The best part of law school orientation? For Alex Michie, it was as simple as waiting for the bus, where he met new classmates who were also headed across town to Georgetown University’s Hilltop campus for the annual Faculty Moot Court.
Some 300 students participating this year in Georgetown Law’s 17 legal clinics pledged to uphold the highest levels of honesty, integrity and professional conduct — and to advocate “competently, zealously and diligently” on behalf of their clients at Georgetown Law’s first-ever student attorney oath ceremony on Wednesday, Aug. 28.
The best part of law school orientation?
As a new academic year begins, we are pleased to introduce seven new members of the Georgetown Law faculty: two joining us as full professors, three in earlier stages of their teaching careers and two who are already well known on campus, but have now officially joined the tenure track faculty.
“The idea was not to just take a case, but change the law.” - Professor Brian Wolfman, Appellate Immersion Clinic
The Center for Transnational Legal Studies (CTLS) in London, England is a unique institution for students and scholars interested in international, comparative and transnational law. Georgetown Law is one of the founding members of what is now a 21-member…
Professor Emeritus Sherman L. Cohn, F’54, L’57, L’60, the longest-serving member of the Georgetown Law faculty and a “triple Hoya” with three Georgetown University degrees, died on August 5.
A few years ago, Joshua Teitelbaum, the David Belding Professor of Law at Georgetown Law, learned an interesting fact about the 1L students enrolled in Georgetown Law’s “Curriculum B,” an interdisciplinary, theory-focused alternative to the traditional…
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…
As the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the final decisions of its 2023-2024 term — including a controversial ruling in Trump v. United States that significantly bolsters presidential power — Georgetown Law's O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law gathered leading legal advocates and journalists for its inaugural "Supreme Court Term in Review" roundtable on July 1. Before an audience of more than 600 in-person and virtual attendees, the panel engaged in a lively discussion of the high court's far-reaching decisions on matters including free speech, reproductive rights, the power of federal agencies and presidential immunity.
Georgetown Law honored four faculty members this spring for their excellence in teaching and service to the Law Center community.