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.
WASHINGTON — DC Fintech Week – Washington’s singular fintech innovation and global policy forum – is scheduled for Oct. 21-24, Georgetown Law’s Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL) has announced. Fintech Week offers participants…
WASHINGTON - Georgetown Law is launching a new Workers' Rights Institute and has hired the former Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Mark Gaston Pearce, to lead it. The new institute will focus on innovative legal and policy initiatives…
WASHINGTON – Georgetown Law’s Supreme Court Institute will host “U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Legacy of Gender Equality in Life and Law” on Tuesday, July 2.
(St. Louis, Mo.) – Today, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction requiring the City of St. Louis to give a fair bail hearing to every person arrested within 48 hours of their arrest, and a hearing within one week to all those who are currently…
Journalists and community leaders sue to use court recordings to promote transparency in criminal justice system
WASHINGTON – Building on its groundbreaking 2017 Girlhood Interrupted study showing that adults view black girls as more adult-like and less innocent than white girls, Georgetown Law’s Center on Poverty and Inequality today released a follow-up study…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a lawsuit filed yesterday, the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) joined forces with the Georgetown Law Civil Rights Clinic to sue a District landlord to challenge a discriminatory practice that contributes to the widespread…
At Tuesday groundbreaking for monument in Norton’s honor, Georgetown Law to name its “tower green” after the civil rights champion and retired faculty member
The D.C. Street Law Clinic at Georgetown Law will hold its 47th Annual Street Law Semi-Finals on April 9. Over 200 area high schoolers from 11 schools in the District of Columbia and Prince George's County have spent the last several months working with…
Former prosecutor, church attorney, victim advocate, and journalist to discuss legal dimensions of abuse crisis
