old <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Episcopal_Church_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Trinity Episcopal Church (Washington, D.C.)">Trinity Episcopal Church</a>, and the school graduated its first class of 60 students in 1867.<sup id="cite_ref-History_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Laws" title="Master of Laws">Master of Laws</a> degree program was adopted by the school in 1897.<sup id="cite_ref-History_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Columbian_University_law_school_and_university_building_-_The_George_Washington_University.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Columbian_University_law_school_and_university_building_-_The_George_Washington_University.tif/lossy-page1-220px-Columbian_University_law_school_and_university_building_-_The_George_Washington_University.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Columbian_University_law_school_and_university_building_-_The_George_Washington_University.tif/lossy-page1-330px-Columbian_University_law_school_and_university_building_-_The_George_Washington_University.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Columbian_University_law_school_and_university_building_-_The_George_Washington_University.tif/lossy-page1-440px-Columbian_University_law_school_and_university_building_-_The_George_Washington_University.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4122" data-file-height="2921" /></a><figcaption>The original law building</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Washington_University_Law_School&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1900, the school was one of the founding members of the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_American_Law_Schools" title="Association of American Law Schools">Association of American Law Schools</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-History_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> GW Law has the oldest intellectual property program in the country, with alumni having written patents for some of the greatest technological achievements of the past 130 years, including the <a href="/wiki/Wright_brothers" title="Wright brothers">Wright brothers</a>' flying machine, patented on May 22, 1906.<sup id="cite_ref-Showing_Our_Strengths_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Showing_Our_Strengths-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Cranch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/William_Cranch.jpg/220px-William_Cranch.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="292" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/William_Cranch.jpg/330px-William_Cranch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/William_Cranch.jpg/440px-William_Cranch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2504" data-file-height="3320" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/William_Cranch" title="William Cranch">William Cranch</a>, the first professor of the Law School and chief justice of the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia. </figcaption></figure><p>The school was accredited by the <a href="/wiki/American_Bar_Association" title="American Bar Association">American Bar Association</a> in 1923<sup id="cite_ref-ABA_List_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABA_List-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was a charter member of the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_American_Law_Schools" title="Association of American Law Schools">Association of American Law Schools</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AALS_List_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AALS_List-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1954, it merged with <a href="/wiki/National_University_School_of_Law" title="National University School of Law">National University School of Law</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-History_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The law school operated under the name <b>National Law Center</b> for the 37 years from 1959 to 1996, when it was renamed George Washington University Law School.<sup id="cite_ref-GW_Law:_150_Years_of_Making_History_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GW_Law:_150_Years_of_Making_History-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_century">21st century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Washington_University_Law_School&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Supreme Court Justices <a href="/wiki/Clarence_Thomas" title="Clarence Thomas">Clarence Thomas</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Strong_(Pennsylvania_judge)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Strong (Pennsylvania judge)">William Strong</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_J._Brewer" title="David J. Brewer">David J. Brewer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Willis_Van_Devanter" title="Willis Van Devanter">Willis Van Devanter</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John_Marshall_Harlan" title="John Marshall Harlan">John Marshall Harlan</a> are among those who served on its faculty.<sup id="cite_ref-Probing_Past_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Probing_Past-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hatchet_Supreme_Court_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hatchet_Supreme_Court-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chief Justice <a href="/wiki/John_G._Roberts" class="mw-redirect" title="John G. Roberts">John Roberts</a>, Justice <a href="/wiki/Antonin_Scalia" title="Antonin Scalia">Antonin Scalia</a>, Justice <a href="/wiki/Elena_Kagan" title="Elena Kagan">Elena Kagan</a>, Justice <a href="/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor" title="Sonia Sotomayor">Sonia Sotomayor</a>, and Justice <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Alito" title="Samuel Alito">Samuel Alito</a> presided over its <a href="/wiki/Moot_court" title="Moot court">moot court</a> in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014, and 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-Hatchet_Roberts_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hatchet_Roberts-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CSPAN_Moot_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSPAN_Moot-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hatchet_Kagan_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hatchet_Kagan-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2024, Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will preside over the 2024 Van Vleck Moot Court Competition. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Academics">Academics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Washington_University_Law_School&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Academics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Curriculum">Curriculum</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Washington_University_Law_School&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Curriculum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>J.D. students are required to take courses on <a href="/wiki/Civil_procedure" title="Civil procedure">civil procedure</a>, <a href="/wiki/Criminal_law" title="Criminal law">criminal law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_law" title="Constitutional law">constitutional law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Contracts" class="mw-redirect" title="Contracts">contracts</a>, introduction to advocacy, legal research and writing, professional responsibility and ethics, <a href="/wiki/Property" title="Property">property</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Torts" class="mw-redirect" title="Torts">torts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Required_Classes_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Required_Classes-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>GW Law offers more than 275 elective courses each year.