On May 18, 254 JD and three LLM students were awarded their diplomas by Dean Daniel Polsby at the spring 2013 commencement ceremonies at George Mason University. Read more...

Four distinguished judges took part in a panel discussion of the patent system in a program co-sponsored by Mason Law's Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property. Read more...

Professor Michael Greve visited Blacksburg, Virginia, to deliver a talk as part of the Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business BB&T Speakers Series on Capitalism. Read more...

In a significant victory, the Supreme Court dismissed a case for which the George Mason Supreme Court Clinic was co-counsel as improvidently granted. Read more...

Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm was a guest on an April 26 segment of PBS Need to Know for a roundtable discussion entitled "Debating the Second Amendment." Read more...

Professors Michael Greve and Jeremy Rabkin joined other top scholars in an AEI discussion on the anniversary of two important 1938 Supreme Court decisions. Read more...

Professor Ilya Somin testified at a hearing of a Senate Judiciary Committee subcommittee to consider questions relevant to the use of drones in targeted killings. Read more...

Third-year student Raven Merlau's selection as a recipient of the 2013 Burton Award represents the seventh consecutive year that the award has been given to a Mason student. Read more...

The National Security Law Journal held its inaugural symposium, with General (Ret.) Hichael Hayden, former director of NSA and the CIA, as the event's headliner. Read more...

Professor Nathan Sales participated in a discussion of Drone Warfare in 2030 that examined the future of expanding use, precedents to be set, and constitutional implications. Read more...

Professor Ilya Somin was a panelist in an NYU symposium, "Democracy Unfiltered: Discussing 100 Years of Direct Elections and Modern Issues Affecting the Law of Democracy." Read more...

Professor Jeremy Rabkin  was a panelist at a cyber event sponsored by the ACD and hosted by the law school and its Center for Infrastructure and Homeland Security. Read more...

Professor Adam Mossoff of the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property moderated a teleforum featuring Chief Judge Rader of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Read more...

George Mason was one of only five schools to have all three of its eligible students achieve individual recognition in the prestigious Vis Moot held in Vienna, Austria. Read more...

Professor Elina Treyger discussed two cases involving the use of narcotics detection dogs and the Fourth Amendment in a post-decision SCOTUScast. Read more...

Mason Law Professors Ross Davies and James Byrne spoke during panel discussions held at the American University Business Law Review Symposium. Read more...

Mason 3L Victoria Walker has been elected national chair of the National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA) for the academic year 2013–14. Read more...

Professor David Schleicher was a participant in the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) one-day symposium for facility managers held in Los Angeles. Read more...

A comment written by Mason Law student Michael Brody was published recently in the Legislation & Policy Brief, an American University law journal, and subsequently cited. Read more...

PBS NewsHour aired a program featuring Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm in which she discussed "The Assault Weapons Ban as Understood by a 2nd Amendment Scholar." Read more...

Professor Ilya Somin previewed his forthcoming book, Democracy and Political Ignorance, at a presentation for Campbell University's Politics, Law, and Economics Lecture series. Read more...

Dean Daniel D. Polsby has announced that Joyce Lee Malcolm has been named the law school's Patrick Henry Professor of Constitutional Law and the Second Amendment. Read more...

Geoffrey Wistow, a third-year law student, recently won a writing competition scholarship from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Bar Association. Read more...

Professor Nelson Lund has been appointed by President Cabrera and the university's Board of Visitors to the rank of University Professor. Read more...

Professor Adam Mossoff was a participant in a patent roundtable held at George Washington University Law School to discuss software in an age of patents. Read more...

Professor D. Bruce Johnsen was a guest on Chicago's WGN Radio 720's Noon Show with Carol Roth on March 19 to discuss insider trading. Read more...

The law school's Moot Court Board Nationals Team advanced to the national finals of the American Bar Association's National Appellate Advocacy Competition for the second year. Read more...

The National Security Law Journal, newest of George Mason's law journals, has published its inaugural issue. Read more...

Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg will join the George Mason law faculty as professor of law beginning in July of 2013. Read more...

Professors Adam Mossoff and Eric Claeys participated in CPIP's inaugural academic event, a roundtable on "Patented Inventions and Promoting Innovation" held in California. Read more...

