Before the fall semester began, incoming J.D. and LL.M. students had the opportunity to get a taste of what law school is like and to start exploring the nation's capital.
As the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the final decisions of its 2023-2024 term — including a controversial ruling in Trump v. United States that significantly bolsters presidential power — Georgetown Law's O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law gathered leading legal advocates and journalists for its inaugural "Supreme Court Term in Review" roundtable on July 1. Before an audience of more than 600 in-person and virtual attendees, the panel engaged in a lively discussion of the high court's far-reaching decisions on matters including free speech, reproductive rights, the power of federal agencies and presidential immunity.
There are a dozen student-run legal journals at Georgetown Law, each publishing original academic scholarship on themes ranging from deepfakes to medical malpractice settlements to prosecutorial reform. In addition to selecting and editing articles, comments…
On June 27, the Pat Tillman Foundation named Karim Ibrahim, L’26, to its 2024 class of Tillman Scholars. Ibrahim, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, is among 60 armed forces members, veterans and military spouses selected this year from a pool of nearly…
On June 18, Georgetown Law’s Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL) partnered with the National Bankers Association (NBA), an organization representing minority-owned financial institutions, and with the Visa Economic Empowerment Institute (VEEI)…
After seven years in leadership at his law school alma mater, Georgetown Law Chief Operating Officer David Mao, L’93, will be taking a new position this summer, as the 12th Librarian of the Supreme Court of the United States. He will be the first Asian…
On June 1, Georgetown Law hosted a festive celebration honoring the 50th anniversary of its Juvenile Justice Clinic. The Clinic was not only one of the first at the Law Center, but has also been a pioneer in clinical legal education in the United States…
The morning before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson woke up to a flurry of messages.
It was the office of the Ukrainian prosecutor general.
“Your formal education may end today, but you are not done learning,” urged Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, L’79, H’24, in his address to Georgetown Law’s class of 2024. More than 1,100 spring graduates — including 641 J.D. candidates as well as 516 master of laws and 8 doctor of juridical science candidates — gathered on Georgetown University’s historic Hilltop campus to celebrate commencement on Sunday, May 19.
Some 1,200 Georgetown Law students celebrated commencement on Sunday, May 19, joining the community of more than 51,000 Law Center alumni around the world. Below, nine J.D. and LL.M. graduates reflect on their time on campus and share their future plans — which span environmental law, electoral politics, public service and more.
