"The Lady and George Washington: Female Genius in the Age of the Constitution”
March 5, 2019 Press ReleasesBoston College Law Professor Mary Sarah Bilder delivers Georgetown Law’s 2019 Thomas F. Ryan Lecture
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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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Assessing the Sprint-TMobile Merger: Consumers, Competition and the Future of 5G
March 1, 2019 Press ReleasesLive debate & discussion presented by Georgetown Law’s Institute for Technology Law & Policy
As Leaders Prepare to Meet in Hanoi, Experts at Georgetown Law Discuss "The Continuing Threat of Nuclear Weapons"
February 27, 2019 Human Rights & Immigration International & Comparative Law National Security LawJust before U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Vietnam for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jung Un — the second such summit since June 2018 — the experts came to Georgetown Law for a conference on “The Continuing Threat of Nuclear Weapons.”
“Rule of Law in America” Event at Georgetown Law
February 26, 2019 Press ReleasesWASHINGTON – On Friday, March 8, Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection and Checks and Balances will host “Rule of Law in America” at Georgetown Law. WHAT On March 8, former high-ranking officials from Republican…
Georgetown Climate Center: Leading the Way on Mitigating Climate Change
February 26, 2019 Environmental LawWhen Georgetown Law launched what is now called the Georgetown Climate Center in February 2009, the future for action to fight climate change could not have looked brighter.
Ana Khouri (LL.M.’19) & Dean William M. Treanor Welcome Colombian President Iván Duque Márquez (MPM’07)
February 22, 2019 International & Comparative LawEach year, Georgetown Law welcomes students from more than 70 countries. But it’s not very often that international J.D. or LL.M. students extend an invitation to the president of their country to come to Georgetown for a visit.
Blume Professor Jane Aiken: “The Problem of Justice”
February 21, 2019 Faculty Human Rights & Immigration Public Interest & Community ServiceOn February 12, Professor Jane Aiken (LL.M.'85) was installed as the inaugural Blume Professor, a chair made possible through the extraordinary generosity of Bruce (L’80) and Ann Blume (Parents ’08, ’20). The Blumes recently committed $10 million…
Institute for Public Representation: Protecting Kids Online
February 19, 2019 Clinics Impacting Change Technology, Communication, and Intellectual PropertyDuring the fall semester at Georgetown Law, Allegra Kauffman (L’19) spent a lot of time downloading apps and playing games she found on Google Play, the app store for the Android operating system.
“Can I Live?” Examines Black Women’s Lives in America
February 15, 2019 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Feminism & Gender Studies Race & LawSandra Bland, who died in prison after being arrested for a traffic violation. Aiyana Stanley-Jones, a seven-year-old shot and killed by police during a raid. Renisha McBride, shot and killed by a homeowner when she knocked on the door of a house. Black women in America have lost their lives, and have been subjected to other horrific injustices, just as men have been. Yet America does not often remember their names.
Office of Admissions Invites High Schoolers to Visit Georgetown Law as Part of Early Outreach
February 14, 2019 Campus News Congress Faculty Our AlumniVisiting Professor M. Tia Johnson — a former assistant secretary for legislative affairs at the Department of Homeland Security who teaches national security — doesn’t see teenagers in her classes very often. But Visiting Professor Charisma Howell, the director of Georgetown Law’s Street Law program, is used to teaching high school students.