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Announcing: The Georgetown Law Journal Online's Supreme Court Coverage Program

February 25, 2025

The Georgetown Law Journal is thrilled to announce the launch of our Supreme Court Coverage Program, an exciting new initiative under GLJ Online that brings fresh, student-driven perspectives to some of the most consequential legal issues of our time. Leveraging our location in the heart of Washington, D.C., our student authors will attend U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments in person—an opportunity unique to Georgetown Law.

Volume 113
Issue
3
Date
Feb. 2025

Influencer Speech-Torts

by Leah R. Fowler, Max N. Helveston, & Zoë Robinson
Social media influencers have emerged as a predominant source of information for millions of Americans, contributing to the growth and spread of misinformation. Of particular concern are influencers who provide […]
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Biomanipulation

by Laura K. Donohue
Scientific and technological advances in the latter part of the twentieth century transformed the field of biometrics. Carleton Simon, for instance, first postulated using retinal vasculature for biometric identification in […]
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The Reality of the Good Faith Exception

by Matthew Tokson & Michael Gentithes
The Fourth Amendment’s primary remedy is the exclusion of unlawfully obtained evidence at trial. But not every defendant whose rights are violated gets a remedy. The most substantial obstacle for […]
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Where Do States Go When the Water Comes?

by Emma A. Schaechter-Santander
Small island states in the Pacific are at the forefront of significant climate change questions. Many face the potential of territorial loss or uninhabitability due to sea level rise. Territory […]
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Broadening Slaughterhouse Inspections

by Shiva M. Sethi
On September 3, 1991, a fire erupted inside a poultry plant in Hamlet, North Carolina. Workers ran for the exits, but they were trapped by doors locked from the outside, […]
Read More in Vol 113.3
Featured News

Mariah Johnson receives the Volume 112 Breonna Taylor Student Note Prize

July 19, 2024

The Georgetown Law Journal is pleased to announce that Mariah Johnson is the winner of the Volume 112 Student Notes Contest, Afrofuturism and the Law, for her Note, “Beyond an 'Average Audience': Critical Race IP as a Justification for De Minimis Music Samples.” Johnson's Note tackles a circuit split on the de minimis exception in music sampling through the Critical Race IP framework to correct the law’s historically disproportionate impact on Black artists. It is now available online.

The new top editor of Georgetown’s flagship law journal is ‘undocumented and unafraid’

March 18, 2021

"With every accomplishment she achieves, she turns around and thinks of how to smooth the road for those behind her.”

The Georgetown Law Journal editor in chief Agnes Lee's activism for undocumented immigrants has continued throughout her time at Georgetown University. As an undergraduate, Lee stood out as a leader among students who opposed then-Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson's invitation to be a graduation speaker and also delivered a TEDx talk which revealed her own undocumented status. Lee is believed to be the first openly undocumented student elected to lead a flagship journal at a top U.S. law school. At the Journal's helm, Lee is working to broaden and diversify the ranks of authors and student leaders.