Professor Henry Butler appeared as a witness at a Capitol Hill hearing on "Excessive Litigation's Impact on America's Global Competitiveness." Read more...

Matthew Lafferman, a third-year student, is the author of a comment recently published in one of the top law and technology journals in the country. Read more...

Professor Eric Claeys testified at a March 5 hearing of the House Judiciary Committee Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee on the REINS Act. Read more...

Professor Adam Mossoff participated in a panel discussion on invention hosted by Brookings Institution Governance Studies as part of the Mobile Economy Project. Read more...

Professor Michael Krauss was a panelist in a legal symposium hosted by the Mississippi College Law Review entitled "Ethics 20/20: The Future of Professional Responsibility." Read more...

Third-year law student Jeremy Camacho will celebrate his final semester in law school with the publication of two of his articles in law journals. 

Professor Steven Eagle took part in a panel discussion at a teleconference examining three takings cases on which the Supreme Court rules during its current term. Read more...

Wesley Weeks recently learned that his student comment written for the George Mason Law Review was quoted in an Alabama Supreme Court dissenting opinion. Read more...

Professor Terrence Chorvat was a featured speaker at theTulane Tax Roundtable, where he gave a presentation based on a paper he is writing. Read more...

Professor Helen Alvaré made an appearance on ABC's Nightline with Bill Weir to comment as a scholar on Pope Benedict XVI's surprise announcement of his resignation. Read more...

Law student Lisa Goldstein's student Note in the George Mason Law Review has been selected for the second-place award in the ASECA Writing Competition. Read more...

Professor Michael Krauss addressed members of the Houston Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society with an ethics presentation on February 1 in Houston, Texas. Read more...

A publication to which Professor Ilya Somin is a contributor was selected recently for inclusion in an annual handpicked list of the most noteworthy reference titles published in the year prior. Read more...

Professor Helen Alvaré participated in a January 24 legal symposium sponsored by Americans United for Life (AUL) at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Read more...

In a January 18 Federalist Society post-decision SCOTUSCast, Professor Christopher Newman discusses the High Court's January 9 decision in Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc. Read more...

Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm commented on President Obama's proposed gun control measures on NPR affilate KPCC Southern California Public Radio. Read more...

Professor Adam Mossoff spoke on the topic of patent wars from the 1850s to today at a National Museum of American History Tuesday Colloquium held at the Museum on January 15. Read more...

Professor Ilya Somin addressed the assembled judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals on "Kelo and its Aftermath," examining aspects of the landmark property rights decision. Read more...

A story appearing in Time magazine cites an article by law student Spencer Nelson, who argues that in some circumstances private military contractors should not be allowed immunity. Read more...

Professor Ilya Somin filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to hear Ilagan v. Ungacta, a property rights case in which land was condemned to benefit a powerful private party. Read more...

Professor Michael Greve was a participant in a forum on marijuana legalization and the federal-state balance that was sponsored in part by Brookings Institution Governance Studies. Read more...

The U. S. Senate has unanimously confirmed Professor Joshua Wright as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission. Read more...

Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm was interviewed on Voice of Russia radio, American edition, where she discussed the issue of the NRA and gun control in the U.S. Read more...

Professor Adam Mossoff joined four other free marketeers with diverse views on copyright to explore the debate among conservatives and libertarians over copyright reform. Read more...

Professor Adam Mossoff was part of a public workshop that was held jointly by the FTC and the DOJ to explore the impact of patent assertion entity (PAE) activities on innovation and competition. Read more...

Thirty-one prominent deans, professors, and former government officials have signed a letter endorsing nomination of Professor Joshua Wright as a Commissioner on the FTC. Read more...

Professor Adam Mossoff participated in a Washington Legal Foundation Media Briefing in Washington, D.C., on standards-essential patents. Read more...

Professor Michael Greve was a participant in a Center for Legal Policy Forum hosted by the Manhattan Institute on November 29 in New York City. Read more...

By popular demand, Mason Law will host its traditional pre-exam puppyfest on Friday, November 30, at 11:00 a.m. in an effort to ease the demands of study, if only briefly, for its law students. Read more...

