Dear Members of the Georgetown Law Community,
As events unfolded yesterday, I sent you a brief email to express my horror at the violent attack on democracy we were all witnessing, and to let you know that the students living in Gewirz and the staff…
While Georgetown Law’s Fall 2020 semester was one of learning and working online, there were several opportunities for some students to come to campus.
Georgetown Law Dean William M. Treanor always enjoys welcoming the incoming students at the beginning of a new school year, but this fall he was especially effusive.
At Georgetown Law, a Summa Cum Laude, or “with highest praise” honor is granted at the sole discretion of the faculty. In the J.D. class of 2020, only one student, Erin Sielaff, received a Summa Cum Laude degree.
Melissa McCafferty (Law/SSP '23), a Coast Guard veteran who begins a dual-degree program in law and security studies at Georgetown this fall, has been selected as a 2020 Tillman Scholar by the Pat Tillman Foundation.
For Mark Vatch (L’20), public service runs in the blood. So when the novel coronavirus struck his hometown, he did what came naturally: he rushed to the front lines of the pandemic to provide emergency medical care, risking his own life to save the lives of others.