Past Event Highlights

We regularly update this page with links to past event pages, where you can find event recordings, research resources, and other information related to our programming. You may also access event recordings via the GW Law Government Procurement Law Program’s YouTube Channel.

In December, we co-hosted a webinar with the University of Bristol Law School that addressed the promise of technological solutions for procurement challenges. Watch the recording.

In late fall 2022, we co-hosted a two-part webinar series with Dickson Poon School of Law at King’s College, London where experts discussed key legal challenges that governments and contractors face in emerging defense markets, both in Europe and the United States.  Watch the recording.

A virtual panel discussion about the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), co-hosted by the GW Law Environmental & Energy Law and Government Procurement Law Programs, during which experts on the GW Law faculty reflected on how the IRA impacts their areas of expertise in the law: Environmental Law, Energy Law, Sustainable Procurement, and Environmental Justice. View the webinar recording.

In July 2022, Prof. Christopher Yukins hosted a series on State Bid Protests. View the series recordings.

On May 25, 2022, Prof. Lou Chiarella provided an introduction to the Defense Acquisition System (DAS). View the webinar recordings.

On March 15, 2022, the GW Law Government Procurement Law Program hosted a program so that prospective students could learn about our LLM and MSL Government Procurement degree programs. View the webinar recording.

A riveting discussion with Michael Atkinson, former IG of the intelligence community, about the investigation he led into allegations that then-President Trump had solicited foreign electoral interference in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. View the webinar recording.

On January 25, 2022, the GW Law Government Procurement Law Program hosted a webinar where representatives from the government, whistleblower bar, and defense bar discussed recent developments in procurement fraud enforcement and compliance. View the webinar recording.

On January 19, 2022, GW Law Government Procurement Law Program hosted a global webinar on the “Buy American” requirements included in the recent trillion-dollar infrastructure law — legislation that will affect federal grants and contracts, and will launch a review of U.S. free trade agreements in defense as well.  View the webinar recording.

On November 3, 2021, the GW Law Government Procurement Law Program hosted a webinar about careers in government contracting with a panel featuring our distinguished alumni. Speakers from the government and industry discussed their career paths and offered suggestions on how to leverage a GW interdisciplinary degree in the government contracts field. View the webinar recording.

A three-part webinar series on intelligent automation and emerging technologies in the U.S. federal procurement system. Experts discussed the successes and challenges of implementing intelligent automation technologies as a means to improve the efficiency and integrity of government procurement processes. View the webinar recordings.

On October 7, 2021, a panel of experts on U.S. and Brazilian public procurement law discussed Brazil’s new procurement law and its move to open its procurement markets by joining the WTO Government Procurement Agreement. View the webinar recording.

On September 22, 2021, a panel of attorneys from Morrison & Foerster, Northrop Grumman, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the U.S. General Services Administration discussed career paths in government contracts law, featuring the varied perspectives of in-house counsel, government attorneys, and private practice lawyers. View the webinar recording.

On September 16, 2021, the GW Law Government Procurement Law Program co-hosted a webinar with the World Bank Office of Suspension & Debarment and the ABA International Anti-Corruption Committee where a panel of experts discussed the World Bank’s Global Suspension & Debarment Directory, the first ever consultative resource on exclusion systems.  View the webinar recording.