After 15 years at the helm, William M. Treanor stepped down as Dean of Georgetown Law, Executive Vice President and the Paul Regis Dean Leadership Chair.
Top legal advocates, scholars and journalists convened at Georgetown Law July 2 to analyze some of the most consequential and controversial decisions of the Supreme Court’s 2024-25 term, from immigrant deportations to nationwide injunctions to transgender rights. Co-hosted by the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law and sponsored by the American Constitution Society, the Brennan Center for Justice, the Feminist Majority Foundation, Ms. Magazine and Ms. Studios, the second annual “Supreme Court Term in Review” also attracted more than 200 attendees from Georgetown Law and the broader community.
The fifth Georgetown Law graduate in nine years has secured a Supreme Court clerkship. Kate Hardiman Rhodes, L’22, will clerk for Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett during the October 2025 term. A graduate of Georgetown Law’s evening program, Rhodes worked at a D.C. litigation firm while pursuing her law degree. She is the fourth evening student to clerk for the Supreme Court since 2016.
After 15 years at the helm, William M. Treanor stepped down today as Dean of Georgetown Law, Executive Vice President and the Paul Regis Dean Leadership Chair. He is succeeded by Joshua C. Teitelbaum, David Belding Professor of Law, who will serve as…
Ambassador Alfred Moses, L’56, H’13, a prominent Washington, D.C. attorney, philanthropist and a former U.S. Ambassador to Romania, has made a historic $10 million gift to Georgetown Law to fund scholarships and other support for students committed…
In 1960, Georgetown Law founded the E. Barrett Prettyman Program, which was – and still is – an innovative fellowship that trains recent law school graduates to represent indigent clients. On May 31, dozens of Prettyman alumni, along with other friends and supporters, gathered on campus to celebrate the program’s 65th anniversary and to congratulate one of its longtime leaders, Professor John Copacino, L’83, on his retirement.
After 15 eventful years, William M. Treanor, Executive Vice President, Dean of the Law Center and Paul Regis Dean Leadership Chair, steps down from the deanship at the end of this month. After a sabbatical year, he’ll return to the classroom in the fall of 2026. Recently, he took the time to reminisce about his tenure as one of the Law Center’s longest-serving deans.
Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit joined students, alumni and faculty at The Georgetown Law Journal’s 12th annual alumni banquet on May 13.
More than 1,100 members of the Class of 2025 — including some 649 J.D. candidates as well as 463 master of laws and 8 doctor of juridical science candidates — gathered with their families and friends on Georgetown University’s historic Hilltop campus to celebrate commencement on Sunday, May 18.
Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Jr., visited Georgetown Law on May 12 to deliver the Lecture to the Graduating Class of 2025. The conversation series, held each spring, brings leading legal advocates to campus to offer candid guidance to outgoing Law Center graduates as they embark on their legal careers.
Former New Jersey Governor and two-time Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie visited Georgetown Law on April 15 for a wide-ranging discussion about the lessons learned from his career, the value of public service and guidance for the next generation of legal professionals.