<sup id="cite_ref-Curriculum_Overview_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Curriculum_Overview-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The school offers <a href="/wiki/Commercial_law" title="Commercial law">business and finance law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Environmental_law" title="Environmental law">environmental law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Government_procurement" title="Government procurement">government procurement law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comparative_law" title="Comparative law">international comparative law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Litigation" class="mw-redirect" title="Litigation">litigation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dispute_resolution" title="Dispute resolution">dispute resolution</a>, and <a href="/wiki/National_security" title="National security">national security</a> and <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_United_States" title="Foreign relations of the United States">U.S. foreign relations law</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Focus_Areas_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Focus_Areas-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>GW Law also offers numerous summer programs, including a joint program with the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">University of Oxford</a> for the study of international human rights law at <a href="/wiki/New_College,_Oxford" title="New College, Oxford">New College, Oxford</a> each July.<sup id="cite_ref-GW-Oxford_Summer_Program_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GW-Oxford_Summer_Program-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Degrees_offered">Degrees offered</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Washington_University_Law_School&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Degrees offered"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gwlaw.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Gwlaw.jpg/220px-Gwlaw.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Gwlaw.jpg/330px-Gwlaw.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Gwlaw.jpg/440px-Gwlaw.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Stockton Hall</figcaption></figure> <p>In addition to the <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> degree, GW Law offers the following joint degrees:<sup id="cite_ref-Joint_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joint-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J.D./M.B.A." class="mw-redirect" title="J.D./M.B.A.">J.D./M.B.A.</a> with the <a href="/wiki/The_George_Washington_University_School_of_Business" class="mw-redirect" title="The George Washington University School of Business">School of Business</a></li> <li>J.D./<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Public_Administration" title="Master of Public Administration">Master of Public Administration</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Trachtenberg_School_of_Public_Policy_and_Public_Administration" title="Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration">Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration</a></li> <li>J.D./<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Public_Policy" title="Master of Public Policy">Master of Public Policy</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Columbian_College_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="Columbian College of Arts and Sciences">Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration</a></li> <li>J.D./<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">M.A.</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Columbian_College_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="Columbian College of Arts and Sciences">Columbian College of Arts and Sciences</a> in History (with a concentration in U.S. Legal History), in Women's Studies, or in Public Policy (with a concentration in Women's Studies)</li> <li>J.D./<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">M.A.</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Elliott_School_of_International_Affairs" title="Elliott School of International Affairs">Elliott School of International Affairs</a></li> <li>J.D./<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Public_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="Master of Public Health">Master of Public Health</a> with the <a href="/wiki/George_Washington_University_School_of_Public_Health_and_Health_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services">Milken Institute School of Public Health</a></li> <li>J.D./Public Health Certificate with the <a href="/wiki/George_Washington_University_School_of_Public_Health_and_Health_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services">Milken Institute School of Public Health</a></li></ul> <p>The school also offers <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Laws" title="Master of Laws">Master of Laws</a> (LL.M.) in <a href="/wiki/Environmental_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Environmental Law">Environmental Law</a>, Business and Finance Law, International Environmental Law, Government Procurement and Environmental Law, <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_Property_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Intellectual Property Law">Intellectual Property Law</a>, International and Comparative Law, Government Procurement Law, <a href="/wiki/Litigation" class="mw-redirect" title="Litigation">Litigation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dispute_Resolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Dispute Resolution">Dispute Resolution</a>, and National Security and U.S. Foreign Relations Law.<sup id="cite_ref-Glance_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Glance-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Juridical_Science" title="Doctor of Juridical Science">Doctor of Juridical Science</a> (S.J.D.) is offered to a very limited number of candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-SJD_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SJD-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Student_recognition">Student recognition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Washington_University_Law_School&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Student recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Instead of supplying students with individual class rankings, GW Law recognizes academic performance with two scholar designations.<sup id="cite_ref-Academic_Recognition_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Academic_Recognition-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The top 1–15% of the class is designated <i><a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> Scholars</i> while the top 16–35% of the class is designated <i><a href="/wiki/Thurgood_Marshall" title="Thurgood Marshall">Thurgood Marshall</a> Scholars</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Academic_Recognition_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Academic_Recognition-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Publications">Publications</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Washington_University_Law_School&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>GW Law publishes ten journals:<sup id="cite_ref-Publications_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Publications-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_George_Washington_Law_Review" title="The George Washington Law Review">The George Washington Law Review</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_George_Washington_International_Law_Review" title="The George Washington International Law Review">The