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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 2017-18.
Number of students who participate in 17 different clinics.
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Georgetown Law Celebrates Commencement 2019Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia, left, and Georgetown Law Dean William M. Treanor, right, with honorary degree recipients Barbara Underwood (L'69)(H'19) and Judge Emmet G. Sullivan (H'19).
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (H’02) to 2019 Georgetown Law Graduates: “Know Your Power”House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)(H'02), with Ashley Nicolas (L'19) and Dean William M. Treanor, before appearing in Hart Auditorium on May 16.
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Clare Garvie (L'15), Center on Privacy & Technology Continue Work on Police Facial RecognitionClare Garvie (L'15), senior associate at the Center on Privacy & Technology, continues her groundbreaking work on police facial recognition practices, with new reports issued in May.
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Reconstruction & the “Unfinished Revolution”Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. addressed some of Georgetown Law’s 2019 graduates in Hart Auditorium on May 14, in a conversation with Dean William M. Treanor.
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On the ‘Frontline’: International Alumni Battle Crimes Against HumanityGlenna MacGregor (L’05) and Arthur Traldi (L’06), pictured, served on the prosecution team at The Hague during the war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb army leader Ratko Mladic. MacGregor and Traldi appeared in the recent PBS documentary, "The Trial of Ratko Mladic."
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