Georgetown Law

The new academic law building elevates Georgetown Law’s strengths, enhances the student experience, and meets critical, longstanding needs for space. With 200,000 square feet, it positions us to compete with peer institutions for decades to come.

Generous alumni have stepped up with financial support. In order to break ground, additional funding is needed. Please email or call 1-202-662-9671 to learn about opportunities to name a space in the building. Or, use the secure giving page and Make a Gift Now.

The top floor of the building will house a 2,500-square-foot, state-of-the art events venue, with capacity for 100 people seated, or 150 standing. Surrounded by a terrace that completely encircles the main room, it will offer spectacular views of the U.S. Capitol Building and the surrounding area.

The largest room in the building, this 3,800-square-foot convening room can accommodate 250 people standing, or 168 seated. A moving wall can partition the space into two smaller event rooms. Stunning views surround guests to the east and west, and the room is outfitted with cutting-edge technology.

This northwest-facing events room holds 150 people standing, or 112 seated. It features state-of-the-art tech and opens onto a Green Room for greeting and holding guest speakers.

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This impressive space runs almost the entire length of the building’s eastern side. Floor-to-ceiling windows provide sweeping views and copious natural light. The space can serve a pre-function area for events held in the central Divisible Event Room, or it can be used for cocktail receptions in its own right.

Although a board room, this flexible space can also function as a small dining room or conference room. Natural light from two sides and compelling views from the 9th floor will lend this room a vibrant energy.

These large terraces on the east and west sides of the 9th floor make for impressive event venues. Georgetown’s noted “D.C. Difference” is impossible to miss, when surrounded by views of the U.S. Capitol Building and other federal landmarks. For larger events, these terraces can be paired with the Divisible Event Room or North Event Room.

Terraces on the western side of floors 4, 6, and 8 offer students and faculty an outdoor option for studying, meeting, working — or perhaps just socializing.

The first-in-class Clinical Programs have long been one of a jewels in the crown of Georgetown Law. With the Clinical Programs Suite, they will gain a home befitting their status and importance to the Law Center community. Located in the southern half of the building on floors 5, 6, and 7, the Clinical Programs Suite includes a well appointed reception area, faculty and fellow offices, conference rooms, soundproofed work rooms for interviewing clients, and large, collaborative workspaces where students will work on cases alongside Clinic directors and staff.

This room will most often be used as a Faculty Lounge but was designed to double as an event space. With windows on two sides, overlooking Eleanor Holmes Norton Green and the Georgetown Law Clock Tower, it is a particularly atmospheric setting.

This two-story atrium along the west side of the building ascends from the third floor. The space’s sunlit, airy ambience serves to inspire ideas and build community. The open room allows students plenty of space to connect for study purposes, or relaxation.

The vision for a new academic building began with the recognition that the Law Center needed additional classrooms — not in order to grow its enrollment numbers, but to best serve our student body at its current size. With legal education increasingly favoring collaborative learning and smaller class sizes, the 16 smaller classrooms planned for the new building will afford students a personal, interactive experience. Equipped with cutting-edge technology and discussion-ready design concepts, these rooms will enable Georgetown Law to maintain its status as a leader in legal pedagogy. Designs call for rooms with 75, 60, 50, and 24 seats.

These bustling spaces on the 3rd and 4th floors will allow students to share meals, study, collaborate, organize activities, and socialize. On the east side of the building, they feature energizing views of Eleanor Holmes Norton Green and the iconic Georgetown Law Clock Tower.

A study of the Law Campus identified a need to increase the number and size of indoor areas where students can comfortably interact with each other. This attractive, two-story atrium is situated in the northwest corner of the building, on the second floor. Its plentiful seating, abundance of natural light, and location beside three classrooms position it to become a popular gathering spot.

The storied history of Georgetown Law’s student Moot Court program includes winning the inaugural National Moot Court Competition in 1950, taking the Jessup International Moot Court Competition in 1987, and becoming the first three-time winner of the Kenyon National Moot Court Championship. With the completion of the new law building, the program will move into a purpose-built moot courtroom featuring a 76-seat tiered gallery, 5-judge bench, 12-person jury box, a separate deliberation room for judges or jury members, and two large, electronic evidence display screens.

One of the building’s signature spaces, the three-story Grand Atrium fronts the building’s west side and features an ascending “living wall” of greenery at its south end. First- and second-story walls of windows deliver natural light to the building’s subterranean lower level. There, students can work in one of eight study rooms, collaborate on projects at large group tables, or take a breather with friends on a sofa or at the hangout steps. With two classrooms and the Moot Courtroom also nearby, the Grand Atrium may become the most high-traffic space in the building.