George Washington International Law Review</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_George_Washington_Business_%26_Finance_Law_Review&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The George Washington Business & Finance Law Review (page does not exist)">The George Washington Business & Finance Law Review</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Circuit_Bar_Journal" title="Federal Circuit Bar Journal"><i>The Federal Circuit Bar Journal</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AIPLA_Quarterly_Journal" title="AIPLA Quarterly Journal"><i>The American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Public_Contract_Law_Journal" title="Public Contract Law Journal">The Public Contract Law Journal</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Federal_Communications_Law_Journal" title="The Federal Communications Law Journal">The Federal Communications Law Journal</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Washington_Journal_of_Law_%26_Technology&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George Washington Journal of Law & Technology (page does not exist)">George Washington Journal of Law & Technology</a></i></li> <li><i>The Journal of Energy and Environmental Law</i></li> <li><i>International Law in Domestic Courts Journal</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Student_life">Student life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Washington_University_Law_School&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Student life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With more than 1,600 J.D. students enrolled in the 2013–2014 academic year, GW Law had the fifth largest J.D. enrollment of all ABA-accredited law schools.<sup id="cite_ref-ABA_Enrollment_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABA_Enrollment-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2013–2014 academic year, 25.2% of GW Law students were minorities and 46.2% were female.<sup id="cite_ref-509_Info_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-509_Info-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Students enrolled in the J.D. program come from 206 colleges and 11 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The law school also enrolls students from approximately 45 countries each year in its <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Laws" title="Master of Laws">Master of Laws</a> and <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Juridical_Science" title="Doctor of Juridical Science">Doctor of Juridical Science</a> degree programs.<sup id="cite_ref-Admissions_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Admissions-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>GW Law students can participate in 60 student groups.<sup id="cite_ref-Student_Organizations_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Student_Organizations-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campus">Campus</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Washington_University_Law_School&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Campus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Washington_University_Law_School_Buildings.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/George_Washington_University_Law_School_Buildings.JPG/220px-George_Washington_University_Law_School_Buildings.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/George_Washington_University_Law_School_Buildings.JPG/330px-George_Washington_University_Law_School_Buildings.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/George_Washington_University_Law_School_Buildings.JPG/440px-George_Washington_University_Law_School_Buildings.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Lerner Hall, Stockton Hall, and the Burns Law Library, with the IMF seen in the background.</figcaption></figure> <p>GW Law is located in the heart of Washington's <a href="/wiki/Foggy_Bottom" title="Foggy Bottom">Foggy Bottom</a> neighborhood, across the street from the <a href="/wiki/World_Bank" title="World Bank">World Bank</a> and <a href="/wiki/International_Monetary_Fund" title="International Monetary Fund">International Monetary Fund</a> headquarters, and a few blocks away from the <a href="/wiki/State_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="State Department">State Department</a> and the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Campus_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campus-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Jacob Burns Law Library holds a collection of more than 700,000 volumes.<sup id="cite_ref-Library_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Library-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2000, the law school began a major building and renovation plan. The school has expanded into buildings on the east side of the University Yard. </p><p>The law school currently occupies nine buildings on the main campus of <a href="/wiki/The_George_Washington_University" class="mw-redirect" title="The George Washington University">The George Washington University</a>. The law school's main complex comprises five buildings anchored by <a href="/wiki/Stockton_Hall" title="Stockton Hall">Stockton Hall</a> (1924) located on the University Yard, the central open space of GW's urban campus. Renovated extensively between 2001 and 2003, these buildings adjoin one another, have internal passageways, and function as one consolidated complex. Three townhouses directly across from the main complex house the Community Legal Clinics, Student Bar Association, and student journal offices. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Admissions">Admissions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Washington_University_Law_School&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Admissions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the class entering in the fall of 2019, 2,488 out of 8,019 J.D. applicants (31%) were offered admission, with 489 matriculating. The 25th and 75th LSAT percentiles for the 2019 full-time entering class were 160 and 167, respectively, with a median of 166 (93rd percentile<sup id="cite_ref-LSAT_Percentile_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LSAT_Percentile-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 25th and 75th undergraduate <a href="/wiki/GPA" class="mw-redirect" title="GPA">GPA</a> percentiles were 3.40 and 3.84, respectively, with a median of 3.74.<sup id="cite_ref-Standard_509_Information_Report_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Standard_509_Information_Report-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 2018–19 academic year, GW Law had 1,525 J.D. students, of which 25% were minorities and 51% were female.<sup id="cite_ref-Standard_509_Information_Report_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Standard_509_Information_Report-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In order to apply for the J.D. program, students must have taken the <a href="/wiki/LSAT" class="mw-redirect" title="LSAT">LSAT</a> within the past five years and must submit a personal statement and at least one letter of recommendation.<sup id="cite_ref-Admissions_Requirements_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Admissions_Requirements-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The GRE is also accepted instead of the LSAT. An applicant with scores for both the GRE and LSAT will have its LSAT score reviewed. Applications are considered on a rolling basis starting in October and must be submitted by March 1.<sup id="cite_ref-Admissions_Requirements_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Admissions_Requirements-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rankings_and_reputation">Rankings and reputation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Washington_University_Law_School&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Rankings and reputation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Washington_University_Law_School_(53844805458).