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With a vibrant community of more than 2,500 students, faculty, and staff and more than 150 law journals, societies, organizations and affinity groups, there’s always something happening at Georgetown Law.
Our Community
As a clinical professor, I get the great joy of both representing children accused of crime and also instilling a passion for this work in my students.
Growing up in Kentucky, I witnessed the damage caused by unchecked environmental irresponsibility. Now, I’ve brought my training from Georgetown back home to support the Appalachian communities who live with those consequences.
As a young lawyer in Paris, I watched closely as the European Union took shape and transformed international trade. Here in Washington, my colleagues and I are now witnessing similarly significant changes in the global economy.
Georgetown Law at a glance.
Our Alumni
Upon graduating, our students join a network of some 50,000 alumni worldwide - Hoya Lawyas - who are making valuable contributions to the law and to society - from private practice to public interest, business to academia to policy.
Michael Williams, SFS’98, L’01
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Chair, Georgetown Law Board of Governors
A top litigator at a multinational law firm, Williams returns to campus every year to teach the art of questioning witnesses.
Dawn Porter, L’93
Documentary filmmaker, Trilogy Films
Porter uses her “lawyer brain” to illuminate topics from the Supreme Court to mental health to fascinating political figures.
Patricia Mullahy Fugere, C’81, L’84 & Amber Harding, L’03
Past and current executive directors of the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
First a mentor and intern, now colleagues and friends, they have spent decades advocating for the rights of the vulnerable.
Georgetown Law’s Clinical Programs Give Students Real-World Practice Experience
Every year, more than 300 J.D. students learn the practical art of lawyering while providing quality legal representation to underrepresented individuals and organizations.
