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George Washington University Law School

October 14, 2023

For other uses, see Washington School of Law (disambiguation).

The George Washington University Law School (GW Law) is the law school of George Washington University, in Washington, D.C. Established in 1865, GW Law is the oldest law school in the national capital.[6][7] GW Law offers the largest range of courses in the US, with 275 elective courses in business and finance law, environmental law, government procurement law, intellectual property law, international comparative law, litigation and dispute resolution, and national security and U.S. foreign relations law.[8][9] Admissions are highly selective as the law school receives thousands of applications.[10] In 2020, the acceptance rate was 21%.[11]

George Washington University
Law School
Parent schoolGeorge Washington University
Established1865[1]
School typePrivate
Parent endowment$2.41 billion
Location Washington, District of Columbia, US
Enrollment1,646 (2016)[2]
Faculty371 (2016)[2]
USNWR ranking35th (2023)[3]
Bar pass rate97.19%[4]
Websitewww.law.gwu.edu

GW Law has an alumni network that includes notable people within the fields of law and government, including the former U.S. Attorney General, the former U.S. Secretary of the Interior, foreign heads of state, judges of the International Court of Justice, ministers of foreign affairs, a Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization, a Director of the CIA, members of U.S. Congress, U.S. State Governors, four Directors of the FBI, and numerous Federal judges. The law school publishes nine student-run journals and hosts highly ranked skills competitions, such as the Van Vleck Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition.[12]

History Edit

 
The original law building

The George Washington University Law School was founded in the 1820s but closed in 1826 due to low enrollment.[6] The law school's first two professors were William Cranch, 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 Charles Carroll the Settler and clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1827 until his death in 1863.[13] The law school was reestablished in 1865 and was the first law school in the District of Columbia.[6]

Law classes resumed in 1865 in the Old Trinity Episcopal Church, and the school graduated its first class of 60 students in 1867.[1] The Master of Laws degree program was adopted by the school in 1897.[1] In 1900, the school was one of the founding members of the Association of American Law Schools.[1] In 1954, it merged with National University School of Law of Washington.[1] The law school operated under the name National Law Center for the 37 years from 1959 to 1996, when it was renamed George Washington University Law School.[14]

Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas, William Strong, David J. Brewer, Willis Van Devanter, and John Marshall Harlan were among those who served on its faculty.[15][16] Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice Elena Kagan, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and Justice Samuel Alito presided over its moot court in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014, and 2016.[17][18][19]

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 Wright brothers' flying machine, patented on May 22, 1906.[20]

The school was accredited by the American Bar Association in 1923[21] and was a charter member of the Association of American Law Schools.[22]

National University School of Law

The National University School of Law was merged into the George Washington University School of Law in 1954.[23] The school was founded in 1869.[24] Many alumni served in prominent political and legal positions throughout the school's history.

Academics Edit

Curriculum Edit

 
Stockton Hall.

J.D. students are required to take courses on civil procedure, criminal law, constitutional law, contracts, introduction to advocacy, legal research and writing, professional responsibility and ethics, property, and torts.[25]

GW Law offers more than 275 elective courses each year.[26] The school boasts particularly robust offerings in business and finance law, environmental law, government procurement law, intellectual property law, international comparative law, litigation and dispute resolution, and national security and U.S. foreign relations law.[8]

GW Law also offers numerous summer programs, including a joint program with the University of Oxford for the study of international human rights law at New College, Oxford each July.[27]

Degrees offered Edit

In addition to the Juris Doctor degree, GW Law offers the following joint degrees:[28]

The school also offers Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Environmental Law, Business and Finance Law, International Environmental Law, Government Procurement and Environmental Law, Intellectual Property Law, International and Comparative Law, Government Procurement Law, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, and National Security and U.S. Foreign Relations Law.[29] The Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) is offered to a very limited number of candidates.[30]

 
President's Office, George Washington University.

Student recognition Edit

Instead of supplying students with individual class rankings, GW Law recognizes academic performance with two scholar designations.[31] The top 1–15% of the class is designated George Washington Scholars while the top 16–35% of the class is designated Thurgood Marshall Scholars.[31]

Publications Edit

GW Law publishes nine journals:[32]

Student life Edit

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.[33]

In the 2013–2014 academic year, 25.2% of GW Law students were minorities and 46.2% were female.[34]

Students enrolled in the J.D. program come from 206 colleges and 11 countries.[35] The law school also enrolls students from approximately 45 countries each year in its Master of Laws and Doctor of Juridical Science degree programs.[36]

GW Law students can participate in 60 student groups.[37]

Campus Edit

 
Lerner Hall, Stockton Hall, and the Burns Law Library, with the IMF seen in the background.