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/George_Washington_University_Law_School_%2853844805458%29.jpg/220px-George_Washington_University_Law_School_%2853844805458%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/George_Washington_University_Law_School_%2853844805458%29.jpg/330px-George_Washington_University_Law_School_%2853844805458%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/George_Washington_University_Law_School_%2853844805458%29.jpg/440px-George_Washington_University_Law_School_%2853844805458%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4754" data-file-height="2674" /></a><figcaption>The Jacob Burns Law Library.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2024, <i><a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report" title="U.S. News & World Report">U.S. News & World Report</a></i> ranks GW Law as the 41st top law school out of 196 in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-George_Washington_University_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-George_Washington_University-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, the <i><a href="/wiki/National_Law_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="National Law Journal">National Law Journal</a></i> ranked GW Law 21st for law schools that sent the highest percentage of new graduates to NLJ 250 law firms, the largest and most prominent law practices in the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, GW was ranked as the 11th best <a href="/wiki/Moot_court" title="Moot court">moot court</a> program in the country and regularly hosts a U.S. Supreme Court justice on its three-judge panel.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Brian Leiter's law school rankings, GW Law ranked 17th in the nation for Supreme Court clerkship placement between 2003 and 2013,<sup id="cite_ref-Leiter_Sup_Ct_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leiter_Sup_Ct-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 19th in terms of student numerical quality,<sup id="cite_ref-Leitner_Student_Numbers_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leitner_Student_Numbers-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 16th for law faculties with the most "scholarly impact" as measured by numbers of citations.<sup id="cite_ref-Leiter_Faculties_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leiter_Faculties-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>GW Law has placed 27 clerks at the U.S. Supreme Court in its history, including in the 1930s Francis R. Kirkham, later partner at <a href="/wiki/Pillsbury_Winthrop_Shaw_Pittman" title="Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman">Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro</a> in San Francisco and then general counsel to <a href="/wiki/Standard_Oil_of_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard Oil of California">Standard Oil of California</a>, and Reynolds Robertson, who worked for Cravath, deGersdorff, Swaine & Wood in New York City, both co-authors of a seminal work on the Court's jurisdiction.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-graduation_employment">Post-graduation employment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Washington_University_Law_School&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Post-graduation employment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to GW Law's official 2019 ABA-required disclosures, 73.6% of the Class of 2019 obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage-required, non-school funded employment ten months after graduation.<sup id="cite_ref-509_Employment_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-509_Employment-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>GW Law's <a href="/wiki/Law_School_Transparency" title="Law School Transparency">Law School Transparency</a> under-employment score is 12.1%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2019 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job ten months after graduation.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 0.6% of graduates were in school-funded jobs. 89.5% of the Class of 2019 was employed in some capacity, 1.4% were pursuing a graduate degree, and 6.8% were unemployed and seeking employment.<sup id="cite_ref-509_Employment_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-509_Employment-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The main employment destinations for 2019 GW Law graduates were <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-509_Employment_49-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-509_Employment-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:550px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#AAF"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">ABA Employment Summary for 2019 Graduates<sup id="cite_ref-509_Employment_49-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-509_Employment-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Employment Status</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">Percentage</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Employed – Bar Passage Required (Full-Time, Long-Term)</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:74%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">74%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Employed – Bar Passage Required (Part-Time and/or Short-Term)</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:lime; width:0.80%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.80%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Employed – J.D. Advantage</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:blue; width:10.77%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">10.77%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Employed – Professional Position</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:orange; width:1.19%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.19%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Employed – Non-Professional Position</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:teal; width:0.19%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.19%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Employed – Law School/University Funded</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:teal; width:0.59%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.59%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Employed – Undeterminable</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:brown; width:0.0%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.0%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Pursuing Graduate Degree Full Time</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:purple; width:2.12%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.12%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Unemployed – Start Date Deferred</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:blue; width:0.99%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.99%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Unemployed – Not Seeking</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:sienna; width:0.99%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.99%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Unemployed – Seeking</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:red; width:6.78%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">6.78%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Employment Status Unknown</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:silver; width:0.39%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.39%</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="padding:5px; text-align:left;">Total of 503 Graduates</td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Costs">Costs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Washington_University_Law_School&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Costs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The total cost of full-time attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at GW Law for the 2018-2019 academic year was $88,340.