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Katie Gottschalk, deputy director of the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, O'Neill Institute program director Eric Lindblom and Will Tilburg of the Maryland Medical Cannibis Commission lead a discussion on day one of "Addressing the Politicization of U.S. Health Care and Public Health Services" at Georgetown Law on June 21.

O’Neill Institute: Addressing Politicization of Health Care and Public Health Services

June 25, 2018 Health Law

Health with justice. Human rights. Equity. Rule-based international order through organizations like the United Nations. Those values and others are being starkly contradicted by U.S. policy today — in ways that are deeply disturbing and even unconscionable, said University Professor Lawrence O. Gostin, the faculty director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown Law.

Professor Rick Roe (right), who is retiring after more than 30 years directing Georgetown Law's Street Law Program, poses with Acting Director Charisma Howell and Street Law Student Alum Patrick Campbell (C'92)

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 Juveniles

Professor 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.

Patrick Campbell (C’92) never attended Georgetown Law, but his experience being taught by Georgetown Law students as a D.C. high school student in the Street Law program paved the way for his future success as a lawyer. (King Creative Studios)

Street Law Student Alum Patrick Campbell (C’92): Standing on Others’ Shoulders

June 25, 2018 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Clinics Impacting Change Juveniles

As 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.”

IMF General Counsel Sean Hagan (L’86) to Join Georgetown Law as a Visiting Professor

June 22, 2018 International Economic Law

Sean Hagan (L’86) will join the Georgetown Law faculty as a visiting professor in the 2019-2020 academic year, teaching courses relating to international organizations, global governance, international finance and public corruption. Hagan has served…

Jeanie Namugga (LL.M.’18): Improving Uganda from an Environmental Perspective

June 21, 2018 Environmental Law Health Law Impacting Change

With the discovery of commercially viable amounts of oil in Uganda in 2006, protecting the environment has become an especially hot topic.

Forty-two juvenile defenders from across the country came to Georgetown Law for the Juvenile Training Immersion Program Summer Academy June 10 to 16.

JTIP Summer Academy Trains ‘an Army’ of Juvenile Defenders

June 20, 2018 Juveniles

It was opening night at the Juvenile Training Immersion Program’s Summer Academy at Georgetown Law, and two of its co-founders asked the lawyers in attendance to define their careers in a word. “Determined,” one said. “Disruptive.” “A voice…

Georgetown Law Distinguished Visitor from Practice Paul M. Smith argued Gill v. Whitford in the U.S. Supreme Court on October 3. The Court remanded the case June 18.

Distinguished Visitor from Practice Paul M. Smith Ready to Reframe Wisconsin Gerrymandering Challenge

June 18, 2018 Election Law

Distinguished Visitor from Practice Paul M. Smith had high hopes that the Supreme Court would declare the Wisconsin legislative districting plan — known as Act 43 — at issue in Gill v. Whitford an unconstitutional gerrymander. Smith argued the case before the Court on October 3.

Professor Shon Hopwood is representing Matthew Charles, who was released from federal prison in 2016 and returned to prison this spring, in a clemency petition.

Professor Shon Hopwood: On Clemency and Second Chances

June 8, 2018 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Criminal Law Faculty

The 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…

Professor from Practice Jennifer Hillman testifies before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 8 regarding possible tools to address Chinese market distortions.

Professor from Practice Jennifer Hillman Testifies on Addressing Chinese Market Distortions

June 8, 2018 International Economic Law

When the 12-member U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission decided to conduct public hearings to explore U.S. tools to address Chinese market distortions, it included Georgetown Law Professor from Practice Jennifer Hillman on the list of experts…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) delivers opening remarks at “The War on Regulation: Good for Corporations, Bad for the Public” in Gewirz Student Center on June 5. The conference was co-hosted by Georgetown Law and the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards.

Georgetown Law Hosts “The War on Regulation: Good for Corporations, Bad for the Public”

June 6, 2018 Business & Financial Regulation Environmental Law Legislation and Administrative Law

As Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) observed — due to regulations enacted in the United States since the 1970s — a toaster with a one in five chance of burning down a house could hardly be sold on the market by the 2000s. Yet one in five mortgages had a chance of causing a family to lose a home.

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