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.
Georgetown Law’s fundraising campaign for Daniel Tsai Hall, a new flagship academic building, has surpassed the $100 million mark set by university leadership as the threshold for moving ahead with plans to begin construction. It has reached this milestone…
Alumni are serving on the bench across the country and world; despite their different backgrounds, courts and legal systems, they are united in their commitment to public service.
As 2024 draws to a close, we’re looking back at the past year at Georgetown Law, from student and faculty achievements to the work of clinics and institutes advocating on a range of legal issues in Washington, D.C. and beyond. Join us in reflecting on this year’s milestones and memorable moments below.
On Nov. 18, more than 800 scholars, advocates, artists and others working to address issues of privacy and surveillance technology convened in person and online for the sixth conference in the Color of Surveillance series hosted by Georgetown Law's Center on Privacy & Technology.
On Nov. 4, Judge David S. Tatel joined Professor from Practice Cliff Sloan and members of the Georgetown Law community to discuss his pioneering career as a civil rights lawyer and federal judge — and the personal journey that led him to acknowledge his vision loss after living with blindness for the past five decades.
Hundreds of students, scholars and experts gathered to discuss pressing issues in public health law and celebrate Professor Lawrence Gostin's pioneering contributions to the field at "Preserving Health and Humanity Now," a symposium hosted on Oct. 28 by Georgetown Law's O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law.
More than 1,600 Georgetown Law alumni and guests gathered for reunion weekend Oct. 24-27, which celebrated members of class years ending in 4 and 9 with more than 30 events across the Law Center campus and nearby sites in the nation’s capital.
Georgetown Law faculty, students and members of the press gathered to discuss the United States Supreme Court’s upcoming October 2024 term during two campus preview panels – one for students and one for journalists – hosted by the Supreme Court Institute on Sept. 24 and 25.
United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor joined members of the Georgetown Law and broader legal community in honoring the late Judge Robert A. Katzmann at the opening event for “Judging and Legitimacy,” a symposium held Sept. 19 and 20 on the Law Center campus to examine current judicial issues through the lens of Katzmann’s career and legacy.
WASHINGTON — Renowned Liberian human rights lawyer and environmental advocate Alfred Lahai Brownell, Sr. has joined Georgetown Law as this academic year’s Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Chair in Human Rights. “Georgetown Law is thrilled to welcome Alfred…