Biden Nominates Professor Burnham to Civil Rights Cold Case Board

President Joseph Biden has nominated University Distinguished Professor of Law Margaret Burnham to the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board. The board will review records that may pertain to federal civil rights crimes between 1940 and 1980 and facilitate their release to the general public.

In Breached!, Hartzog Maps a Secure Future

In, Breached! Why Data Security Law Fails and How to Improve It, Professor Woodrow Hartzog and co-author Professor Daniel Solove of GW Law show how major data breaches could have been prevented or mitigated through a different approach to data security rules.

Professor Williams Conferred with Honorary Degree by University of Antwerp

The University of Antwerp’s faculty of law has awarded Professor Patricia Williams with an honorary degree in recognition of her expertise in the field of race, gender, literature and law and her outstanding contribution to legal and ethical debates on society, science and technology in the light of individual autonomy and identity.​

Professor Kara W. Swanson Awarded SHOT’s Martha Trescott Prize

Professor Kara W. Swanson, a renowned expert on intellectual property and the history of science, has been named the winner of the 2022 Martha Trescott Prize by the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) in recognition of her article “Inventing the Woman Voter: Suffrage, Ability, and Patents,” published in the Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (JGAPE).