Professor Elina Treyger was featured in a Federalist Society podcast concerning Florida v. Jardines and Florida v. Harris, two cases in which oral arguments were heard in October. Read more...

Professor Michael Greve delivered an October 15 luncheon address on the state of our federalism to the Philadelphia Society in Memphis, Tennessee, the first of several October events. Read more...

Articles written by Mason Law students Tom Randall and Mark Henderson while they served as summer associates have been selected for publication and awards by the ITC TLA. Read more...

On November 6, Professor Adam Mossoff participated in a software patents teleforum sponsored by the IP Practice Group of the Federalist Society. Read more...

Professor Michael Krauss delivered a Bouton Law Lecture at Princeton University through the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions on November 5. Read more...

On October 26 Professor Ilya Somin was a member of a discussion panel on campaign finance that took place at Amherst College. Read more...

Professor Ilya Somin participated in an October 25 panel discussion on the topic of eminent domain lead by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (Mason Law '95). Read more...

In August Mason Law Dean Emeritus Henry G. Manne gave an oral history of his life, influences, and work to the Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society. Read more...

Professor Adam Mossoff was a speaker at an IEEE IP Professionals conference held at George Mason University's Arlington Campus on Monday, October 22, 2012. Read more...

Professor Michael I. Krauss was a guest speaker for the University of Michigan Law School's Federalist Society Student Chapter on Monday, October 22, 2012. Read more...

Professor Adam Mossoff took part in an October 17 teleforum on patent rights sponsored by the Intellectual Property Practice Group of the Federalist Society. Read more...

Professor Adam Mossoff took part in a Capitol Hill program of the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee examining patent litigation in the smartphone and tablet marketplace. Read more...

Professor Helen Alvaré was a panelist in an Albany Law School Journal of Science & Technology fall symposium, "From the Page to the Pill: Women's Reproductive Rights and the Law." Read more...

Professor Jeremy Rabkin was a participant in a Heritage Foundation discussion examining what effect the U.S. Constitution has had on the recently adopted constitutions of other nations. Read more...

Leslie M. Alden, Senior Lecturer in Law and retired judge of the Fairfax County, Virginia, Circuit Court, addressed Tibetan jurists who were guests of the International Judicial Academy. Read more...

Professor Michael Greve delivered Constitution Day lectures at four educational institutions and conducted the first of a series of workshops during the month of September. Read more...

Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm presented the Alpheus T. Mason Lecture on Constitutional Law and Political Thought: The Quest for Freedom on September 28 at Princeton University. Read more...

Professor Michael Krauss took part in a professional ethics symposium sponsored by the Holloran Center on Ethical Leadership and The University of St. Thomas Law Journal. Read more... 

Professor Ilya Somin took part in a day-long symposium sponsored by the Cato Institute as a review of the Supreme Court’s recent term and preview of their forthcoming docket. Read more...

Professors Nelson Lund and Jeremy Rabkin spoke at a Hillsdale College Center for Constructive Alternatives seminar on The Supreme Court: History and Current Controversies. Read more...

Professor Joshua Wright has been nominated by the president to serve in the key Administration post of Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission. Read more...

Check back often for updates to the list of student events and activities going on at the School of Law. Read more...

Professor Laurie Neff  presented on the topic of assistance to veterans at the 122nd Virginia Bar Association Summer Conference at the Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia. Read more...

On August 10, the School of Law welcomed the 147 matriculants in its fall 2012 entering first-year class to Orientation and the formal beginning of their law school studies. Read more...

Professor Adam Mossoff participated in the launch of IP Delivers, a campaign aimed at highlighting the fundamental value of intellectual property in the development of economies. Read more...

Orientation takes place for first-year Mason Law students on Friday, August 10, and Saturday, August 11. Transfer and LLM students will attend Orientation on Saturday only. Read more...

Professor Ross Davies has introduced the latest in the Green Bag's series of Supreme Court justice bobbleheads with a striking likeness of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Read more...

A recent study on the scholarly impact of law faculties has ranked George Mason University School of Law #21 for scholarly influence. Read more...

Daniel J. Wisniewski, a May 2012 graduate of George Mason University School of Law, is the recipient of the Supreme Court Historical Society's 2012 Hughes-Gossett Student Essay Prize. Read more...

