Keonna Carter (LL.M.’13): A Life in Alignment
August 6, 2018 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Our AlumniIf there were an award given for serendipity, Keonna Carter (LL.M.’13) would certainly win.
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Georgetown Law Alumnae Share Stories of Agility and Adapting to Change New “Ambassadors for Racial Justice” Program Empowers Juvenile Defenders to Make Systemic Change Georgetown Law Announces Two New Degrees, Including Nation’s First “Master of Law and Technology” Program for Non-Lawyers
Black Law Students and Faculty Assess the ‘State of Black Georgetown’
It’s an exciting time to be black at Georgetown. That’s according to Georgetown Law’s Professor Jamillah Bowman Williams, who shared her views during a wide-ranging discussion about black life at the university.
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2018 “Color of Surveillance” Conference Examines Government Monitoring of American Religious Minorities
July 24, 2018 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Technology, Communication, and Intellectual PropertyOn June 26, the Supreme Court upheld Presidential Proclamation 9645, restricting the entry into the United States of persons from eight foreign states.
Learning to Teach, and Teaching to Learn: A Conversation with Professor Richard Roe of Georgetown Law’s Street Law
June 25, 2018 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Faculty JuvenilesProfessor Rick Roe, the director of Georgetown Law’s Street Law clinic, is retiring after more than 40 years at the Law Center — 35 of those years as a member of the full-time faculty. Roe will be honored at a dinner celebration on June 28.
Street Law Student Alum Patrick Campbell (C’92): Standing on Others’ Shoulders
June 25, 2018 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Clinics Impacting Change JuvenilesAs Patrick Campbell (C’92) tells the story, he was in an intense negotiation session in California when he glanced at his phone and did something uncharacteristic for a seasoned attorney. He let out “a noticeable shout,” Campbell recounted with a laugh, “in front of my clients.”
Professor Shon Hopwood: On Clemency and Second Chances
June 8, 2018 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Criminal Law FacultyThe story of Professor Shon Hopwood’s astounding life journey from federal prisoner to Georgetown Law professor has been told many times. Today, Hopwood — who joined the Georgetown Law faculty last year — works for criminal justice reform and prison…
MIT’s Craig Steven Wilder Delivers 2018 Thomas F. Ryan Lecture
April 9, 2018 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Race & LawIn 1776, as British forces were landing in New York during the Revolutionary War, Harvard University moved classes to Concord, Massachusetts, and Yale moved to Hartford County.
Georgetown Law Associate Dean Henning, Other Experts Explore Race & Criminal Justice
February 13, 2018 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Clinics Criminal Law Race & LawMichael Brown. Eric Garner. Tamir Rice. Walter Scott. Freddie Gray. Sam DuBose. Alton Sterling. Philando Castile. Terence Crutcher. “[These] are just some of the names on a long list of unarmed black boys and men who were killed by police officers…
Clinic Students Draft Brief for Full Fifth Circuit
February 1, 2018 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination ClinicsIn Professor Brian Wolfman’s Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic, students Caitlin Anderson (L’18), Jarrett Colby (L’18), Joyce Dela Pena (L’18) and Ian Engdahl (L’18) drafted a brief on a rehearing after Alvarez v. City of Brownsville was decided by a Fifth Circuit panel last June.
Georgetown Law Professor Peter Edelman Publishes New Book "Not a Crime To Be Poor"
October 24, 2017 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Faculty Public Interest & Community ServicePeter Edelman, the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law and Public Policy at Georgetown Law, publishes his new book, "Not a Crime to Be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America" (The New Press) on October 31. We sat down with Edelman, who is the…
Keeping it Real: Distinguished Visitor from Practice Paul Smith Argues a Historic Gerrymandering Case in the Supreme Court
October 3, 2017 Civil Rights & AntidiscriminationWhen the Supreme Court agreed to hear Gill v. Whitford, the Wisconsin gerrymandering case, Distinguished Visitor from Practice Paul M. Smith found himself in the unique position of preparing to argue a Supreme Court case while planning his Constitutional…