GW Law is located in the heart of Washington's Foggy Bottom neighborhood, across the street from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund headquarters, and a few blocks away from the State Department and the White House.[38]

The Jacob Burns Law Library holds a collection of more than 700,000 volumes.[39]

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.

The law school currently occupies nine buildings on the main campus of The George Washington University. The law school's main complex comprises five buildings anchored by Stockton Hall (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.

Admissions Edit

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[40]).[41] The 25th and 75th undergraduate GPA percentiles were 3.40 and 3.84, respectively, with a median of 3.74.[42] In the 2018–19 academic year, GW Law had 1,525 J.D. students, of which 25% were minorities and 51% were female.[42]

In order to apply for the J.D. program, students must have taken the LSAT within the past five years and must submit a personal statement and at least one letter of recommendation.[43] 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.[43]

Rankings and reputation Edit

 
The Jacob Burns Law Library.

The 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report ranks GW Law as the 35th top law school out of 196 in the United States.[44] The National Law Journal 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.[45]

In 2020 GW was ranked as the 11th best moot court program in the country and regularly hosts a U.S. Supreme Court justice on its three-judge panel.[46]

According to Brian Leiter's law school rankings, GW Law ranked 17th in the nation for Supreme Court clerkship placement between 2003 and 2013,[47] 19th in terms of student numerical quality,[48] and 16th for law faculties with the most "scholarly impact" as measured by numbers of citations.[49]

The National Law Journal ranked GW Law 21st in its 2014 Go-To Law Schools list, a ranking of which law schools sent the highest percentage of new graduates to NLJ 250 law firms.[50]

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 Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro in San Francisco and then general counsel to Standard Oil of California, 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.[51][52][53]

Post-graduation employment Edit

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.[54]

GW Law's Law School Transparency 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.[55] 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.[54]

The main employment destinations for 2019 GW Law graduates were Washington, D.C., New York City, and Virginia.[54]

ABA Employment Summary for 2019 Graduates[54]
Employment Status Percentage
Employed – Bar Passage Required (Full-Time, Long-Term)
 
 74%
Employed – Bar Passage Required (Part-Time and/or Short-Term)
 
 0.80%
Employed – J.D. Advantage
 
 10.77%
Employed – Professional Position
 
 1.19%
Employed – Non-Professional Position
 
 0.19%
Employed – Law School/University Funded
 
 0.59%
Employed – Undeterminable
 
 0.0%
Pursuing Graduate Degree Full Time
 
 2.12%
Unemployed – Start Date Deferred
 
 0.99%
Unemployed – Not Seeking
 
 0.99%
Unemployed – Seeking
 
 6.78%
Employment Status Unknown
 
 0.39%
Total of 503 Graduates

Costs Edit

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.[56] GW Law's tuition and fees on average increased by 4.1% annually over the past five years.[57]

The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $328,263.[57] The average indebtedness of the 76% of 2013 GW Law graduates who took out loans was $123,693.[58]

Notable people Edit

Main article: List of George Washington University Law School alumni

Notable faculty Edit

Notable faculty members include:

