The Greenpeace Trial: Report of the Independent Trial Monitoring Committee
September 21, 2026 Print & Online News ClipsDistinguished Fellow Wade McMullen co-authered a report on the Energy Transfer v. Greenpeace trial in 2025. Read the report here.
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Racial Justice Advocate Justin Hansford, L’07, Named Georgetown Law’s 2026-27 Drinan Chair in Human Rights
Georgetown Law announced today that Justin Hansford, L’07, Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University and one of the nation’s leading advocates for racial justice, has been named the 2026–2027 Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Chair in Human Rights.
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The Unfinished Business of Justice — 25 Years After September 11
September 11, 2026 Print & Online News ClipsExecutive Director Elisa Massimino in the New York Sun. Read the article here.
How post-9/11 pop culture helped push Americans to embrace torture
September 9, 2026 Print & Online News ClipsExecutive Director Elisa Massimino and Faculty Advisor David Luban in the ABA Journal. Read the article here.
Racial Justice Advocate Justin Hansford, L’07, Named Georgetown Law’s 2026-27 Drinan Chair in Human Rights
September 1, 2026 Print & Online News ClipsJustin Hansford joins HRI as the 2026-27 Drinan Chair in Human Rights. Read Georgetown Law's announcement here.
Orientation 2026: Georgetown Law Welcomes 900+ ‘Hoya Lawyas’ to Campus
August 31, 2026 Print & Online News ClipsHRI featured as part of 1L orientation at the Law Center. Read more here.
Elisa Massimino Included in Washington DC’s 500 Most Influential People of 2026 in The Washingtonian
May 5, 2026 Print & Online News ClipsClick here for Washington DC’s 500 Most Influential People of 2026
Youth Advocates, Legal Experts Call for Climate Justice at 2026 Samuel Dash Conference on Human Rights
April 7, 2026 Print & Online News ClipsWith an eye toward identifying the advocates and strategies that will guide the next generation of climate justice work, on March 31, Georgetown Law’s Human Rights Institute (HRI) convened “Futures at Stake: Climate Change, Human Rights, and Youth…
Over 100 International Law Experts Warn: U.S. Strikes on Iran Violate UN Charter and May Be War Crimes
April 2, 2026 Print & Online News ClipsExecutive Director Elisa Massimino one of 100 signatures by international law experts across the United States, including senior professors; leaders of prominent international law associations, non-governmental organizations, and legal clinics; former…
Jurisdiction, Domicile, and the Ratio Decidendi of Wong Kim Ark
March 31, 2026 Print & Online News ClipsWhen the Supreme Court hears oral argument tomorrow in Trump v. Barbara, Solicitor General John Sauer will try to persuade the Justices that a child is born “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States only if the child’s parents are domiciled…
America Is Turning Away People Fleeing for Their Lives — and Breaking the Law to Do It
March 18, 2026 Print & Online News ClipsHRI Distinguished Fellow Scott Busby, and with Mary Giovagnoli, Harold Hongju Koh, and Michael Posner, wrote on Noem v. Al Otro Lado—which was heard by the Supreme Court on March 24—for Just Security. Read more about the bipartisan group of 13 former…