International Students

• Nearly 40 countries have been represented in each incoming LLM class over the past 7 years.
• The 2021 entering class included students from 31 countries. The top countries represented (alphabetical order) were Brazil, China, France, India, Italy, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and United States.
• The 2021 entering class included recent law school graduates, military judge advocates, solo practitioners, law clerks, human rights activists, prosecutors, corporate counsel, judges, and government officials, as well as Fulbright scholars.

GW Law has been proudly educating international students since 1890. Our students have come from nearly every country in the world, from Albania to Zimbabwe. 

At GW Law, we do more than provide an excellent legal education; we build a community. Our international students do not pursue a separate course of study from their U.S. counter­parts; rather, our U.S. and international LLM students take courses together, as well as with JD students. In our classrooms, therefore, international and U.S. students work side-by-side and find fertile ground for discussions that incorporate global perspectives and insights from both experienced and burgeoning legal minds. Our community benefits from such exchanges. In addition to finding a welcoming educational environment, our international students find access to virtually the same wide range of professional activities in Washington, DC, as do US students.

The Graduate and International Programs staff help students address the wide range of unique challenges that moving to a new country poses. From navigating course selection to understanding the Metro subway system, our staff are dedicated to helping make your transition to the GW Law community as seamless as possible.

We value our students from around the globe, and we look forward to carrying on our century-old tradition of educating the best from around the world.