What We Accept

The Law Center Archives retains and provides access to records of historical and evidential value to Georgetown Law.

• Official Materials: Official internal and external reports, internal and external publications, plans, proposals, programs, newsletters, articles, books, and audio-visual capture, regardless of format.
• Meeting Minutes: Official minutes of all departments, committees, task forces, and forums, including minutes, proposals, and official reports.
• Events/Programs Ephemera: Events, programs, lectures, speeches, and award ceremonies, brochures, posters, announcements, official invitations, advertisements, lecture notes and speeches (published or unpublished). Including student group programs.
• Statistics: Final copies of compiled office statistics, department statistics, and any other kind of statistics which are collected by and for the office for official internal or external purpose (i.e., ABA).
• Images: Photographs, slides, negatives, digital files of all video capture relating to events/people connected to the office.
• Miscellaneous Items: Materials which do not fit the above categories but which are thought to be important to the history of the office, such as special report, an artifact (brick from the old building), or an item by a private party to Georgetown.

Transferring Materials

1. Georgetown Law faculty, staff, and student organizations should use banker-size boxes for transfer. Archives can provide them, if needed. To request boxes, contact us at lawspecl@georgetown.edu(This link opens in a new tab).
2. Create a box/folder list for each box.
3. Label each box (Box 1 of 1, Box 2 of 5, etc.). Include your department name and date of the materials.
4. Fill out the Archives Transmittal Form(This link opens in a new tab) and send it to lawspecl@georgetown.edu(This link opens in a new tab).

Please note that once materials are transferred to the Law Center Archives they are now in the custody of the Archives and subject to the Archives’ policies and procedures. Georgetown Law offices may still access their records by contacting the Law Center Archives.

Refer all outside requests for archival records to the Law Center Archives.