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Harold Koh Delivers Ryan Lecture
Posted on October 18, 2012
International law is “about much, much, more than treaties and executive agreements,” said Department of State Legal Adviser Harold Hongju Koh as he delivered the 33rd annual Thomas F. Ryan Lecture here on October 17. This...
Panelists Discuss Egypt's Transition to Democracy
Posted on October 18, 2012
On October 9, Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi marked his 100th day in office by pardoning thousands of political prisoners from the Mubarak Era. The next day a panel of experts gathered here to discuss the legal...
Professor and Attorneys Discuss Fisher v. University of Texas
Posted on October 11, 2012
Fisher v. University of Texas is now in the Supreme Court’s hands, but the experts at Georgetown Law have been weighing the matter for weeks. The latest was on October 3, when Georgetown Law Professor Susan...
Honoring Women Human Rights Defenders
Posted on October 11, 2012
On Valentine’s Day 2003, Jenni Williams and other members of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) took to the streets of Harare for the first time, distributing roses and proclaiming, “It’s time to love again.”
Symposium on Contraception and Conscience
Posted on October 1, 2012
It was an event that was “especially close to home,” said Dean William M. Treanor at a September 21 symposium that looked at the legal and theological aspects of contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
A Preview of Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum
Posted on October 1, 2012
In 1983, Professor Carlos Mauricio was teaching a class at the University of El Salvador — during a civil war in that country — when a group of army officers dragged him screaming from the classroom....
