The Civil Rights Clinic operates as a public interest law firm, representing individual clients and other public interest organizations, primarily in the areas of discrimination and constitutional rights, workplace fairness, and open government.
Beginning in the Fall of 2016, the section expanded its work into the area of voting rights. Students interview clients, develop case theories, draft and file complaints in state and federal courts, conduct discovery, engage in motions practice, and prepare appeals. Students also file FOIA requests and analyze responsive documents, and work in coalition with other public interest organizations to develop impact cases.
To learn more about these projects, visit our Recent Cases page.
Complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission arguing that YouTube violates its own terms of service by hosting videos of murdered journalist Alison Parker.
Kenithia Alston, Georgetown Law’s Civil Rights Clinic, filed a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Washington, D.C. and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) on June 10. The day the suit was filed marked almost exactly two years since MPD officers shot and killed her son, Marqueese.
Washington Post article covering the clinic's suit on behalf of Charlottesville witness against Alex Jones, Info-Wars.