Professor Adam Mossoff moderated a panel at a Capitol Hill event exploring how an FTC report prepared for the ITC would hamper innovation, encourge patent infringement, and place America at a disadvantage. Read more...

Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm participated in a discussion and debate on how courts should address challenges to state and local gun laws. Read more...

Professor Nathan Sales testified before the House Judiciary Committee Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Subcommittee on the topic "National Security Leaks and the Law." Read more...

Professor Todd Zywicki presented testimony before a House subcommittee hearing on the Administration's auto bailouts and the Delphi Pension decisions. Read more...

Professor Adam Mossoff moderated a panel of experts at a Capitol Hill event designed to explain the critical role of SSOs and the importance of maintaining protections afforded SEPs. Read more...

The  National Security Law Journal's planned symposium on cyber-security scheduled to take place on October 29 has been postponed to a future date due to the impact of severe weather in the region. Read more...

Professor James E. Byrne attended the 45^th Session of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, where his proposal regarding Commercial Fraud was accepted. Read more...

On July 1, recognized global leader and management educator Ángel Cabrera became the sixth president of George Mason University. Read more...

Professor Ilya Somin was a June 25 guest on The Docket, a KUCI Irvine, California, public affairs radio show, where he discussed recent Supreme Court decisions. Read more...

Professor Todd Zywicki was a June 7 guest on the Larry Parks Show in New York for an interview about how the Dodd Frank Act is in conflict with the concept of the Rule of Law. Read more...

In an Exploring Liberty lecture available as an MP3 file or You Tube video, Professor Ilya Somin discusses the theory of political ignorance and its rationality. Read more...

Professor Thomas Hazlett  took part in a discussion of reverse auctions at a June 15 forum sponsored by the Brookings Institution's Center for Technology Innovation. Read more...

In an interview, Professor Todd Zywicki discusses the cap on swipe fees provided for by the Durbin Amendment and the subsequent restructuring of the payments landscape and harm to consumers. Read more...

Professor Steven J. Eagle  is principal author of an amicus brief in CCA Associates v. United States supporting the petitioner's request for a Supreme Court review of a decision denying it just compensation. Read more...

Professor Todd Zywicki was a panelist at a symposium in New York in which government officials, lawyers, and scholars debated competition and consumer protection law in the financial services industry. Read more...

Professor Jeremy Rabkin participated in a panel discussion at a conference exploring the effects of globalization on international law, institutions, and the Constitution. Read more...

Professor James E. Byrne gave a 3-hour course in Standby Letters of Credit at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing in late May. Read more...

Professor Todd Zywicki has filed an amicus brief in support of the monks of St. Joseph's Abbey near Covington, Louisiana, who have sought the right to sell cypress caskets made in their workshop. Read more...

Professor Adam Mossoff served as moderator of a Capitol Hill panel discussion designed to examine the important role of patent licensing in the American economy and to dissect threats to innovation. Read more...

Professor Helen Alvaré was part of a roundtable discussion of Religious Liberty in 2012: Still the First Freedom? at a National Press Club Series event in Washington, D.C. Read more...

On Saturday, May 19, surrounded by family and friends, 221 juris doctor candidates received degrees from the School of Law during the 2012 convocation program. Read more...

At the request of ICC Russia, Professor James E. Byrne participated in a Round Table on The Legal Framework of International Trade together with other leading experts. Read more... 

Mason's Clinic for Legal Assistance to Servicemembers and Veterans provides an opportunity to give back to servicemembers while giving Mason law students a glimpse of real-life practice. Read more...

Professor David Bernstein took part in an AEI and Federalist Society panel discussion on a new book dealing with the First Amendment's third provision, freedom of assembly. Read more...

For the sixth consecutive year, a Mason Law student is the recipient of the prestigious Burton Award for excellence in legal writing, with 2012 honors going to third-year student Sean Clerget. Read more...

Mason's first-year law students in completed their version of basketball’s March Madness in front of a packed courtroom and a panel of judges that would have most veteran attorneys trembling in their wingtips. Read more...

Professor Thomas Hazlett was a participant in a Progressive Policy Institute forum on "The Economic Implications of the Wireless Boom" held at the National Press Club. Read more... 

