Prof. Laura Dickinson
Between May 17-24, Professor Laura Dickinson held a discussion of her book, Outsourcing War and Peace: Preserving Public Values in a World of Privatized Foreign Affairs at Opinio Juris, a leading online forum for law and international relations. In addition to addressing topics related to the book, Laura responded to comments provided by other leading scholars and commentators. You can read the entire forum here.
Greg Garre
I attended a luncheon yesterday at which Greg Garre, JD ’91, former Solicitor General of the United States, received the Rex Lee Award from the J. Reuben Clark Law Society. Greg is the fourth Solicitor General to win the award, which is given annually to a distinguished attorney.
Greg is a towering figure in the DC appellate bar. After graduating from GW Law, Greg clerked for Chief Justice William Rehnquist. He then went into private practice at Hogan and Hartson (now Hogan Lovells), where Chief Justice John Roberts served as his mentor. Greg currently chairs the Supreme Court and Appellate Practice Group at Latham & Watkins. He has argued 34 cases before the Supreme Court, including cases in each of the past 11 terms.
On behalf of the GW Law community, I’d like to congratulate Greg on this well-deserved honor!
Prof. Greg Maggs
I’m thrilled to announce that Professor Greg Maggs will receive the 2012 George Washington Award—one of the most prestigious awards bestowed by GW—at the University Commencement ceremony to be held on the National Mall on Sunday, May 20. A dedicated professor who is also a celebrated scholar and favorite lecturer among 1Ls, Greg has dedicated himself to the Law School in ways that are literally too numerous to recount, as Professor, as Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and as Interim Dean.
The first recipient of this award from the Law School faculty since 1989, Greg embodies integrity, collaboration, and pedagogic dedication, and I think all who know Greg will agree that this recognition is richly deserved.
Congratulations, Greg!
Report: “Gender Equality in Employment: Policy and Practices in Switzerland and the United States”
Professor Naomi Cahn, 3L Michael Peters, and 2L Lindsay Luken are part of a GW team, including GW Professors Michelle Kelso and Barbara Miller, that gathered and analyzed data examining workplace gender equality. The joint GW-U.S. Embassy of Switzerland report features data on gender certification, successful childcare structures, part-time and flexible work schedules, quotas, and mentoring, and found women in Switzerland and the U.S. face similar employment challenges. Read the full story of the GW team’s important work here.
Robin Runge, J.D. ’97, Awarded Fulbright to Study Legal Response to Violence Against Woman in China
I am pleased to announce that graduate and adjunct professor Robin Runge has been awarded a year-long Fulbright for 2012–2013 to conduct research on the emerging legal response in China to violence against women. Congratulations Robin!
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In March 2010, after returning from Beijing to train judges to better deal with issues of domestic violence. Robin was featured on Why? Radio in an episode titled “Domestic Violence and the Law: China vs. the U.S.A.” You can listen to the program here.
Carolyn Homer, a member of the GW Law class of 2012, has been named one of two runners-up (and one of three prize winners) in the American Constitution Society’s Constance Baker Motley national writing competition for law students. Carolyn was recognized for her paper, “The Unconstitutionality of the Copyright Act’s Licensing Exemption for Religious Performances of Religious Works.” The experts judging submitted papers included three jurists and three academics.
I’d like to congratulate Carolyn on behalf of the entire Law School community.
In Memoriam: Charles W. “Chuck” Colson, JD ’59, Political Strategist & Evangelical Christian Leader
Charles W. “Chuck” Colson, J.D. ’59, the controversial political strategist and later Christian leader and advocate for prison reform, died on April 21 at age 80. A self-described “hatchet man” for the Nixon Administration, Colson was the first Watergate-era figure to be incarcerated in federal prison. However, Colson’s life is proof that one can change one’s personal path. By the time of his death, he was perhaps even better known for his seemingly irreconcilable later-life roles as a prominent Evangelical Christian leader and advocate for prison reform. Colson remained dedicated to his ministry throughout the rest of his life.
You can read more about this fascinating and complex figure in the Washington Post and other major media.
