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Diana Khleif (LL.M.’14), who now teaches at Hebron University at Palestine, credits her career success to Georgetown Law and the Center for Transnational Legal Studies (CTLS), the London program she participated in during Spring 2013. Khleif participated in CTLS's 10th anniversary event in London on November 30, 2018. (Photos by Dolly Clew for CTLS/Georgetown Law.)

“My Country Is Not My Limit”: Center for Transnational Legal Studies is Shaping Lives, Careers

January 28, 2019 Faculty Human Rights & Immigration International & Comparative Law Our Alumni

Diana Khleif (LL.M.’14) was studying law at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem when she joined the Center for Transnational Legal Studies (CTLS) in London in Spring 2013. CTLS was created by Georgetown Law and nine partner law schools around the globe to provide students and faculty with an international, comparative and transnational law experience unlike any other.

U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill (L'07)(D-N.J.) returns to Washington, D.C., as a member of Congress.

Mikie Sherrill (L’07) Returns to Washington — as a Member of Congress

January 24, 2019 Congress Our Alumni

Mikie Sherrill (L’07) has had an exciting life so far: Naval Academy graduate, helicopter pilot in Europe and the Middle East, Russian policy officer, student of Arabic in Cairo, London School of Economics graduate, and assistant U.S. attorney. And as of first week in January, she’s added one more accomplishment: U.S. Representative from the 11th District of New Jersey.

Vibha Datta Makhija (LL.M.’92) — the youngest and the third woman to be designated as a Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court of India — and a delegation from Georgetown Law including Dean William M. Treanor met with senior members of the judicial and legal community in India in December. From left: Vivek Sharma; Makhija; Honorable Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta, Supreme Court of India; Treanor; Mr. Arun Jaitley, Honorable Minister of Finance.

Georgetown Law Delegation Travels To India, Meets with Judicial and Legal Leaders

December 17, 2018 International & Comparative Law Our Alumni

In the summer of 2016, Dean William M. Treanor met with Vibha Datta Makhija (LL.M.’92) — the youngest and the third woman to be designated as a Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court of India — in Washington, D.C. Treanor invited Makhija to join Georgetown Law’s Asian Law Alumni Advisory Board (AALAB). And since then, she’s only looked ahead.

Thirteen Georgetown Law alumni, and Professor Emerita Eleanor Holmes Norton, will serve in the next Congress.

Thirteen Georgetown Law Alumni in 116th Congress

November 8, 2018 Congress Our Alumni

When the 116th United States Congress convenes in January, it will include one newly elected Georgetown Law alumna — bringing the total number of Law Center graduates serving in Congress to 13. Five serve in the Senate and 8 will serve in the House…

Federal Trade Commission Chair Joseph Simons (L’83) at an event honoring Robert Pitofsky on September 13, when the FTC held hearings at Georgetown Law. The FTC returns for a second day of hearings on November 1.

A Conversation with FTC Chair Joseph Simons (L’83)

October 30, 2018 Business & Financial Regulation Legislation and Administrative Law Our Alumni

Joseph Simons (L’83) continued Georgetown Law’s proud history with the Federal Trade Commission when he was sworn in as FTC chair on May 1, 2018.

(L-R) Paul R. Dean Alumni Awardees Kathleen Nealon (C’75, L’78), Stephen F. Arcano, Kim Askew (L’83) and Satoru Murase (L’83) with Dean William M. Treanor.

Reunion 2018: Celebrating Big at Georgetown Law

October 22, 2018 Our Alumni

Georgetown Law celebrated in a big way at Reunion 2018: more than 1700 alumni and guests registered for events during October 19-21. Five alumni were honored for their enormous contributions to the profession.

Hargur Jaggi (LL.M.'06), now a judge in India, teaches persons with disabilities to climb mountains in his spare time.

Hargur Jaggi (LL.M.’06): Climbing Higher

October 15, 2018 Impacting Change Our Alumni

If perseverance was a law school class, Hargur Jaggi (LL.M.’06) could develop the syllabus.

Federal Trade Commission Chair Joseph Simons (L’83) opened a day of FTC hearings at Georgetown Law September 13 on the subject of competition and consumer protection.

From Dean Emeritus Robert Pitofsky to Joseph Simons (L’83), Georgetown Law Celebrates Tradition with Federal Trade Commission Hearings

September 14, 2018 Business & Financial Regulation Our Alumni

When Joseph Simons (L’83) graduated cum laude from Georgetown Law in 1983, times were tough for antitrust lawyers.

Brett Kavanaugh listens to senators on Day Three of his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

Georgetown Law Professors, Alumni Offer Perspectives on SCOTUS Hearings

September 6, 2018 Constitutional Law & Theory Faculty Our Alumni

As Georgetown Law alumni including Senators Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) were making their voices heard on Capitol Hill regarding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Day Three of the confirmation hearings, Georgetown Law professors across town were offering their insights on what a future Justice Kavanaugh could mean for the Court.

Two generations of Georgetown Law graduates: Scott Fein (L’75), now chair of the advisory board of the Government Law Center at Albany Law School and senior advisor to the Rockefeller Institute of Government's Center for Law & Policy Solutions, and Andrew Ayers (L’05), now assistant professor and director of the Government Law Center at Albany Law School, discuss the roles that state constitutions can play in the era of a shifting Supreme Court at a Rockefeller Institute forum in July.

Scott Fein (L'75) & Andy Ayers (L'05): A New York State of Rights

August 30, 2018 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Constitutional Law & Theory Our Alumni

Thirty years separate their law degrees, but Scott Fein (L’75) and Andy Ayers (L’05) share a philosophy — and a project.

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