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For other uses see Washington School of Law disambiguation The George Washington University Law School GW Law is the law school of George Washington University in Washington D C Established in 1865 GW Law is the oldest law school in the national capital 6 7 GW Law offers the largest range of courses in the US with 275 elective courses in business and finance law environmental law government procurement law intellectual property law international comparative law litigation and dispute resolution and national security and U S foreign relations law 8 9 Admissions are highly selective as the law school receives thousands of applications 10 In 2020 the acceptance rate was 21 11 George Washington UniversityLaw SchoolParent schoolGeorge Washington UniversityEstablished1865 1 School typePrivateParent endowment 2 41 billionLocationWashington District of Columbia USEnrollment1 646 2016 2 Faculty371 2016 2 USNWR ranking35th 2023 3 Bar pass rate97 19 4 Websitewww wbr law wbr gwu wbr eduGW Law has an alumni network that includes notable people within the fields of law and government including the former U S Attorney General the former U S Secretary of the Interior foreign heads of state judges of the International Court of Justice ministers of foreign affairs a Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization a Director of the CIA members of U S Congress U S State Governors four Directors of the FBI and numerous Federal judges The law school publishes nine student run journals and hosts highly ranked skills competitions such as the Van Vleck Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition 12 Contents 1 History 2 Academics 2 1 Curriculum 2 2 Degrees offered 2 3 Student recognition 2 4 Publications 3 Student life 4 Campus 5 Admissions 6 Rankings and reputation 7 Post graduation employment 8 Costs 9 Notable people 9 1 Notable faculty 10 References 11 External linksHistory Edit nbsp The original law buildingThe George Washington University Law School was founded in the 1820s but closed in 1826 due to low enrollment 6 The law school s first two professors were William Cranch 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 Charles Carroll the Settler and clerk of the U S Supreme Court from 1827 until his death in 1863 13 The law school was reestablished in 1865 and was the first law school in the District of Columbia 6 Law classes resumed in 1865 in the Old Trinity Episcopal Church and the school graduated its first class of 60 students in 1867 1 The Master of Laws degree program was adopted by the school in 1897 1 In 1900 the school was one of the founding members of the Association of American Law Schools 1 In 1954 it merged with National University School of Law of Washington 1 The law school operated under the name National Law Center for the 37 years from 1959 to 1996 when it was renamed George Washington University Law School 14 Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas William Strong David J Brewer Willis Van Devanter and John Marshall Harlan were among those who served on its faculty 15 16 Chief Justice John Roberts Justice Antonin Scalia Justice Elena Kagan Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Samuel Alito presided over its moot court in 2006 2007 2009 2012 2014 and 2016 17 18 19 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 Wright brothers flying machine patented on May 22 1906 20 The school was accredited by the American Bar Association in 1923 21 and was a charter member of the Association of American Law Schools 22 National University School of LawThe National University School of Law was merged into the George Washington University School of Law in 1954 23 The school was founded in 1869 24 Many alumni served in prominent political and legal positions throughout the school s history Academics EditCurriculum Edit nbsp Stockton Hall J D students are required to take courses on civil procedure criminal law constitutional law contracts introduction to advocacy legal research and writing professional responsibility and ethics property and torts 25 GW Law offers more than 275 elective courses each year 26 The school boasts particularly robust offerings in business and finance law environmental law government procurement law intellectual property law international comparative law litigation and dispute resolution and national security and U S foreign relations law 8 GW Law also offers numerous summer programs including a joint program with the University of Oxford for the study of international human rights law at New College Oxford each July 27 Degrees offered Edit In addition to the Juris Doctor degree GW Law offers the following joint degrees 28 J D M B A with the School of Business J D Master of Public Administration with the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration J D Master of Public Policy with the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration J D M A with the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences 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 J D M A with the Elliott School of International Affairs J D Master of Public Health with the Milken Institute School of Public Health J D Public Health Certificate with the Milken Institute School of Public HealthThe school also offers Master of Laws LL M in Environmental Law Business and Finance Law International Environmental Law Government Procurement and Environmental Law Intellectual Property Law International and Comparative Law Government Procurement Law Litigation and Dispute Resolution and National Security and U S Foreign Relations Law 29 The Doctor of Juridical Science S J D is offered to a very limited number of candidates 30 nbsp President s Office George Washington University Student recognition Edit Instead of supplying students with individual class rankings GW Law recognizes academic performance with two scholar designations 31 The top 1 15 of the class is designated George Washington Scholars while the top 16 35 of the class is designated Thurgood Marshall Scholars 31 Publications Edit GW Law publishes nine journals 32 The George Washington Law Review The George Washington International Law Review The George Washington Business amp Finance Law Review The Federal Circuit Bar Journal The American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal The Public Contract Law Journal The Federal Communications Law Journal The Journal of Energy and Environmental Law International Law in Domestic Courts JournalStudent life EditWith 