Georgetown Law Welcomes Nine New Faculty Members
August 26, 2022 Campus News Faculty Our AlumniAt the start of the 2022-3 academic year, we are pleased to introduce the newest members of our faculty.
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Liz Magill Named Executive Vice President and Dean of Georgetown Law
M. Elizabeth Magill, the former dean of Stanford Law School, provost of the University of Virginia and president of the University of Pennsylvania, has been named the executive vice president and dean of Georgetown Law.
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Meet Our New RISE Director
August 11, 2022 Campus NewsRISE, a program that helps incoming students from backgrounds underrepresented in law schools and the legal profession thrive at Georgetown Law and later succeed in their legal careers, has a new leader.
Center for Transnational Legal Studies Hosts Summer Roundtable on ‘Constitutional Democracy Around the Globe’
August 5, 2022 Campus News Constitutional Law & Theory International & Comparative LawThis July, legal scholars and practitioners from across the world converged on London to think collaboratively about a crucial and very timely topic: the state and future of constitutional democracy.
Human Rights, Close to Home: Georgetown Law’s Human Rights Institute Focuses on Domestic Matters
July 29, 2022 Campus News Election Law Human Rights & Immigration Race & LawEvery year, aspiring lawyers with an interest in human rights choose to study at Georgetown Law, whose Human Rights Institute (HRI) is a hub of training, scholarship and expertise.
Georgetown Law Celebrates Named Professorships for Seven Faculty Members
July 1, 2022 Campus News FacultyIn recent years, Georgetown Law has dedicated significant resources to faculty scholarship, especially by establishing new faculty chairs and named professorships.
Georgetown Law ‘20 and ‘21 Grads Return to Celebrate
June 10, 2022 Campus News Our AlumniFor the two recent Georgetown Law classes whose graduations were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the “Celebration Weekend” held in early June wasn’t a substitute commencement, nor was it an out-of-sync reunion. It was a welcome chance to revisit campus, reminisce about the not-so-old days – and, of course, raise a glass with good friends.
Eight Georgetown Law Faculty Members Honored with Professorships
May 31, 2022 Campus News FacultyOn April 26, the Georgetown Law faculty convened to celebrate eight of its own, each of whom had been awarded a named professorship since the beginning of 2020.
Georgetown Law’s 2022 Graduates Face Bright Futures After Enduring Challenges
May 27, 2022 Campus News“Persevere” was a word that came up again and again during Georgetown Law’s 2022 commencement celebrations.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Addresses Georgetown Law Journal Banquet
May 23, 2022 Campus News Constitutional Law & Theory Legal Research & WritingThis spring’s Georgetown Law Journal Alumni Banquet was the largest one to date, with over 300 former and current GLJ editors and their guests in attendance.
Two Supreme Court Justices – The U.S.’s Justice Breyer and India’s Chief Justice Ramana – Compare Notes
May 3, 2022 Campus News Constitutional Law & Theory International & Comparative LawIn a recent online event, Georgetown Law hosted a rare opportunity to eavesdrop on a conversation between Supreme Court justices from two different countries. Over the course of a wide-ranging discussion, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Stephen Breyer and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, N.V. Ramana, touched on topics from diversity in the judiciary to lessons learned from each other’s legal systems.