When Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg launched Georgetown Law’s inaugural Ginsburg Lecture Series in April 2018, some feared that next year's lecturer — or lecturers — would have a tough act to follow. They needn’t have worried. This year was even better.
In an academic lecture on events surrounding the 1787 drafting of the U.S. Constitution, Georgetown Law Dean William M. Treanor showed the Law Center community how much he enjoys scholarship and teaching — in addition to serving as the school’s 16th dean.
Officially launched last year, RISE is designed to support incoming J.D. students from backgrounds historically underrepresented in law school and lawyering — including but not limited to racial, ethnic, geographic, socioeconomic, and first-generation college backgrounds.
The afternoon ceremony honored Norton, a trailblazing civil rights activist and champion for women’s equality who is a longtime member of the Georgetown Law faculty and who has represented the District of Columbia in the House of Representatives since 1991.
Scott K. Ginsburg (L’78) has committed $10.5 million to Georgetown University Law Center, the largest one-time commitment in the history of Georgetown Law. The gift supports expansion of the Law Center campus, near Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
Bruce (L’80) and Ann Blume (Parents ’08, ’20), have given $10 million to establish the Blume Public Leadership Institute at Georgetown Law. Through the Blume Institute, students exhibiting exceptional promise as future public leaders will receive full-tuition scholarships as Blume Scholars.