The May 1 issue of Politico contains remarks made by Professor Adam Mossoff in discussing the content of his research paper on The Sewing Machine War. Read more... 

 Dean Daniel D. Polsby has announced that Michael S. Greve will join the law school faculty as Professor of Law in fall 2012. Read more...

Professor Ross Davies had the honor of introducing a panel that included Marvin Miller to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1972 baseball strike. Read more...

Professor Adam Mossoff spoke at an April conference hosted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as part of the World Intellectual Property Day observance. Read more...

Students at George Mason University School of Law know that when you see a group of puppies gathered in the Levy Atrium, it's time to hit the books in earnest. Read more...

Professor J.W. Verret provided testimony at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs Subcommittee hearing. Read more...

Following a tradition begun last spring and enjoyed again during the fall exam period, a bevy of beautiful pups is scheduled to arrive at Mason Law on Tuesday, April 24, at 11:00 a.m. Read more...

Three Mason Law students have returned from a Vienna, Austria, arbitral moot competition in which they performed admirably well. Read more...

Despite the fact that neither of them is a member of Mason Law's Moot Court Board, law students Emily Barber and Linda Santiago brought home honors from a recent competition. Read more...

In a Lawyer2Lawyer podcast, Professor Ilya Somin discusses the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act subsequent to oral arguments at the Supreme Court. Read more...

Professor Neomi Rao presented a paper at a conference on The Administrative Law of Dodd-Frank at the Center for Business Law and Regulation at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Read more...

Professor Nathan Sales spoke at a symposium sponsored by the Federalist Society designed to provide updates on law and policy issues related to America's national security. Read more...

Professor Ilya Somin was a participant in a Federalist Society podcast in which he discussed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and its individual mandate. Read more...

The Mason Law team of 2Ls Tashina Harris, Tyson Johnson and Mark Scirocco walked away from the second annual Billings, Exum & Frye Moot Court Competition as first place winners in the event. Read more...

Professor Joshua Wright  provided testimony on Capitol Hill at a  hearing of the House Judiciary Committee Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet Subcommittee on H.R.1946. Read more...

Professor Adam Mossoff discusses the March 20 Supreme Court decision in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. in a Federalist Society SCOTUScast. Read more...

The law school's Moot Court Board Nationals Team advanced to the finals of the American Bar Association's National Appellate Advocacy Competition in Chicago after qualifying in the Regional Championships. Read more...

Professor Helen Alvaré participated in a discussion of "Religious Freedom and Healthcare Reform" sponsored by the Religious Freedom Project at Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs. Read more...

In two op-eds, Professor Ilya Somin argues that the U.S. Supreme Court should rule that the Affordable Health Care Law is unconstitutional. Read more...

Professor Jeremy Rabkin participated in an American Enterprise Institute and Federalist Society discussion of presidential accountability in the post-9/11 era. Read more...

Professor Neomi Rao was an invited speaker at two events that took place at Colorado law schools in March. Read more...

Professor Ilya Somin was featured in a Reason.tv interview in which he discussed upcoming oral arguments before the United States Supreme Court in a challenge to the Affordable Care Act. Read more...

Professor Nelson Lund and alumnus Kenneth Klukowski are co-authors of an amicus brief filed in the Supreme Court supporting certiorari in Mt. Soledad Memorial Association v. Trunk. Read more...

Professor Michael Krauss appeared at two March events in Hawaii, where he gave talks on legal issues regarding Israel's borders and settlements. Read more...

Professor Ilya Somin took part in a debate-style briefing sponsored by the Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) to discuss upcoming Supreme Court arguments in HHS v. Florida. Read more...

Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm delivered the keynote address at a conference in Nuremberg, Germany, in early March. Read more...

Arlington County officials and George Mason University leaders join the Arlington Campus community March 8 for the dedication of Founders Hall. Read more...

Professor Ross Davies has introduced the most recent of his Supreme Court Sluggers baseball cards, one featuring the visage of the late Associate Justice Abe Fortas. Read more...

Mason Law's Supreme Court Clinic was featured in an article examining the emergence of programs that allow law students to participate in cases before the Supreme Court. Read more...

