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.
More than 150 alumni and guests gathered at Georgetown Law for the 2025 Women’s Forum on Feb. 21, which brought together graduates, current students and members of the broader Law Center community for a day of connection and conversation on topics ranging from professional development and mentorship to legal ethics and artificial intelligence (AI).
On July 17, 1944, just after 10 p.m., two U.S. Navy ships loaded with ordnance to be transported to the Pacific theater during World War II exploded at Port Chicago Naval Magazine near San Francisco. Of the 320 men who died instantly, 202 were African American.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Georgetown Center for the Constitution is pleased to announce that Robert J. Cottrol, L’84, Harold Paul Green Research Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School and Professor of History and Sociology in…
Alumnus Eddy Chan and his wife, Yunmi Cha, have established the Eddy Chan and Yunmi Cha Endowed Global Law Scholarship. It supports students within Georgetown Law's Global Law Scholars program. The competitive and rigorous academic program prepares students…
Georgetown Law’s fundraising campaign for Daniel Tsai Hall, a new flagship academic building, has surpassed the $100 million mark set by university leadership as the threshold for moving ahead with plans to begin construction. It has reached this milestone…
Alumni are serving on the bench across the country and world; despite their different backgrounds, courts and legal systems, they are united in their commitment to public service.
More than 1,600 Georgetown Law alumni and guests gathered for reunion weekend Oct. 24-27, which celebrated members of class years ending in 4 and 9 with more than 30 events across the Law Center campus and nearby sites in the nation’s capital.
Professor Emeritus Sherman L. Cohn, F’54, L’57, L’60, the longest-serving member of the Georgetown faculty and a “triple Hoya” with three Georgetown University degrees, died on August 5.
The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, which provides accessible legal services to and engages in advocacy on behalf of the homeless and vulnerable in the nation’s capital, has Georgetown Law knit into its history and work. Patricia Mullahy Fugere…
On June 27, the Pat Tillman Foundation named Karim Ibrahim, L’26, to its 2024 class of Tillman Scholars. Ibrahim, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, is among 60 armed forces members, veterans and military spouses selected this year from a pool of nearly…