The George Washington University Law School
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The George Washington University Law School, commonly referred to as GW Law, founded in 1825, is the oldest law school in the District of Columbia. The law school enrolled its first class in 1865. Until the 1980s, it was known as "The National Law Center at The George Washington University."
The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a charter member of the Association of American Law Schools. The school currently has about 1,860 degree candidates: 1,260 full-time, 290 part-time, and over 300 post-J.D. candidates.
In 2000, the law school began a major building and renovation scheme to create an integrated, modern learning facility. The school continues to expand into attached buildings along perimeters of the University Yard.
In 2005, the GW Law Student Bar Association was named [link] the Student Bar Association of the Year by the American Bar Association. GW Law's student-run newspaper, the Nota Bene, won the 2005 ABA award for Editorial of the Year and SBA President Eric Koester was a finalist for 2005 SBA President of the Year.
Also in 2005, a team from GW Law won the world championship in the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition in Fukuoka, Japan.
As of 2006, GW Law is ranked 19th on the U.S. News & World Report list of "Top 100 Law Schools." In its specialties categories, U.S. News ranks GW Law 3rd in intellectual property law, 6th in international law, 12th in environmental law, and 15th in clinical training. The law school is the highest-ranked graduate program of its parent institution, The George Washington University.
Notable alumni
Notable alumni of The George Washington University Law School include:
- Earl E. Anderson, Ret. General United States Marine Corp
- Rocky Anderson, current mayor of Salt Lake City
- William Barr (1977), former United States Attorney General
- A. Bruce Bielaski, second director of the Bureau of Investigation
- [Warren Brown] (1998), founder and owner of Cake Love, and host of "Sugar Rush" on the Food Network* Mona Charen, political analyst and best-selling author
- Bennett Champ Clark, former United States Senator
- Floyd I. Clarke, former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- George B. Cortelyou, cabinet member in the Theodore Roosevelt administration
- John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State in the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration
- John James Duncan, Jr. (1973), United States Congressman for the Second District of Tennessee
- W. Mark Felt (1940), former associate director of the FBI and Watergate scandal informant also known as "Deep Throat"
- Stanley Finch (1908), first director of the Bureau of Investigation
- J. William Fulbright (1934), former United States Senator, creator of the Fulbright Fellowships
- Dan Glickman (1969), current president of the Motion Picture Association of America
- L. Patrick Gray, former acting director of the FBI during the Watergate scandal
- Patricia Roberts Harris (1960), cabinet member in the Jimmy Carter administration
- J. Edgar Hoover (1917), founder and longtime director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Harry R. Hughes (1952), former governor of the state of Maryland
- Sarah T. Hughes (1922), first female federal judge seated in Texas, and only woman to administer the oath of office to the President of the United States.
- Daniel Inouye (1953), United States Senator, (D-HI)
- Leon Jaworski (1925), special prosecutor during the Watergate scandal
- David M. Kennedy, former United States Secretary of the Treasury
- Michael Kinsley, political commentator and journalist, former co-host of CNN's Crossfire
- Ted Lerner, businessman and owner of the Washington Nationals major-league baseball team.
- Belva Ann Lockwood (1872), first woman to argue before the United States Supreme Court
- Frank Moss (1937), former United States Senator, (D-UT)
- Francis G. Newlands (1869), congressman and drafter of the Newlands Resolution to annex the Republic of Hawai'i
- Barbara Pariente (1973), current Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
- Harry Reid (1964), United States Senator, Current Senate Minority Leader, (D-NV)
- Mikhail Saakashvili (1996), President of Georgia
- John W. Snow (1967), current United States Secretary of the Treasury
- James E. Webb (1936), second administrator of NASA
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