Friday: Who Should Tax International Income?
January 28, 2019 Press ReleasesDeputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury Chip Harter to Keynote one-day conference at Georgetown Law
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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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Mikie Sherrill (L’07) Returns to Washington — as a Member of Congress
January 24, 2019 Congress Our AlumniMikie Sherrill (L’07) has had an exciting life so far: Naval Academy graduate, helicopter pilot in Europe and the Middle East, Russian policy officer, student of Arabic in Cairo, London School of Economics graduate, and assistant U.S. attorney. And as of first week in January, she’s added one more accomplishment: U.S. Representative from the 11th District of New Jersey.
Georgetown Law Students, Faculty, Alumni Assist Migrants Seeking Asylum in U.S.
January 23, 2019 Clinics Immigration LawThe South Texas Family Residential Center in remote Dilley, Texas, is hard to find and hard to get to. Located 80 miles southwest of San Antonio, it is the largest family detention center in the United States, with capacity for 2,400 women and children awaiting the possibility of an asylum hearing.
“Federal Money” Class Has Government Shutdown on the Syllabus
January 22, 2019 CongressNathan Williams (L’20) was planning to do an externship for course credit at the Department of Justice’s Commercial Litigation Division during the Spring 2019 semester.
Government externships have worked out well for Williams in the past. As a business major at the University of Georgia in 2013, he worked on the Hill and lived on Massachusetts Avenue, walking by Georgetown Law every day. That inspired him to add political science to his coursework and to apply to Georgetown Law after getting a master’s from the London School of Economics.
Professor Paul Butler Premieres Video: “Ten Commandments for Black Men”
January 18, 2019 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Criminal Law Race & LawAlmost half of all African American men have been arrested by age 23. One in three have a felony conviction. More than 500,000 are currently incarcerated. Professor Paul Butler knows this, because as a former federal prosecutor, it was his job to lock up black men. But Butler, a black man, is well aware that his own resume (which also includes Georgetown Law professor and a J.D. from Harvard) hasn’t insulated him from police bias.
Tiauna Mathieu (L’19): Working Towards Criminal Justice
January 16, 2019 Clinics Criminal Law Impacting ChangeTiauna Mathieu (L’19) was inspired to become a lawyer, she says, in a sixth grade law and government class where half of the class served as the prosecution and half served as the defense.
1Ls Build Practical Skills Early with Week One Simulations
January 13, 2019 Campus NewsOne week into the new year, Georgetown Law students sat in a rearranged classroom, in two concentric circles. In the center, the flame of a small candle flickered on the floor, surrounded by a wooden elephant from India, a frisbee, a running shoe, a ring from Rwanda made from melted down padlocks, a family photo and a watch.
In Memoriam: Professor Norman Birnbaum
January 11, 2019 FacultyNorman Birnbaum, a leading intellectual of the 20th Century left who taught at Georgetown Law for 22 years and remained actively involved with the Law Center in retirement, passed away on Jan. 4. He was 92.
"2019 Report on the State of the Legal Market" Calls for Rebuilding the Law Firm Model
January 9, 2019 Press ReleasesResearch from the Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession at Georgetown Law and Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute shows that traditional models have “broken apart” from new competition; “unprecedented levels” of client and talent poaching.
One of World’s Leading Computer and Network Security Experts Joins Georgetown Faculty
January 7, 2019 Faculty Press Releases Technology, Communication, and Intellectual PropertyMatt Blaze, an expert in computer and network security and one of the world’s leading cryptographers, has joined the university as a computer science and law professor.