Faculty

GW Law faculty members are scholars and practitioners with strong reputations in the legal community.

Our faculty members are among the most cited law faculty in the nation, appearing in print, online, and on-air, in world-renowned media outlets. But first and foremost, each faculty member is devoted to teaching.


Faculty News

Cori Alonso-Yoder and Rachel Micah-Jones holding the Presidential Award for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons

Professor Cori Alonso-Yoder Receives Presidential Award

March 6, 2023

Cori Alonso-Yoder working with Centro de los Derechos del Migrante received the Presidential Award for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons.

Aram Gavoor headshot

"Three Potential Outcomes of the Wider Classified Documents Probe"

February 24, 2023

In his recent op-ed for The Hill, Dean Aram A. Gavoor lays out the challenges our officials with their unauthorized possession of classified documents.

Judges sitting on the ICJ courtroom panel

Professor Murphy Represents Armenia before the ICJ

February 21, 2023

Professor Sean D. Murphy argued in oral proceedings before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands.


In the News

"Democrats in Congress seek to prevent another Jan. 6 riot"

CBS News quoted Paul Schiff Berman on the legal responsibilities of Congress to certify speaker votes.

Bloomberg Businessweek: Fearless Speech, Women’s Principles

For Bloomberg, Dr. Mary Anne Franks discussed her book Fearless Speech: Breaking Free from the First Amendment.

"Conservatives Use Trump Assassination Attempt to Target Women in Anti-Diversity War"

The American Prospect quoted Naomi Schoenbaum on using gender-based lawsuits as a political statement.

Scholarly Work

Our faculty are leading scholars and practitioners—experts whose experience and passion for teaching shape the study and practice of law. Learn more about publications and other work written by our faculty.

Daniel J. Solove
Breached!: Why Data Security Law Fails and How to Improve It

Rosa Celorio
Women and International Human Rights in Modern Times: A Contemporary Casebook 

Dayna Bowen Matthew
Just Health: Treating Structural Racism to Heal America

Catherine J. Ross
A Right to Lie? Presidents, Other Liars, and the First Amendment

Additional Faculty Scholarship News

Faculty Books