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> GW Law's tuition and fees on average increased by 4.1% annually over the past five years.<sup id="cite_ref-LST_Cost_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LST_Cost-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $328,263.<sup id="cite_ref-LST_Cost_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LST_Cost-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The average indebtedness of the 76% of 2013 GW Law graduates who took out loans was $123,693.<sup id="cite_ref-Debt_at_graduation_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Debt_at_graduation-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Washington_University_Law_School&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_George_Washington_University_Law_School_alumni" title="List of George Washington University Law School alumni">List of George Washington University Law School alumni</a></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerycaption">Notable Alumni of the GW Law School</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 116.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 114.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Belva_Ann_Lockwood_-_Brady-Handy.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Belva Ann Lockwood, first woman to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court"><img alt="Belva Ann Lockwood, first woman to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Belva_Ann_Lockwood_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/172px-Belva_Ann_Lockwood_-_Brady-Handy.jpg" decoding="async" width="115" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Belva_Ann_Lockwood_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/259px-Belva_Ann_Lockwood_-_Brady-Handy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Belva_Ann_Lockwood_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/345px-Belva_Ann_Lockwood_-_Brady-Handy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2211" data-file-height="2882" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Belva_Ann_Lockwood" title="Belva Ann Lockwood">Belva Ann Lockwood</a>, first woman to argue before the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Supreme Court">U.S. Supreme Court</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 96.666666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 94.666666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Xu_Mo2_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hsu Mo, founding judge of the International Court of Justice"><img alt="Hsu Mo, founding judge of the International Court of Justice" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Xu_Mo2_%28cropped%29.jpg/142px-Xu_Mo2_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="95" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Xu_Mo2_%28cropped%29.jpg/214px-Xu_Mo2_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Xu_Mo2_%28cropped%29.jpg/285px-Xu_Mo2_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="338" data-file-height="533" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Hsu_Mo" title="Hsu Mo">Hsu Mo</a>, founding judge of the <a href="/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice" title="International Court of Justice">International Court of Justice</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 120px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 118px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Senator_John_Foster_Dulles_(R-NY).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John Foster Dulles, former United States Secretary of State"><img alt="John Foster Dulles, former United States Secretary of State" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Senator_John_Foster_Dulles_%28R-NY%29.jpg/177px-Senator_John_Foster_Dulles_%28R-NY%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="118" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Senator_John_Foster_Dulles_%28R-NY%29.jpg/266px-Senator_John_Foster_Dulles_%28R-NY%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Senator_John_Foster_Dulles_%28R-NY%29.jpg/354px-Senator_John_Foster_Dulles_%28R-NY%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="2288" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/John_Foster_Dulles" title="John Foster Dulles">John Foster Dulles</a>, former <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">United States Secretary of State</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 120.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 118.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hoover-JEdgar-LOC.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="J. Edgar Hoover, 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation"><img alt="J. Edgar Hoover, 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Hoover-JEdgar-LOC.jpg/178px-Hoover-JEdgar-LOC.jpg" decoding="async" width="119" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Hoover-JEdgar-LOC.jpg/268px-Hoover-JEdgar-LOC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Hoover-JEdgar-LOC.jpg/357px-Hoover-JEdgar-LOC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2406" data-file-height="3036" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover" title="J. Edgar Hoover">J. Edgar Hoover</a>, 1st director of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 110.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 108.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Patricia_R._Harris_official_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Patricia Roberts Harris, first African American woman to serve in the U.S. Cabinet"><img alt="Patricia Roberts Harris, first African American woman to serve in the U.S. Cabinet" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Patricia_R._Harris_official_portrait.jpg/163px-Patricia_R._Harris_official_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="109" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Patricia_R._Harris_official_portrait.jpg/246px-Patricia_R._Harris_official_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Patricia_R._Harris_official_portrait.jpg/327px-Patricia_R._Harris_official_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3300" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Roberts_Harris" title="Patricia Roberts Harris">Patricia Roberts Harris</a>, first African American woman to serve in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Cabinet">U.S. Cabinet</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 120.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 118.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Allen_w_dulles.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Allen Dulles, Longest serving Director of the CIA"><img alt="Allen Dulles, Longest serving Director of the CIA" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Allen_w_dulles.jpg/178px-Allen_w_dulles.jpg" decoding="async" width="119" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Allen_w_dulles.jpg/268px-Allen_w_dulles.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Allen_w_dulles.jpg/357px-Allen_w_dulles.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3108" data-file-height="3916" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Allen_Dulles" title="Allen Dulles">Allen Dulles</a>, Longest serving Director of the CIA</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 128px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 126px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fulbright.