Georgetown Center for the Constitution

The Georgetown Center for the Constitution, founded in 2012, offers a variety of programs on constitutional law and theory at Georgetown Law, placing special emphasis on how best to remain faithful to the Constitution's text.

Led by Professor Randy Barnett, the Center sponsors lectures, faculty colloquia, conferences, visiting scholars, post-graduate fellowships, and student fellows. All of its activities are designed to engage scholars, students, and even Supreme Court justices in conversations about how to interpret and apply the document that sits under glass less than ten blocks away from Georgetown Law.

Applications Open: Originalism Summer Seminar 2021

January 4, 2021

Applications for the 2021 Originalism Summer Seminar are now open. Please visit the link above for more information on how to apply. Applications close February 7, 2021.

Georgetown Center for the Constitution Awards Cooley Book Prize to Princeton’s Sean Wilentz

July 31, 2020

The Georgetown Center for the Constitution announced it will award its fourth annual Thomas Cooley Book Prize of $50,000 to Professor Sean Wilentz of Princeton University for his book, No Property in Man: Slavery and Antislavery at the Nation’s Founding (Harvard University Press, 2018).

Announcement

Registration Open

The Federalist Society and the Georgetown Center for the Constitution invite you to join us for the second annual Thomas M. Cooley Judicial Lecture, which will be delivered by Judge Neomi Rao of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Wednesday March 31st, 2021. The lecture will be held virtually via Zoom Webinar. All registered attendees will receive the Webinar link prior to the event.