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Elina Saxena, F’16, L’27, played the role of senior counsel in the capstone simulation for “Cybersecurity Incident Response: Legal Leadership During Cyber Crisis.”

Where Pressure Meets Practice: Georgetown Law Students Hone Legal Skills in ‘Week One’ Simulation Courses

January 23, 2025 Campus News Students

Short timelines, insufficient information and unrealistic expectations: Those were the constraints students faced in the capstone simulation for the course “Cybersecurity Incident Response: Legal Leadership During Cyber Crisis,” during which they roleplayed lawyers and corporate staff for a hotel chain navigating a potential data breach and threats from cyber threat actors demanding some $20 million dollars in payment.

Georgetown Center for the Constitution Awards Cooley Book Prize to Law Professors Robert J. Cottrol, L'84, of George Washington University and Brannon P. Denning of Samford University

January 17, 2025 Campus News Constitutional Law & Theory Our Alumni Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Georgetown Center for the Constitution is pleased to announce that Robert J. Cottrol, L’84, Harold Paul Green Research Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School and Professor of History and Sociology in…

The honorees gathered with Dean William M. Treanor before the ceremony. L-R: Professors Brian Galle, Stephen I. Vladeck and Urska Velikonja; Dean William M. Treanor; Professors Kristelia García and Maria Glover.

Five Georgetown Law Faculty Members Honored with Named Professorships

January 16, 2025 Campus News Faculty

The Georgetown Law community gathered on Jan. 15 to celebrate the achievements of five faculty members who were awarded named professorships.

Georgetown Law Dean William M. Treanor to Step Down in June 2025 After 15-Year Tenure

December 18, 2024 Campus News Faculty Press Releases

William M. Treanor, Dean of Georgetown Law and Executive Vice President of Georgetown University, announced today that he will step down from his position on June 30, 2025, when his current five-year term concludes at the end of this academic year, and…

Architectural rendering of Daniel Tsai Hall, the new academic building to be constructed on the Georgetown Law campus

$100 Million Milestone Reached for Construction of New Georgetown Law Building; $20 Million Bequest from Gay Reddig Mayl, L’59, Announced

December 17, 2024 Campus News Our Alumni Press Releases

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…

Georgetown Law alumni judges interviewed for this article include: (top row, L-R) The Hon. Jonathan J.C. Grey, L’07, The Hon. Nina F. Elgo, L’90, The Hon. Thomas M. Hardiman, L’90, (middle row, L-R) The Hon. Anita Josey-Herring, L’87, The Hon. Terrence G. Berg, F’81, L’86, The Hon. Holta Zaçaj, L’08, (bottom row, L-R) The Hon. Seth R. Aframe, L’99, The Hon. John P. Howard III, L’10, The Hon. Jennifer G. Zipps, L’90

Georgetown Judges from A(lbania) to Z(ipps)

December 13, 2024 Campus News Constitutional Law & Theory Our Alumni Public Interest & Community Service

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.

Clockwise from top left: Georgetown Law’s Hoya Lawyas team at the annual Home Court charity basketball game; L-R: Juvenile Justice Clinic Policy Director Eduardo Ferrer, B’02, L’05, Senior Counsel Wallace Mlyniec, L’70, Dean William M. Treanor and Director Kristin Henning, L’02 celebrate the clinic’s 50th anniversary; L-R: Identical triplets Benjamin, Nicholas and Zachary Osborne, G’20, L’24; Prof. Brian Wolfman (center) poses with members of the Appellate Immersion Clinic at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Georgetown Law’s Year in Review 2024

December 12, 2024 Campus News Clinics Faculty Impacting Change Students

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.

L-R: DAIR Research Fellow Adio Dinika, data worker and Turkopticon organizer Krista Pawloski and Techworker Community Africa Co-Founder Kings Korodi spoke on a panel about the challenges faced by data workers.

'Strategies of Resistance': Georgetown Law's Center on Privacy & Technology Hosts 2024 Color of Surveillance Conference

November 21, 2024 Campus News Technology, Communication, and Intellectual Property

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.

L-R: Vice Dean Lilian V. Faulhaber; Judge David S. Tatel and his guide dog, Vixen; Professor from Practice Cliff Sloan.

Judge David S. Tatel Reflects on Pursuit of Justice, Embracing Vision Loss at Georgetown Law

November 14, 2024 Campus News Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination

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.

Prof. Lawrence Gostin (left) was joined by Dr. Anthony S. Fauci (right) at “Preserving Health and Humanity Now: A Festschrift in Honor of Professor Lawrence O. Gostin.”

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Top Public Health Experts Pay Tribute to Professor Lawrence Gostin at “Preserving Health and Humanity Now” Symposium

November 7, 2024 Campus News Faculty Health Law

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.

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