Several students had the opportunity to attend a unique oral argument at the Court: the first ever in which both advocates were members of the Georgetown faculty.
Students in the Georgetown Law Federal Legislation Clinic were glued to the clinic’s televisions on September 28 as they watched the live stream of the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health – an event they helped make happen.
With just days to go until the Supreme Court opens a new term, the team at the Georgetown Law Supreme Court Institute is at its busiest. Last week, it held its marquee public events: two expert panels previewing the highest-profile cases being argued in the coming months, one for members of the media and one for law students. And its main line of work – one veiled in a bit of secrecy – began this week, with its first Supreme Court moots of the October Term 2022.
Georgetown Law Dean William M. Treanor was formally inducted this month into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. This honorary society, founded in 1780, convenes experts from a broad range of disciplines to “cultivate every art and science which may tend to advance the interest, honor, dignity and happiness of a free, independent and virtuous people.”
How is a law school class like a symphony orchestra?
At the start of the 2022-3 academic year, we are pleased to introduce the newest members of our faculty.
RISE, 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.
This 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.
Every 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.
In recent years, Georgetown Law has dedicated significant resources to faculty scholarship, especially by establishing new faculty chairs and named professorships.
For 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.
