OpenFieldPepperdine Washington DC · Washington, DC, United States
Pepperdine University is an elite private research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ, maintaining its Washington, DC permanent academic campus in the downtown cultural corridor on Pennsylvania Avenue. Renowned for public policy, international diplomacy, constitutional law, and corporate finance.
Pepperdine's Washington, DC campus operates as an integral global academic hub hosting the School of Public Policy, the Seaver College DC Academic Internship Program, and the Caruso School of Law Washington Semester. Students complete congressional, think tank, and federal agency fellowships alongside advanced policy seminars.
Undergraduate admission to Pepperdine is competitive and holistic (average high school GPA 3.7). Admission to DC graduate programs through the School of Public Policy or Caruso Law requires an accredited bachelor's, professional recommendations, and analytical writing samples.
Rigorous policy curriculum combining quantitative econometrics, constitutional foundations, cost-benefit modeling, and direct federal agency internships on Capitol Hill and K Street.
Elite legal curriculum pairing rigorous administrative and constitutional law seminars with clinical externships at the Department of Justice, federal appellate courts, and international human rights NGOs.
AACSB-accredited international commerce curriculum focusing on international trade treaties, multilateral currency risk, multinational marketing, and global economic diplomacy.
Immersive undergraduate semester in Washington DC integrating high-level federal internships with seminars in legislative politics, political communication, and national security.
Offered by the world's top-ranked Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, educating international mediators in complex multi-party negotiation, international arbitration, and diplomatic consensus building.
Elite graduate fellowship conducting empirical policy evaluations on constitutional federalism, regulatory economics, and foreign policy grand strategy in Washington, DC.
Dean & Professor of Public Policy
School of Public Policy
Dean Peterson is a leading scholar on public engagement, regional governance, and national political participation, serving on civic leadership boards in Washin...
View researcher profile ↗Distinguished Visiting Professor & Senior Fellow
School of Public Policy & Caruso Law
Acclaimed constitutional scholar, legal philosopher, and former Chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, analyzing natural law and constit...
View researcher profile ↗Judge Danny Weinstein Managing Director & Professor of Law
Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution
Prof. Singh is an internationally recognized mediator and scholar of cross-cultural dispute resolution, having trained judges, diplomats, and business leaders a...
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