Students should direct questions about academic issues to an assistant dean, the director of J.D. academic services, the registrar or the other advisors listed below who serve students in particular programs. The advisors available to students are listed below, and the particular areas they supervise are highlighted.
Mitchell Bailin, Dean of Students, Office of the Dean of Students, 202-662-4066, 210 McDonough Hall
Academic and personal advising
Permission to withdraw from courses
Permission to take a leave of absence or withdraw from Georgetown Law
Advising on student life and community issues
Everett
Bellamy, Senior Assistant Dean, JD Academic Services, 202-662-9039, 352 McDonough Hall
Academic and personal advising
First year tutorial program
Requests for tutorial assistance
Permission to withdraw from courses
Permission to take courses on Georgetown main campus
Permission to take courses at another ABA-approved law school
Permission to visit away at another ABA-approved law school
Permission to study abroad in a non-Georgetown-sponsored law program
Nancy Chi Cantalupo, Assistant Dean, Clinical Programs, 202-662-9113,
352 McDonough Hall
Academic and personal advising
All Clinical programs-related questions
Permission to withdraw from courses
Student-Practice related questions for clinic, externship, internship, and summer legal work
Indira Marin Dingledine, Visa Coordinator, 202-662-9319, 6000 Hotung
Visa services and advising
Gihan Fernando, Assistant Dean, Career Services, 202-662-9300, 328 McDonough Hall
Academic and career advising
R. Scott
Foster, Assistant Dean and Administrative Director, Center for Transnational Legal Studies, 202-662-9596, 308 McDonough Hall
Academic and personal advising
All issues related to the Center for Transnational Legal Studies
Michael
S. Frisch, Ethics Counselor, 202-662-9926,
415 McDonough Hall
Professional ethics and academic honesty
Bar admission process
Externship Program
Sarah Hulsey, Director, J.D. Academic Services, 202-662-9041, 352 McDonough Hall
Academic and personal advising
Permission to withdraw from courses
Questions regarding adjunct professors
Sally
McCarthy, Assistant Dean, J.D. Academic
Services, 202-662-9041,
352 McDonough Hall
Academic and personal advising
Joint and concurrent degree programs
Permission to withdraw from courses
Cara Morris, Deputy Director, International and Transnational Programs, 202-662-9860, 5029 Hotung
All issues related to study abroad in a Georgetown-sponsored law program
Barbara
Moulton, Assistant Dean, OPICS, 202-662-9654, 212 McDonough Hall
Public Interest Law; academic and career advising
Denise
Sangster, Registrar, 202-662-9238, 315 McDonough Hall
Academic and personal advising
Course registration and scheduling issues
Permission to withdraw from courses
Registrar's office issues
John T. Stephens,
Director, LL.M. Academic Services, 202-662-9116, 6000 Hotung
General inquiries
General academic advising
Academic advising for U.S. students in individualized programs
Permission to take a leave of absence from the LL.M. program
Certificate programs
Request to have a class recorded
Albert G. Lauber,
Director, Graduate Tax and Securities Programs, 202-662-9124,
6000 Hotung
Academic advising for tax students, securities students, students pursuing the IBEL degree, MSL students, and students in the J.D./LL.M. joint degree program
Dorothy Mayer,
Director, International Student Services, 202-662-9470,
6000 Hotung
Academic and personal advising for international students
Permission to withdraw from a course (International J.D. and LL.M. students)
Sandra P. Buteau, Director, Graduate Professional Development, 202-662-9847, 6000 Hotung
Professional development for international students
Peter K. Cramer, Associate Director, Center for Global Legal English, 202-662-4260, 6024 Hotung
Academic and personal advising for international students
Assistance with all aspects of Legal English: writing-reading-speaking-listening
Cross-cultural advising
Indira Marin Dingledine, Visa Coordinator, 202-662-9319, 6000 Hotung
Visa services and advising
Ingrid Epperly, Assistant Director, LL.M. Academic Services, 202-662-9660, 6000 Hotung
Academic advising for Global Health Law students
Michael
S. Frisch, Ethics Counselor, 202-662-9926,
415 McDonough Hall
Professional ethics and academic honesty
Bar admission process
Externship Program
Molly Jackson, Special Assistant to the Associate Dean, 202-662-9853, 6000 Hotung
Academic externships
Requests to have classes taped
Ceri Lawley, Director, Professional Development and Special Projects, 202-662-9291, 6000 Hotung
Professional Development for U.S. students
Academic advising for Employee Benefits Certificate students
Nandita Mazumder, Director, Graduate Professional Development, 202-662-9368, 6000 Hotung
Professional development for Tax LL.M. students
Denise
Sangster, Registrar, 202-662-9238, 315 McDonough Hall
Academic and personal advising
Course registration and scheduling issues
Permission to withdraw from courses
Registrar's office issues
Continuing Orientation for First Year J.D.
Students
The assistant deans sponsor a continuing orientation
program for first year J.D. students called “Maximizing
Learning in the First Year,” which provides helpful
information and discussion with upperclass students
on class participation, outlining and exam taking. In
the spring semester, the deans sponsor various events
to assist students in curriculum planning and course
registration. Check the Registrar’s home page,
What’s Happening or the Master Calendar (on the student
intranet page) for times and dates. The persons listed
above and members of the faculty are also available
for individual counseling on curriculum planning during
that period. You may also want to consult the Guide to the Second Year (PDF
) for information on planning for your second and third years of law school.
For more information, contact Sarah Hulsey, room 352, 202-662-9041.
First Year J.D. Tutorial Program
The tutorial program primarily provides academic support
to first year students. Each of the first year sections
is assigned an upperclass tutor who meets with students
on a weekly basis. The topics covered include: case
analysis, case briefing, course outlining, substantive
review sessions and exam preparation, as well as general
advice on the law school experience. Students are admitted
to the program on a voluntary basis. Individual tutors
are also available for first year and upperclass students.
For more information, contact Dean
Bellamy, room 352, 202-662-9039
Disability Support Services
The Office of Disability Services offers support services to students with disabilities. Law students are encouraged to contact the Coordinator of Disability Services, Marianne Huger, upon admission or as soon as disability-related concerns arise. The Coordinator meets with students on an individual basis to develop reasonable accommodation plans. Please contact the Office of Disability Services at 202-662-4042 or hugerm@law.georgetown.edu.
The Law Center is strongly committed to its longstanding
policy of providing reasonable accommodation for members
of its student body who have physical, learning and/or
other disabilities.
The Writing Center
The Writing Center assists J.D. and LL.M. students and
graduate fellows on writing projects. Senior Writing
Fellows at the Center provide feedback on choosing a
topic, researching scholarly papers, revising memos,
outlining papers, defining scope, and reaching conciseness,
among other ideas.
All Law Center students are eligible to receive individualized
tutoring at the Writing Center from a Senior Writing
Fellow, a specially trained upperclass student. The
work of the Writing Center reinforces the methods of
legal analysis, research, writing and citation form
taught in the first year. A student's first consultation
with a Senior Writing Fellow is granted automatically
on request. To receive continuing help, a student can
participate in a series of sessions designed to evaluate
and address the student's specific writing concerns.
For more information contact the Legal Research and
Writing Office, room 540,
(202) 662 9525.
