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Professor Shon Hopwood testified on the Hill in October regarding "Prison to Proprietorship: Entrepreneurship Opportunities for the Formerly Incarcerated."

On the Hill: Professor Shon Hopwood Advocates for Entrepreneurship for Ex-Offenders

November 13, 2019 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Criminal Law Faculty

“I committed a violent crime. But I am not a violent criminal.”

Justin Brooks (LL.M.'92) and Brian Banks celebrated in 2012 after Banks's wrongful conviction was reversed by a California court. This scene outside the courthouse is depicted in the "Brian Banks" movie, in theaters on August 9, with Greg Kinnear playing Brooks and Aldis Hodge playing Banks. (Photo Courtesy California Innocence Project.)

Justin Brooks (LL.M.’92) Gives the "Brian Banks” Movie its Happy Ending

August 8, 2019 Criminal Law Our Alumni

Justin Brooks (LL.M.'92) traces the success in his academic career to Georgetown Law. Now a professor at the California Western School of Law and a co-founder of the California Innocence Project, he once supervised Georgetown Law students teaching classes in Lorton Prison — teaching inmates about their legal rights and helping them with legal issues. After his two-year fellowship with Georgetown Law’s Street Law Program led to an LL.M. in 1992, Brooks spent another year at Georgetown as assistant director of a Street Law Corrections Clinic.

Two months after the publication of its groundbreaking reports on the questionable use of police facial recognition technology in U.S. cities, Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy & Technology is back in the news.

Center on Privacy & Technology: Making News, Impacting Policy on Facial Recognition Technology

July 11, 2019 Criminal Law Technology, Communication, and Intellectual Property

Two months after the publication of its groundbreaking reports on the questionable use of police facial recognition technology in U.S. cities, Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy & Technology is back in the news. Records obtained by the Center —…

Aaron Steeg (L’19) and Claire Cahill (L’19) with Professor Erica Hashimoto of the Appellate Litigation Clinic after Cahill argued before the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in January.

Before Commencement, Appellate Litigation Clinic Students Savor Success

May 14, 2019 Clinics Criminal Law Faculty

Just before graduation, Claire Cahill (L’19), Aaron Steeg (L’19) and Dominick Schumacher (L’19) had an extra reason to celebrate.

Gabriella Ferrara (L’19), Professor Abbe Smith, Executive Assistant Teruko Richardson, Fellow Eboni Blenman, and Christopher Herr (L'19) of the Criminal Defense & Prisoner Advocacy Clinic.

Criminal Defense & Prisoner Advocacy Clinic Advocates for Maryland Woman Seeking Release from Prison

May 14, 2019 Clinics Criminal Law Faculty Impacting Change

Fransharon Jackson has done what’s been asked of her since she was sentenced in 1998 to life in prison.

On April 9, Georgetown Law and Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life sponsored a dialogue with survivors, clergy, attorneys for the Catholic Church, attorneys for survivors, canon law and civil law experts, media and more.

Law, Lawyers and the Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis

April 15, 2019 Criminal Law Public Interest & Community Service

The crisis of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy stems from many causes and failures. On April 9, Georgetown University Law Center and Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life sponsored a timely and much-needed dialogue with survivors, clergy, attorneys for the Catholic Church, attorneys for survivors, canon law and civil law experts, media, social workers and more.

Professor Urska Velikonja, an expert in securities law, looked at women as both “lawmakers and lawbreakers" at the 2019 symposium of the American Criminal Law Review, "Women's Rights in the American Criminal Justice System," on March 29.

ACLR Symposium: Women’s Rights in the Criminal Justice System

April 8, 2019 Criminal Law Feminism & Gender Studies

The rate of female incarceration has jumped nearly 1,300 percent in the past four decades, from fewer than 8,000 women in 1970, mostly in jails, to about 110,000 in 2014. But, as retired federal Judge Nancy Gertner pointed out, “The last I heard, there is not a women’s crime wave that is sweeping the country.”

Professor Rosa Brooks, right (with Distinguished Visitor from Practice Christy Lopez) was installed as Georgetown Law’s inaugural Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and Policy on March 20.

Professor Rosa Brooks Installed as the Inaugural Scott K. Ginsburg Professor

March 22, 2019 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Criminal Law Human Rights & Immigration International & Comparative Law Race & Law

“Just as our recent wars have mostly been against those who are poor, those who can easily be demonized and viewed as ‘other’ by the average American — so too, our criminal law has tended to be enforced primarily and disproportionately against the poor and people of color,” said Professor Rosa Brooks, who was installed as Georgetown Law’s inaugural Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and Policy on March 20.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Judge Sri Srinivasan, Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland (H'18), and Judge A. Raymond Randolph with Georgetown Law Dean William M. Treanor in Hart Auditorium on March 21.

Georgetown Law Hosts Oral Arguments of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

March 21, 2019 Criminal Law Election Law Technology, Communication, and Intellectual Property

Section 3 first year students Natalie Tverdynin (L'21), Jeremy Penn (L’21) and Akshay Nelakurti (L’21) had some unexpected free time on the morning of March 21. So the three friends went to hear oral arguments of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit — with Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland (H’18), Judge Sri Srinivasan and Judge A. Raymond Randolph.

Manhattan DA Cy Vance (L’82) introduces himself to students at a luncheon career event sponsored by the Office of Public Interest and Community Service on March 20.

Manhattan DA Cy Vance (L’82) Meets Public Interest Students

March 20, 2019 Criminal Law Our Alumni

When Cyrus R. Vance (L’82) became the Manhattan District Attorney in 2009, he noticed that the numbers of men and women of color being prosecuted for crime was the same as the number being prosecuted 30 years ago, when he was an assistant DA. Vance asked himself, Why is this picture the same? Does this system of justice keep us safer? Is it fair? What can we do to change it?

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