Three Mason Law Alumni have launched the Journal of Legal Metrics focusing on the explanatory power of numbers and statistics in the legal context. Read more...

Professor Thomas Hazlett spoke on reallocation of broadcast spectrum at an event sponsored by the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C. Read more...

Professor Ilya Somin is the author of a Supreme Court amicus brief filed on behalf of the Washington Legal Foundation and a group of constitutional scholars in the matter of the healthcare law's individual mandate. Read more...

Professor Michael Krauss was an invited speaker at the Instituto Technologico Autonomo de Mexico, a law school in Mexico City, where he presented a lecture. Read more...

Professors Adam Mossoff and Christopher Newman participated in a Teleforum sponsored by The Federalist Society on the Supreme Court's recent decision in Golan v. Holder.

Professor Christopher Newman is featured in a Federalist Society SCOTUScast addressing the U.S. Supreme Court's January 2012 decision in Golan v. Holder. Read more...

The Supreme Court Clinic, led by Wiley Rein attorneys Thomas R. McCarthy and William S. Consovoy, filed an amicus brief in Perry v. New Hampshire on behalf of the National District Attorneys Association. Read more...

Professor Nelson Lund is co-author of a brief on behalf of the FRC as amicus curiae with the U.S. Supreme Court regarding severability of the individual mandate in the health care act. Read more...

In a radio interview with WTOP News, Professor Todd Zywicki criticizes the structure of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Read more...

Professor Jeremy Rabkin testified on Capitol Hill before the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution to discuss "Judicial Reliance on Foreign Law." Read more...

Chrissy Kendall (’11) received a literary award from the Supreme Court Historical Society for an article written and submitted prior to her graduation in May 2011. Read more...

Professor Adam Mossoff participated in a panel discussion of the first-to-file provision of the America Invents Act at the Patent and Trademark Office Day Conference held in Washington, D.C. Read more...

Mason Law student Lisa Goldstein has been named a Steele Scholar in Business Law. Read more...

Professor Adam Mossoff participated in a press briefing on the Supreme Court case of Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, in which the Court will hear oral argument. Read more...

Robert A. Anthony, 1931-2011, Foundation Professor of Law Emeritus at George Mason University, died on November 17 in Warrenton, VA. Read more...

Professor Joshua Wright was a speaker at the November 17 ABA Section of Antitrust Law Fall Forum held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Read more...

Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm was a guest speaker at Duke Law School, where she delivered a presentation for the Federalist Society comparing English and American criminal law. Read more...

Professors Thomas Hazlett and Joshua Wright took part in a discussion on Perspectives on the Economics of the Proposed AT&T and T-Mobile Merger. Read more...

Professor Joshua Wright participated as a panelist in a Quello Center Workshop entitled Governance of Social Media to discuss Competition Policy. Read more...

The Trial Advocacy team recently won second place in the Interamerican School of Law Criminal Trial Advocacy Competition in Puerto Rico. Read more...

Professor Ilya Somin discussed the federal mandate for health insurance during a New England Journal of Medicine Perspective Roundtable. Read more...

Professor J.W. Verret was on FoxNews on "Special Report" with Brett Baier to discuss the costs of the Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank acts. Read more...

Professor Neomi Rao organized and participated in a panel on legal interpretation in the Executive Branch for the annual International Law Weekend in New York. Read more...

Professor Christopher Newman discusses the Supreme Court's Golan v. Holder during a post-argument SCOTUScast available online. Read more...

Professor Steven J. Eagle was appointed by the ABA to a committee that will prepare revisions to the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. Read more...

Mason Law Professors organized the most recent meeting of the D.C. Area Legal History Roundtable, an informal gathering of scholars who live or work in the area. Read more...

Professor Michael Krauss was an invited speaker in a Federalist Society Speakers Series presented at the Levin College of Law. Read more...

Professor Helen Alvaré will be awarded the 2012 Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal by the Notre Dame Fund to Protect Human Life. Read more...

Mason’s new Supreme Court Clinic filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court. Read more...

Professor Nelson Lund took part in a debate in which participants considered the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Read more...

Professor Adam Mossoff spoke at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., about two intellectual property cases on the Supreme Court's docket. Read more...

