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Each year, Georgetown Law welcomes graduate students from more than 70 countries, representing approximately 300 law schools worldwide.
Supreme Court cases that were mooted at Georgetown in 2018-19.
Number of students who participate in 17 different clinics.
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A Conversation with Justice Elena KaganSupreme Court Justice Elena Kagan spoke with Dean William M. Treanor in Hart Auditorium on July 18, discussing the legacy of Justice John Paul Stevens, gerrymandering and more.
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International Law
Lamiya Rahman (C’08, L’14) and Pepis Rodriguez (L’15) never met the plaintiff, but they knew the legal challenges she faced as an unwed mother in Kenya. Back in 2013, as students in the International Women’s Human Rights Clinic, they had drafted a complaint and brief to be filed on her behalf in Africa.
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Criminal Law
Fransharon Jackson has done what’s been asked of her since she was sentenced in 1998 to life in prison. She is an inmate at the Maryland House of Correction for Women in Jessup, Md., and a client of Georgetown Law’s Criminal Defense and Prisoner Advocacy Clinic (CDPAC).
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Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller is set to testify Wednesday before Congress about the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. On Thursday, July 25 at 10 AM, national security and congressional oversight experts Joshua Geltzer and M. Tia Johnson will debrief and discuss the implications of Mueller's testimony.