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George Washington University - Intellectual Property Law Program
Law School
2000 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
United States
2000 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
United States
The Law School

GW Law
In recent years, as intellectual property law issues have themselves become more tightly interwoven with issues in commercial law, computer and Internet regulation, communications law, and the regulation of medicine, GW Law has been among the first to add faculty and courses in those areas. At the same time, GW Law has not neglected its core strength in patents, and has continued to develop an unparalleled patent law faculty and curriculum. The result: an Intellectual Property LL.M. Program that is second to none, and that is ready and eager to equip students to deal with the innovations of the coming century.
The Program

First US Patent, 1790
While student enrollment at the Law School numbers approximately 1,860, enrollment in the Intellectual Property Law LL.M. program is limited to approximately 30 to 50 students each year.
The Washington, D.C., area has the country's highest concentration of internships with nonprofit and trade groups, courts, and government agencies specialized in intellectual property, including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Copyright Office, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the House and Senate Judiciary Committees.
The GW Law Intellectual Property Program maintains an intellectual property internship guide for the benefit of students, and GW students have been successful in getting internships at these organizations. Students who arrange for an approved, nonremunerative placement may receive up to four hours of credit for their work, with five hours of work per week being required for each credit.
Location

U.S. Supreme Court
The National Courts Building on Lafayette Square across from the White House (and four blocks from GW) houses courtrooms of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. In addition, more symposia, seminars, and colloquia relating to intellectual property are held in Washington, D.C., than in any other city in the world.
Summer Program
As a complement to its leading intellectual property program in Washington, DC, GW Law offers a four-week intellectual property law program in Munich, Germany, a vibrant city less than an hour from the Alps that is known as Europe's intellectual property capital. In the summer of 2006, the program ran from July 3rd to July 29th. The ABA-accredited program offers eight one-credit courses of which students can choose up to four, as well as special lectures and visits to local IP institutions such as the European Patent Office. In 2005, 27 students participated in the program: 9 students from GW, 14 students from other law schools across the United States, and four students from foreign countries. Six of the eight courses offered were also open to enrollment by LL.M. students at the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center.Program Information
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