M. Elizabeth Magill, the former dean of Stanford Law School, provost of the University of Virginia and president of the University of Pennsylvania, has been named the executive vice president and dean of Georgetown Law.
Leading constitutional and educational law scholar Justin Driver, the Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law at Yale Law School, joined the Georgetown Law community on Feb. 25 to deliver the 2026 Thomas F. Ryan Lecture, “The Fall of Affirmative Action.”
When it came to the practical possibility of the U.S. government paying reparations to Black Americans in response to the enduring harms of slavery and racism, Professor and Georgetown Law alumna Dorothy Brown, L’83, once considered herself a skeptic.
Five Georgetown Law 2Ls and three recent graduates have been selected to receive scholarships and fellowships to support their pursuit of public interest careers. They are the first to receive awards from the historic $10 million public interest fund…
This Valentine’s Day, we asked Hoya Lawya couples to share their love stories. From elevator rides to Con Law classes, meet five couples who found love on New Jersey Avenue.
In his new book “The Nation at Sea,” Professor Kevin Arlyck argues that the federal courts played a decisive — and largely overlooked — role in establishing United States sovereignty and shaping foreign relations in the decades following the nation’s founding.
High court judges from across Latin America and the Caribbean were joined last month at Georgetown Law by scholars and legal advocates for the second annual “Judicial Dialogues on Health and the Law” hosted by the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law’s Center for Health and Human Rights.
Leading legal scholars, practitioners and students gathered on Jan. 12 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the American Constitution Society (ACS), the nation’s foremost progressive legal organization – which began as a student group at Georgetown Law.
Tackling such topics as federal employee layoffs, challenges to the National Labor Relations Board, and attacks on workplace diversity initiatives, 165 scholars, policymakers, advocates, and students gathered October 24 for The Georgetown Law Journal’s…
Global public debt – the total amount of money governments around the world have borrowed at home and abroad – reached its highest level ever last year, topping $100 trillion dollars, according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development. Such heavy…
As 2025 draws to a close, we’re looking back at the past year at Georgetown Law, from headline-grabbing guest speakers and alumni achievements to the work of students and faculty in clinics, courts and beyond. Join us in reflecting on this year’s milestones and memorable moments below.