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The George Washington University Law School was founded in the 1820s but closed in 1826 due to low enrollment. [7] 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 ...
Ian C. Ballon (1986), Internet lawyer and author of several law books, including a 4-volume legal treatise on e-commerce law Jacob Burns (1924), corporate attorney , educator and philanthropist Charles Colson , leader in the Christian right movement, former Special Counsel to Richard Nixon , and jailed for conspiring during the Watergate scandal
The Jacob Burns Law Library is the library of the George Washington University Law School. [1] The library was completed in September 1967. [2] The library was named with a gift from Jacob Burns, who earned his law degree in 1924. [3] The library is a part of the George Washington University Law School Complex, and adjoins Stockton Hall to the ...
The Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library, more commonly known as Gelman Library, is the main library of The George Washington University, and is located on its Foggy Bottom campus. The Gelman Library, the Eckles Library on the Mount Vernon campus and the Virginia Science and Technology Campus Library in Ashburn comprise the trio known as the ...
The John Wolff International and Comparative Law Library (2004) is named after John Wolff, a long-serving member of the adjunct faculty and supporter of the Law Center's international law programs. The library is located on two floors inside the Eric E. Hotung building. It houses the international, foreign, and comparative law collections of ...
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. [135] George Washington is ranked 61st for the "Best Global Universities for Social Sciences and Public Health 2018" by U.S. News & World Report. [136]
This list of George Washington University alumni includes numerous prominent politicians, including a recent U.S. Attorney General, four current heads of state or government, CEOs of major corporations, scientists, Nobel laureates, MacArthur fellows, Olympic athletes, Academy Award and Golden Globe winners, royalty, and Time 100 notables.
The George Washington Law Review is a bimonthly law review edited and published by students at the George Washington University Law School.The Law Review was established in 1931, and is a continuation of the Constitutional Review, published from 1917–1931, and the National University Law Review, published from 1921–1931.