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.
Congressman James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) visited Georgetown Law on Feb. 24 to discuss the importance of public service and his life’s career in government, including more than 30 years representing South Carolina’s 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr joined members of the Georgetown Law community on Feb. 20 for a wide-ranging conversation on the importance of regulation and supervision in the financial sector in what is expected to be his final speech as the agency’s top regulatory official.
Leading scholars, policymakers and legal advocates gathered to consider the state of democratic values in light of recent elections in the United States and abroad at “Democracy and the Rule of Law Under Pressure,” a symposium convened by Georgetown Law and the McCourt School of Public Policy on Feb. 7.
Judge Richard Gergel of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina joined members of the Georgetown Law community on Jan. 27 and 28 as part of Georgetown Law’s Jurist-in-Residence program. Now in its second year, the program brings judges from across the country to campus to connect with students and share insights about their legal careers and experiences on the bench.
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.
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 Georgetown Law community gathered on Jan. 15 to celebrate the achievements of five faculty members who were awarded named professorships.
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…
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.