Professor Michael Krauss made a visit to Columbia Law School to address the topic The Israeli/Palestinian Dispute and the United Nations. Read more...

Professor J.W. Verret testified at a September 15 hearing of the House Financial Services Committee regarding SEC operations and proposed regulatory changes. Read more...

Professor Todd Zywicki discusses some of the unintended side effects on banking consumers can expect from the Dodd-Frank bill in a NEXTcast interview. Read more...

Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm testified before a House Judiciary Committee subcommittee hearing on the "National Right-To-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011." Read more...

Professor Ilya Somin was among the scholars and activists who spoke at a USCCR public briefing on the civil rights implications of eminent domain. Read more...

Professor J.W. Verret was granted an appointment as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at the Stanford University School of Law in fall 2011. Read more...

Professor Todd Zywicki was a guest on NPR's Marketplace, where he speculated that the Federal Reserve may be considering stimulating a little inflation. Read more...

The Green Bag released the fourth in a series of Supreme Court Sluggers baseball cards, with the latest edition featuring Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. Read more...

Laurie Forbes Neff assumed leadership of George Mason University School of Law’s Clinic for Legal Assistance to Servicemembers in July 2011. Read more...

Professor Ilya Somin took part in an online discussion of legal issues made possible by an unique service that allows split screen streaming videos. Read more...

The Justice Clarence Thomas bobblehead makes its debut just in time for Thomas's twentieth anniversary as a member of the U.S. Supreme Court. Read more...

Professor Adam Mossoff provided recent commentary on two important patent law issues through a Federalist Society podcast and as a guest on NPR. Read more...

Professor Todd Zywicki was selected to give the keynote address at the AFSA State Government Affairs & Legal Issues Forum held in Denver. Read more...

Professor Thomas Hazlett participated in a roundtable sponsored by the Hudson Institutes Center for Economics on the Internet to discuss recent FCC actions. Read more...

Professor Neomi Rao was a panelist in a discussion of "Executive Powers and National Security" at the ACS Annual Convention held in Washington, D.C. Read more...

Professor James E. Byrne attended a meeting in London of a task force of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT). Read more...

Professor Adam Mossoff briefed members of the House and their staffs on his opposition to the America Invents Act, following up later in the day with a press conference. Read more...

On Saturday, May 21, 167 juris doctor candidates received degrees from the School of Law, marking the conclusion of a long journey toward that end and a day of joyous celebration. Read more...

Professor Todd Zywicki gave Capitol Hill testimony in a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on oversight of the CFPB. Read more...

Professor Joshua Wright testified at a Capitol Hill hearing on how the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile might affect wireless competition. Read more...

Professor Nathan Sales discussed extension of provisions of the PATRIOT Act on radio host Ross Reynolds' program The Conversation on Seattle's NPR affiliate. Read more...

Professors Joshua Wright and Thomas Hazlett took part in a Mercatus Center conference on how the FCC analyzes market competition in the wireless industry. Read more...

Professor Steven J. Eagle spoke before the California Coastal Commission to address implications of the "Single Economic Parcel" theory. Read more...

Students Peter Huntsinger and Brian Goldberg were awarded a prize for the Best Appellant Brief in the Northeast Regional Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition. Read more...

Fourteen wiggling puppies provided some much-needed stress relief for Mason Law students in the throes of exam preparation. Read more...

Peter Cockrell has received a 2011 Burton Award for excellence in legal writing. This is the fifth year in a row that the prestigious award has been given to a Mason Law student. Read more...

Professor Todd Zywicki was a guest on the nationally syndicated John Batchelor radio show, where he discussed issues surrounding the government's bailout of GM and Chrysler. Read more...

Professor Ilya Somin joined other leading academics in an April 12 debate at Amherst College entitled, “Is Health Care Reform Constitutional?” Read more...

In March the 2011 Annual Review of International Banking Law & Practice, co-edited by Professor James E. Byrne, was published by Institute of International Banking Law & Practice. Read more...

Professor Ross Davies has announced publication of the inaugural issue of The Journal of Law, which comprises a collection of small, unconventional law journals published jointly in one volume. Read more...