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Former U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright, founder of the Fulbright Program"><img alt="Former U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright, founder of the Fulbright Program" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Fulbright.jpg/189px-Fulbright.jpg" decoding="async" width="126" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Fulbright.jpg/284px-Fulbright.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Fulbright.jpg/379px-Fulbright.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1505" data-file-height="1788" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Former U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/J._William_Fulbright" title="J. William Fulbright">J. William Fulbright</a>, founder of the <a href="/wiki/Fulbright_Program" title="Fulbright Program">Fulbright Program</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 120.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 118.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Harry_Reid_official_portrait_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Former U.S. Senator Harry Reid, former Senate Majority Leader"><img alt="Former U.S. Senator Harry Reid, former Senate Majority Leader" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Harry_Reid_official_portrait_2009.jpg/178px-Harry_Reid_official_portrait_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="119" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Harry_Reid_official_portrait_2009.jpg/267px-Harry_Reid_official_portrait_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Harry_Reid_official_portrait_2009.jpg/355px-Harry_Reid_official_portrait_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3040" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Former U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Harry_Reid" title="Harry Reid">Harry Reid</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Senate_Majority_Leader" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Majority Leader">Senate Majority Leader</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 122px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Barr.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="William Barr, former Attorney General of the United States"><img alt="William Barr, former Attorney General of the United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/William_Barr.jpg/180px-William_Barr.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/William_Barr.jpg/270px-William_Barr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/William_Barr.jpg/360px-William_Barr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3200" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/William_Barr" title="William Barr">William Barr</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of the United States">Attorney General of the United States</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 108.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 106.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kellyanne_Conway_by_Gage_Skidmore_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kellyanne Conway, former Counselor to the President"><img alt="Kellyanne Conway, former Counselor to the President" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Kellyanne_Conway_by_Gage_Skidmore_3.jpg/160px-Kellyanne_Conway_by_Gage_Skidmore_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="107" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Kellyanne_Conway_by_Gage_Skidmore_3.jpg/241px-Kellyanne_Conway_by_Gage_Skidmore_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Kellyanne_Conway_by_Gage_Skidmore_3.jpg/321px-Kellyanne_Conway_by_Gage_Skidmore_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2264" data-file-height="3172" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Kellyanne_Conway" title="Kellyanne Conway">Kellyanne Conway</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Counselor_to_the_President" title="Counselor to the President">Counselor to the President</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 121.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 119.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_David_Bernhardt_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="David Bernhardt, 53rd Secretary of the Interior"><img alt="David Bernhardt, 53rd Secretary of the Interior" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Secretary_David_Bernhardt_%28cropped%29.jpg/179px-Secretary_David_Bernhardt_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Secretary_David_Bernhardt_%28cropped%29.jpg/269px-Secretary_David_Bernhardt_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Secretary_David_Bernhardt_%28cropped%29.jpg/359px-Secretary_David_Bernhardt_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="790" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/David_Bernhardt" title="David Bernhardt">David Bernhardt</a>, 53rd Secretary of the Interior</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 109.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 107.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Russell_Vought_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Russell Vought, Director of Office of Management and Budget"><img alt="Russell Vought, Director of Office of Management and Budget" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Russell_Vought_%28cropped%29.jpg/161px-Russell_Vought_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="108" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Russell_Vought_%28cropped%29.jpg/241px-Russell_Vought_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Russell_Vought_%28cropped%29.jpg/321px-Russell_Vought_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="1260" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Russell_Vought" title="Russell Vought">Russell Vought</a>, Director of Office of Management and Budget</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 107.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 105.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dan_Glickman._Served_as_the_26th_Secretary_of_Agriculture_from_1995-2001.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dan Glickman, former Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, former United States Secretary of Agriculture, and former U.S. Congressman from Kansas"><img alt="Dan Glickman, former Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, former United States Secretary of Agriculture, and former U.S. Congressman from Kansas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Dan_Glickman._Served_as_the_26th_Secretary_of_Agriculture_from_1995-2001.jpg/158px-Dan_Glickman._Served_as_the_26th_Secretary_of_Agriculture_from_1995-2001.jpg" decoding="async" width="106" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Dan_Glickman._Served_as_the_26th_Secretary_of_Agriculture_from_1995-2001.jpg/237px-Dan_Glickman._Served_as_the_26th_Secretary_of_Agriculture_from_1995-2001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Dan_Glickman._Served_as_the_26th_Secretary_of_Agriculture_from_1995-2001.jpg/316px-Dan_Glickman._Served_as_the_26th_Secretary_of_Agriculture_from_1995-2001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2214" data-file-height="3156" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Glickman" title="Dan Glickman">Dan Glickman</a>, former Chairman and CEO of the <a href="/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Motion Picture Association of America">Motion Picture Association of America</a>, former <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Agriculture" title="United States Secretary of Agriculture">United States Secretary of Agriculture</a>, and former <a href="/wiki/U.S._Congressman" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Congressman">U.S. Congressman</a> from <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 104px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 