The school is accredited by the 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 . 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 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
- 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
- Warren Brown ( 1998 ), founder and owner of ''Cake Love'', and host of "Sugar Rush" on the Food Network
- 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
- 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''
- 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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