Professor Ilya Somin participated in the 2011 Indiana Law Review Symposium on counterfactuals in constitutional history held at Indiana University. Read more...

Professor Joshua Wright lectured on Antitrust Fundamentals at the 59th ABA Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting on March 30 in Washington, D.C. Read more...

Professor Todd Zywicki spoke at a conference concerning regulations the Federal Reserve proposed for debit cards last December in response to the Durbin-Frank financial reform bill. Read more...

The law school, in partnership with Wiley Rein LLP, will launch a Supreme Court Clinic to provide pro bono legal representation before the United States Supreme Court. Read more...

Professor Nathan Sales appeared before a House Judiciary Committee subcommittee to support reauthorization of portions of the PATRIOT Act. Read more...

Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm was a guest on Dan Rea's radio talk show "Nightside" on WBZ NewsRadio 1030-AM/CBS Boston, where she discussed the right to self-defense. Read more...

Professor Eric Claeys testified at a House Judiciary Committee subcommittee hearing on H.R. 10, the “Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2011” (REINS). Read more...

Professor Ilya Somin took part in a panel discussion on the implications of accelerating technological development for democracy. Read more...

Over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, Professor James Byrne traveled to Asia for a series of executive briefings and conferences in Beijing, Singapore, and Taipei. Read more...

Professor David Schleicher was a panelist in a discussion sponsored by e21 of "States in Trouble: Bankruptcy, Bailout, or Default?" Read more...

Professor Helen Alvaré made an appearance at a Capitol Hill legislative hearing, where she provided testimony on the "Protect Life Act." Read more...

Professor Michael Krauss delivered talks at Touro Law Center and Hofstra University School of Law in which he discussed the question of international law and Israel's borders. Read more...

Professor Neomi Rao took part in a symposium on international law hosted by American University Washington College of Law's International Law Review. Read more...

Professor Nelson Lund was a featured participant in a January 20 Cato Institute Policy Forum entitled, "The Future of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms." Read more...

With the start of the spring semester in January 2011, the School of Law welcomes three new members to its faculty: Jay Kelly Wright, Brian James Sawers, and Justin (Gus) Hurwitz. Read more...

Students returning to the law school after winter break took note of what was missing on campus: the fencing that had long surrounded the construction of Founders Hall. Read more...

Professor Todd Zywicki appeared on Fox's The Willis Report to discuss his Wall Street Journal op-ed describing the unintended consequences of recent credit card industry regulations. Read more...

The Green Bag, a quarterly journal dedicated to good writing about the law, announced its annual list of outstanding legal writing from the past year. Read more...

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has announced the appointment of Professor Michael Krauss to its Maryland State Advisory Committee. Read more...

Professor James E. Byrne attended a meeting in New York City intended to standardize forms for standby letters of credit and independent guarantees. Read more...

Professor Nathan Sales was interviewed in a December 8 BBC World News segment that focused on the likelihood of U. S. prosecution and extradition of Julian Assange, the man behind WikiLeaks. Read more...

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced today that Jonathan Mitchell, Assistant Professor of Law at George Mason University, has been named Solicitor General of Texas. Read more...

Professor J.W. Verret made a December 10 appearance on CNBC's Street Signs in a segment entitled, "Wall St Bonuses: Did Outrage Win?" Read more...

Professor Thomas Hazlett was a panelist  at a December 7 Telecommunications and Media Forum sponsored by the International Institute of Communications in Washington, D.C. Read more...

Professor Terrence Chorvat spoke at the National Tax Association's 103rd Annual Conference on Taxation, appearing as a panelist to discuss the topic Psychology and Taxation. Read more...

Professor James E. Byrne chaired the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice’s 11th Letter of Credit Law Summit and 5th Standby & Guarantee Forum in October. Read more...

Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm participated in a Northwestern University Law Review online colloquy on McDonald v. Chicago. Read more...

Professors J.W. Verret and Todd Zywicki participated in a conference on The Constitution in the Financial Crisis organized by the Stanford Constitutional Law Center. Read more...

Professor Michael Krauss is the author of a new textbook on products liability recently published by West Academic Publishing. Read more...

On August 13, the School of Law welcomed its fall 2010 entering class of JD students, which numbers 303 matriculants this year. Read more...