For Immediate Release
October 21, 2004  

Contact:
Elissa Free, (202) 662-9500

Top row, left to right: Nicholas Erickson, 2L; Erin Lien, 2L; Michael Palisano; 2L; Kevin Mittler, 2L. Bottom row, left to right: Jenny Cieplak, 3L; Elizabeth Hancock, 3L; Amy Messigian, 2L. Not pictured: Audrey Perry, 3L.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Georgetown University Law Center’s student newspaper, Georgetown Law Weekly, has won the American Bar Association’s Law Student Division "Best Newspaper" award for a third consecutive year.

The award was presented in August at the ABA annual convention in Atlanta.  

In making its "best newspaper" selection, the ABA looks at such attributes as quality of reporting, editing, originality, design and relevance to law students. 

Georgetown Law Weekly editor in chief Elizabeth Hancock attributes the paper's success to its dedicated staff.  "When other students are poring over the works of our famous professors, our staffers are tracking down those sometimes-elusive scholars to get a quote or two, just so the campus can be enriched a bit more, and the dialogue can be a bit easier," she said. 

Georgetown Law Dean T. Alexander Aleinikoff adds his congratulations, "we salute the hardworking staff for this well-deserved honor."

The Law Weekly, which is in its 38th year, is published on Tuesdays during the academic year and has a weekly readership of more than 1,500.

The Editors-in-Chief for the winning years:

2003 - 2004 – Elizabeth Hancock

2002 - 2003 – Jonathan A. Massimino 

2001 - 2002 – Lonnie D. Giamela/Courtney E. Ozer

About Georgetown Law

Georgetown University Law Center is one of the world's premier 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.