For Immediate Release
April 5, 2006

Contact:
Kara Tershel, (202) 662-9500

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Women lawyers and students from local law schools will soon be dominating the courts in full force – the basketball courts. 

They will compete in the first annual "Get in the Game" lady lawyers basketball tournament on Saturday, April 22 at Georgetown University's Yates Field House, facing off in teams representing local firms and law schools.  Tournament games will begin at 9:00 a.m., followed by a clinic led by the Georgetown University women’s basketball team at 12:00 p.m. 

Building on the success of this one-day tournament, there are plans to launch a regular lady lawyers basketball league this spring.

"There are plenty of 'lawyer leagues' and recreational leagues comprised mostly of men in the D.C. area, but finding a place to play with all women is nearly impossible," said Georgetown Law student and tournament coordinator, Lindsay Amstutz.  "The goal of this event is to give women a chance to play, while getting to know our current and future colleagues in a relaxed and fun setting." 

The tournament is sponsored by the Georgetown University Law Center women's basketball club.  For more information, please contact getinthegamehoops@gmail.com.  Media interested in attending should contact Kara Tershel at kat5@law.georgetown.edu.

 

About Georgetown Law

Georgetown University Law Center is one of the world's leading law schools. It has the largest full-time faculty in the nation and is pre-eminent in several areas, including constitutional, international, tax and clinical law. Drawing on its Jesuit heritage, it has a strong tradition of public service and is dedicated to the principle that law is but a means, justice is the end. With this principle in mind, Georgetown Law has built an environment that cultivates an exchange of ideas and the pursuit of academic excellence. It brings together an extraordinarily varied group of teachers, scholars and practitioners, as well as an outstanding student body. 

 

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