102px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:President_of_Georgia_Mikheil_Saakashvili_in_Tbilisi,_March_22,_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mikheil Saakashvili, President of Georgia"><img alt="Mikheil Saakashvili, President of Georgia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/President_of_Georgia_Mikheil_Saakashvili_in_Tbilisi%2C_March_22%2C_2008.jpg/153px-President_of_Georgia_Mikheil_Saakashvili_in_Tbilisi%2C_March_22%2C_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="102" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/President_of_Georgia_Mikheil_Saakashvili_in_Tbilisi%2C_March_22%2C_2008.jpg/230px-President_of_Georgia_Mikheil_Saakashvili_in_Tbilisi%2C_March_22%2C_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/President_of_Georgia_Mikheil_Saakashvili_in_Tbilisi%2C_March_22%2C_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="440" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili" title="Mikheil Saakashvili">Mikheil Saakashvili</a>, President of Georgia</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 116px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 114px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_E._Webb,_official_NASA_photo,_1966.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="James E. Webb, Administrator of NASA and namesake of the James Webb Space Telescope"><img alt="James E. Webb, Administrator of NASA and namesake of the James Webb Space Telescope" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/James_E._Webb%2C_official_NASA_photo%2C_1966.jpg/171px-James_E._Webb%2C_official_NASA_photo%2C_1966.jpg" decoding="async" width="114" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/James_E._Webb%2C_official_NASA_photo%2C_1966.jpg/257px-James_E._Webb%2C_official_NASA_photo%2C_1966.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/James_E._Webb%2C_official_NASA_photo%2C_1966.jpg/342px-James_E._Webb%2C_official_NASA_photo%2C_1966.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3459" data-file-height="4544" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/James_E._Webb" title="James E. Webb">James E. Webb</a>, Administrator of <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> and namesake of the <a href="/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope" title="James Webb Space Telescope">James Webb Space Telescope</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_faculty">Notable faculty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Washington_University_Law_School&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Notable faculty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <p>Notable faculty members include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Thomas" title="Clarence Thomas">Clarence Thomas</a><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Banzhaf" title="John Banzhaf">John Banzhaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerome_A._Barron" title="Jerome A. Barron">Jerome A. Barron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Schiff_Berman" title="Paul Schiff Berman">Paul Schiff Berman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Buergenthal" title="Thomas Buergenthal">Thomas Buergenthal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Charnovitz" title="Steve Charnovitz">Steve Charnovitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Cheh" title="Mary Cheh">Mary Cheh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_C._Clarke" title="Donald C. Clarke">Donald C. Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_A._Cunningham" title="Lawrence A. Cunningham">Lawrence Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Kovacic" title="William Kovacic">William Kovacic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Morrison_(lawyer)" title="Alan Morrison (lawyer)">Alan Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Oman" title="Ralph Oman">Ralph Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_J._Pierce" title="Richard J. Pierce">Richard J. Pierce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randall_Ray_Rader" title="Randall Ray Rader">Randall Ray Rader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Henry_Robb" title="Charles Henry Robb">Charles Henry Robb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Rosen_(legal_academic)" title="Jeffrey Rosen (legal academic)">Jeffrey Rosen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_J._Ross" title="Catherine J. Ross">Catherine J. Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_M._Schenck" title="Lisa M. Schenck">Lisa M. Schenck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Turley" title="Jonathan Turley">Jonathan Turley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Solove" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel Solove">Daniel Solove</a></li></ul> </div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 90.666666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 88.666666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DavidBrewer.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="David J. Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice"><img alt="David J. Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/DavidBrewer.jpg/133px-DavidBrewer.jpg" decoding="async" width="89" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/DavidBrewer.jpg/199px-DavidBrewer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/DavidBrewer.jpg/266px-DavidBrewer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="464" data-file-height="628" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/David_J._Brewer" title="David J. Brewer">David J. Brewer</a>, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 92.666666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 90.666666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Justice_Willis_Van_Devanter.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Willis Van Devanter, former U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice"><img alt="Willis Van Devanter, former U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Justice_Willis_Van_Devanter.jpg/136px-Justice_Willis_Van_Devanter.jpg" decoding="async" width="91" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Justice_Willis_Van_Devanter.jpg/204px-Justice_Willis_Van_Devanter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Justice_Willis_Van_Devanter.jpg/271px-Justice_Willis_Van_Devanter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4040" data-file-height="5356" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Willis_Van_Devanter" title="Willis Van Devanter">Willis Van Devanter</a>, former U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 97.333333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 95.333333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Marshall_Harlan_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John Marshall Harlan, former U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice"><img alt="John Marshall Harlan, former U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/John_Marshall_Harlan_1.jpg/143px-John_Marshall_Harlan_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="96" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/John_Marshall_Harlan_1.jpg/214px-John_Marshall_Harlan_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/John_Marshall_Harlan_1.jpg/285px-John_Marshall_Harlan_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="431" data-file-height="544" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/John_Marshall_Harlan" title="John Marshall Harlan">John Marshall Harlan</a>, former U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 89.333333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 87.333333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Clarence_Thomas_official_SCOTUS_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="GW Law professor Clarence Thomas, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court"><img alt="GW Law professor Clarence Thomas, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Clarence_Thomas_official_SCOTUS_portrait.jpg/131px-Clarence_Thomas_official_SCOTUS_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="88" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Clarence_Thomas_official_SCOTUS_portrait.jpg/196px-Clarence_Thomas_official_SCOTUS_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Clarence_Thomas_official_SCOTUS_portrait.jpg/262px-Clarence_Thomas_official_SCOTUS_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3300" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">GW Law professor <a href="/wiki/Clarence_Thomas" title="Clarence Thomas">Clarence Thomas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Associate_Justice_of_the_United_States_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court">Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 93.333333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 91.333333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_F._Banzhaf_III.