M. Elizabeth Magill, the new dean of Georgetown Law, discusses her path to becoming a lawyer and a professor, her approach to leadership and what she loves about living in Washington, D.C.
This summer, two distinguished legal scholars joined the Georgetown Law faculty as full professors: Cathy Hwang, whose teaching and research focus on business law, and Jayesh Rathod, an immigration law expert who is the new co-faculty director of the…
Having come of age during the Warren Court and served as a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Professor Louis Michael Seidman long believed in the promise of a progressive judiciary.
On August 1, M. Elizabeth “Liz” Magill became the dean of Georgetown Law, taking the reins at the nation’s largest law school.
Top legal advocates, scholars and journalists convened at Georgetown Law July 1 to analyze the Supreme Court’s 2025-26 term and the far-reaching impact of decisions on voting rights, birthright citizenship, presidential power and more.
A leading Washington, D.C. antitrust attorney and alumnus has made a gift to Georgetown Law to fund an endowed professorship in antitrust law.
Georgetown Law congratulates the seven members of its most recent graduating class who have been awarded the legal profession’s most prestigious public interest fellowships.
For constitutional law scholar and Anne Fleming Research Professor Stephanie Barclay, constitutional rights are at the heart of the tension between judicial power and democratic governance.
Marilyn Tucker, a longtime Georgetown Law employee who retired in 2021, died on June 10, 2026.
Since 2017, the landmark NFL Concussion Settlement has awarded more than $1.6 billion in compensation to former National Football League (NFL) players and their families for the effects of football-related brain injuries. Last semester at Georgetown Law, students learned firsthand from the legal practitioners behind the historic agreement.
Since the second Trump administration took office in early 2025, trade law has been on a wild ride.