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 33 In the 2013 2014 academic year 25 2 of GW Law students were minorities and 46 2 were female 34 Students enrolled in the J D program come from 206 colleges and 11 countries 35 The law school also enrolls students from approximately 45 countries each year in its Master of Laws and Doctor of Juridical Science degree programs 36 GW Law students can participate in 60 student groups 37 Campus Edit nbsp Lerner Hall Stockton Hall and the Burns Law Library with the IMF seen in the background GW Law is located in the heart of Washington s Foggy Bottom neighborhood across the street from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund headquarters and a few blocks away from the State Department and the White House 38 The Jacob Burns Law Library holds a collection of more than 700 000 volumes 39 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 The law school currently occupies nine buildings on the main campus of The George Washington University The law school s main complex comprises five buildings anchored by Stockton Hall 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 Admissions EditFor 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 40 41 The 25th and 75th undergraduate GPA percentiles were 3 40 and 3 84 respectively with a median of 3 74 42 In the 2018 19 academic year GW Law had 1 525 J D students of which 25 were minorities and 51 were female 42 In order to apply for the J D program students must have taken the LSAT within the past five years and must submit a personal statement and at least one letter of recommendation 43 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 43 Rankings and reputation Edit nbsp The Jacob Burns Law Library The 2023 2024 U S News amp World Report ranks GW Law as the 35th top law school out of 196 in the United States 44 The National Law Journal 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 45 In 2020 GW was ranked as the 11th best moot court program in the country and regularly hosts a U S Supreme Court justice on its three judge panel 46 According to Brian Leiter s law school rankings GW Law ranked 17th in the nation for Supreme Court clerkship placement between 2003 and 2013 47 19th in terms of student numerical quality 48 and 16th for law faculties with the most scholarly impact as measured by numbers of citations 49 The National Law Journal ranked GW Law 21st in its 2014 Go To Law Schools list a ranking of which law schools sent the highest percentage of new graduates to NLJ 250 law firms 50 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 Pillsbury Madison amp Sutro in San Francisco and then general counsel to Standard Oil of California and Reynolds Robertson who worked for Cravath deGersdorff Swaine amp Wood in New York City both co authors of a seminal work on the Court s jurisdiction 51 52 53 Post graduation employment EditAccording 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 54 GW Law s Law School Transparency 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 55 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 54 The main employment destinations for 2019 GW Law graduates were Washington D C New York City and Virginia 54 ABA Employment Summary for 2019 Graduates 54 Employment Status PercentageEmployed Bar Passage Required Full Time Long Term 74 Employed Bar Passage Required Part Time and or Short Term 0 80 Employed J D Advantage 10 77 Employed Professional Position 1 19 Employed Non Professional Position 0 19 Employed Law School University Funded 0 59 Employed Undeterminable 0 0 Pursuing Graduate Degree Full Time 2 12 Unemployed Start Date Deferred 0 99 Unemployed Not Seeking 0 99 Unemployed Seeking 6 78 Employment Status Unknown 0 39 Total of 503 GraduatesCosts EditThe 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 56 GW Law s tuition and fees on average increased by 4 1 annually over the past five years 57 The Law School Transparency estimated debt financed cost of attendance for three years is 328 263 57 The average indebtedness of the 76 of 2013 GW Law graduates who took out loans was 123 693 58 Notable people EditMain article List of George Washington University Law School alumni Notable Alumni of the GW Law School nbsp Belva Ann Lockwood first woman to argue before the U S Supreme Court nbsp Hsu Mo founding judge of the International Court of Justice nbsp John Foster Dulles former United States Secretary of State nbsp J Edgar Hoover 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation nbsp Patricia Roberts Harris first African American woman to serve in the U S Cabinet nbsp Allen Dulles Longest serving Director of the CIA nbsp Former U S Senator J William Fulbright founder of the Fulbright Program nbsp Former U S Senator Harry Reid former Senate Majority Leader nbsp William Barr former Attorney General of the United States nbsp Kellyanne Conway former Counselor to the President nbsp David Bernhardt 53rd Secretary of the Interior nbsp S M Krishna 26th Minister of Foreign Affairs of India nbsp Russell Vought Director of Office of Management and Budget nbsp 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 nbsp Mikheil Saakashvili President of GeorgiaNotable faculty Edit Notable faculty members include Clarence Thomas 59 John Banzhaf Jerome A Barron Paul Schiff Berman Thomas Buergenthal Steve Charnovitz Mary Cheh Donald C Clarke Lawrence Cunningham William Kovacic Alan Morrison Ralph Oman Richard J Pierce Randall Ray Rader Charles Henry Robb Jeffrey Rosen Catherine J Ross Lisa M Schenck Jonathan Turley Daniel Solove nbsp David J Brewer U S Supreme Court Associate Justice nbsp Willis Van Devanter former U S Supreme Court Associate Justice nbsp John Marshall Harlan former U S Supreme Court Associate Justice nbsp GW Law professor Clarence Thomas Justice of the U S Supreme Court nbsp FAMRI Dr William Cahan Distinguished Professor John F Banzhaf III legal activist devised the Banzhaf power index nbsp Former Elyce Zenoff Research Professor of Law 1979 Mary Cheh in 2010 elected D C councilwoman nbsp GW Law professor Thomas Buergenthal former judge of the International Court of Justice nbsp GW Law professor Jeffrey Rosen National Constitution Center chair and CEO constitutional law journalist and commentator nbsp GW Law professor and constitutional lawyer Jonathan TurleyReferences Edit a b c d e History GW Law Archived from the original on July 17 2015 Retrieved July 14 2014 a b George Washington University 2016 Standard 509 Information 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