In Memoriam: Therese Stratton, Former Assistant Dean of Faculty Support and Campus Services
October 4, 2021 Campus NewsTherese Stratton, a longtime Georgetown Law employee who retired in 2015, died on September 27.
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Professor Sheryll Cashin Says Racial Inequality Won’t End Until We Dismantle American Residential Caste
Georgetown Law Professor Sheryll Cashin is calling on America to wake up and abolish the entrenched system she says has been driving racial inequality for more than a century.
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Georgetown Law Admissions Team Hosts Information Sessions -- In Person and Online
September 20, 2021 Campus NewsRecently, on a warm September afternoon, 31 aspiring lawyers gathered under a large white tent on Georgetown Law’s Eleanor Holmes Norton Green.
Georgetown Law’s Director of Mission & Ministry Amy Uelmen (C’90, L’93, S.J.D.’16): Teaching Lawyers to Listen
September 13, 2021 Campus News FacultySpeaking recently to a group of 1Ls, Georgetown Law’s new Director for Mission & Ministry Amy Uelmen (C’90, L’93, S.J.D.’16) recalled the time she and a classmate were walking to campus to take their very first law school exam. A thought flashed…
Georgetown Law Celebrates 2021 Orientation: Back on Campus, Ready to Connect and Learn
September 3, 2021 Campus NewsAs Dean William M. Treanor removed his mask to greet the 1Ls sitting before him in Hart Auditorium, a smile spread across his face. Finally, after nearly a year and a half -- a room full of students!
Georgetown Law Commits to Fighting the Looming Eviction Crisis
August 30, 2021 Campus NewsWASHINGTON, D.C. -- Georgetown University Law Center announced today that it is committing to do everything possible to help address the massive eviction crisis threatening millions of families and individuals in the wake of last week’s Supreme Court…
Georgetown Law Sees Significant Increases in Applicants, Student Diversity and Achievement for the New Academic Year
August 30, 2021 Campus NewsIn the most recent admissions cycle, Georgetown Law received the most applications of any U.S. law school in history: 14,052 in total. Of all law school applicants nationwide, one in five applied to Georgetown. The school’s acceptance rate was 12.9%, down from 21% a year ago, yielding an incoming class of 561 students.
Taking the Mystery Out of Law School
August 24, 2021 Campus News Race & LawMost lawyers can still vividly recall the nerve-wracking first days of law school — stepping into an unknown world of case law and cold calls.
ICAP Names Kelsi Brown Corkran as Supreme Court Director
June 16, 2021 Campus News Constitutional Law & TheoryWASHINGTON — Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) announced today that Kelsi Brown Corkran has been named the organization’s first Supreme Court director. Corkran will oversee ICAP’s Supreme Court litigation…
In Memoriam: Judge Robert A. Katzmann
June 11, 2021 Campus NewsJudge Robert A. Katzmann, a federal appeals court judge who was a former Georgetown Law faculty member and former member of the Georgetown Law Board of Visitors, died June 9. He was 68.
Distinguished Visitor From Practice Douglas Emhoff to 2021 Graduates: ‘Be Ready for Anything’
June 1, 2021 Campus News Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law“When you have opportunities, you have to take advantage of them. Figure out a way to be comfortable in uncomfortable situations,” said Distinguished Visitor from Practice Douglas Emhoff, addressing Georgetown Law’s graduating students. “I teach…