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="FAMRI Dr. William Cahan Distinguished Professor John F. Banzhaf III; legal activist; devised the Banzhaf power index"><img alt="FAMRI Dr. William Cahan Distinguished Professor John F. Banzhaf III; legal activist; devised the Banzhaf power index" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/John_F._Banzhaf_III.jpg/137px-John_F._Banzhaf_III.jpg" decoding="async" width="92" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/John_F._Banzhaf_III.jpg/206px-John_F._Banzhaf_III.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/John_F._Banzhaf_III.jpg/274px-John_F._Banzhaf_III.jpg 2x" data-file-width="462" data-file-height="606" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">FAMRI Dr. William Cahan Distinguished Professor <a href="/wiki/John_F._Banzhaf_III" class="mw-redirect" title="John F. Banzhaf III">John F. Banzhaf III</a>; legal activist; devised the <a href="/wiki/Banzhaf_power_index" title="Banzhaf power index">Banzhaf power index</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 84.666666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 82.666666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mary_Cheh_--_05-14-2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Former Elyce Zenoff Research Professor of Law (1979) Mary Cheh in 2010; elected D.C. councilwoman"><img alt="Former Elyce Zenoff Research Professor of Law (1979) Mary Cheh in 2010; elected D.C. councilwoman" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Mary_Cheh_--_05-14-2010.jpg/124px-Mary_Cheh_--_05-14-2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="83" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Mary_Cheh_--_05-14-2010.jpg/185px-Mary_Cheh_--_05-14-2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Mary_Cheh_--_05-14-2010.jpg/247px-Mary_Cheh_--_05-14-2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="828" data-file-height="1205" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Former Elyce Zenoff Research Professor of Law (1979) <a href="/wiki/Mary_Cheh" title="Mary Cheh">Mary Cheh</a> in 2010; <a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_District_of_Columbia" title="Council of the District of Columbia">elected D.C. councilwoman</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 87.333333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 85.333333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_Buergenthal.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="GW Law professor Thomas Buergenthal, former judge of the International Court of Justice"><img alt="GW Law professor Thomas Buergenthal, former judge of the International Court of Justice" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Thomas_Buergenthal.jpg/128px-Thomas_Buergenthal.jpg" decoding="async" width="86" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Thomas_Buergenthal.jpg/193px-Thomas_Buergenthal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Thomas_Buergenthal.jpg/257px-Thomas_Buergenthal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="495" data-file-height="693" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">GW Law professor <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Buergenthal" title="Thomas Buergenthal">Thomas Buergenthal</a>, former judge of the <a href="/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice" title="International Court of Justice">International Court of Justice</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 123.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 121.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jeffrey_Rosen_National_Constitutional_Center_(25417005805)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="GW Law professor Jeffrey Rosen, National Constitution Center chair and CEO; constitutional law journalist and commentator"><img alt="GW Law professor Jeffrey Rosen, 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Kline School of Law (Drexel Univ.)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duquesne_University_School_of_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Duquesne University School of Law">Duquesne University School of Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penn_State_Dickinson_Law" title="Penn State Dickinson Law">Penn State Dickinson Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penn_State_Law" title="Penn State Law">Penn State Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania_Law_School" title="University of Pennsylvania Law School">University of Pennsylvania Law School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Pittsburgh_School_of_Law" title="University of Pittsburgh School of Law">University of Pittsburgh School of Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Villanova_University_School_of_Law" title="Villanova University School of Law">Villanova University School of Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Widener_University_Commonwealth_Law_School" title="Widener University Commonwealth Law School">Widener University School of Law (Harrisburg)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Law_schools_in_Virginia" title="Category:Law schools in Virginia">Virginia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Appalachian_School_of_Law" title="Appalachian School of Law">Appalachian School of Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonin_Scalia_Law_School" title="Antonin Scalia Law School">Antonin Scalia Law School (George Mason)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Legal_Center_and_School" title="The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School">The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_University_School_of_Law" title="Liberty University School of Law">Liberty University School of Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regent_University_School_of_Law" title="Regent University School of Law">Regent University School of Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Richmond_School_of_Law" title="University of Richmond School of Law">University of Richmond School of Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia_School_of_Law" title="University of Virginia School of Law">University of Virginia School of Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_and_Lee_University_School_of_Law" title="Washington and Lee University School of Law">Washington and Lee University School of Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_%26_Mary_Law_School" title="William & Mary Law School">William & Mary Law School</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Law_schools_in_Washington,_D.C." title="Category:Law schools in Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Columbus_School_of_Law" title="Columbus School of Law">Columbus School of Law (Catholic Univ.)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_A._Clarke_School_of_Law" title="David A. 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