Student Affiliates
The Student Affiliates Program is a crucial part of the Center's mission to integrate Georgetown Law students into the broader conversation on the proper method of constitutional interpretation through interaction with leading scholars, judges, and practitioners.
Become a Student Affiliate
The Georgetown Center for the Constitution offers Georgetown Law students the opportunity to engage more deeply with the Center’s programs and community through its Student Affiliates Program.
Program Details & Requirements
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Qualification: Attend a majority of Center-sponsored or co-sponsored events (workshops, lectures, or conferences) during the academic year.
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Attendance Tracking: Be sure to sign in with our QR code at every event so we can track your participation and confirm your eligibility.
Affiliate Benefits
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Resume Designation: Meeting the attendance requirement earns you the official title of Student Affiliate of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution for that academic year. To keep using the title on your resume in subsequent years, simply attend the majority of center events each year.
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Exclusive Access: Affiliates who maintain majority attendance will receive exclusive invitations to special VIP events should one arise (i.e. like the Supreme Court Justice event the center held last year).
Fall 2026 Programming
Supreme Court Preview (Co-sponsored with the Supreme Court Institute)
- Stephanie Barclay (Anne Fleming Research Professor & Faculty Director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution); Martin Lederman (Professor & Senior Fellow at the Supreme Court Institute); and Irv Gornstein (Professor & Executive Director of the Supreme Court Institute)
Wednesday, September 16th | 3:30 pm | Hart Auditorium
But What About Slavery? Reframing the Founding
- Randy Barnett (Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law & Faculty Director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution)
Thursday, September 17th | 12:10 pm | McDonough 200
Does AI Replace Corpus Linguistics?
- Randy Barnett (Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law & Faculty Director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution); Jack Kieffaber (Garner Ink); James Heilpern (Schaerr | Jaffe LLP)
Wednesday, September 23rd | 5:45 pm | McDonough Faculty Lounge (Room 520)
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Should Courts Embrace General Law? (Co-Sponsored with the Federalist Society)
Monday, October 5th | 5:45 pm
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St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy (Co-Sponsored with the Federalist Society)
Wednesday, October 14th | 5:45 pm
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Is the Major Questions Doctrine Consistent with Textualism? (Co-Sponsored with the Federalist Society)
Wednesday, October 21st | 5:45 pm
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Was Slaughter-House Correctly Decided? (Co-Sponsored with the Federalist Society)
Wednesday, October 28th | 5:45 pm
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Book Launch with Professor Bradley Rebeiro: Until the Last Yoke Is Broken: The Constitutional Vision of Frederick Douglass
Books will be provided.
Thursday, November 19th | 12:00 p.m.
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