Sen. Mazie Hirono, L’78, Shares Life Lessons With Graduating Class
April 27, 2023 Campus News Clinics Congress Impacting Change Our Alumni“One person can make a difference.”
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Orientation 2023: 1,000+ New 'Hoya Lawyas' Arrive on Campus
Over the course of orientation week, the incoming J.D. and LL.M. students – hailing from all 50 U.S. states and 76 different countries – toured campus and city, were introduced to classroom norms and Law Center resources and connected with their new classmates.
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Georgetown Law Launches New Congressional Fellowship for Recent Graduates
March 29, 2023 Campus News Congress Impacting Change Our Alumni Public Interest & Community ServiceAs part of its continuing efforts to support graduates seeking careers in public service, Georgetown Law this spring launched a new Capitol Hill Fellowship Program for recent graduates who find positions in Congressional offices.
January 6 Investigators Discuss Domestic Extremist Groups – Then and Now
March 2, 2023 Campus News Congress Constitutional Law & TheorySix former staffers of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol reunited at Georgetown Law last week to discuss their work investigating the role domestic extremist groups played – on the day of January 6, 2021, in the planning beforehand and in the two years since.
The January 6 Committee: Understanding its Innovation and Impact
February 3, 2023 Campus News CongressIt’s not often that a Congressional oversight committee hearing can draw the same number of TV viewers as a prime-time football game. But last October, some 20 million people tuned into the first public hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol.
Georgetown Law Federal Legislation Clinic Helps Catalyze White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health
October 14, 2022 Campus News Clinics Congress Impacting Change Legislation and Administrative Law Public Interest & Community ServiceStudents 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.
Georgetown Law Students Attend Groundbreaking Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings
April 7, 2022 Campus News CongressRecently, several women members of Georgetown Law’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA) witnessed history in the making at the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearings on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
Members of Congress, Regulators and Bank CEOs Join Georgetown Law IIEL’s Juneteenth Forum on Financial Inclusion
June 17, 2021 Business & Financial Regulation Congress Faculty International Economic LawMinority-owned banks have long played an outsized role in providing financial services to traditionally underserved communities, particularly access to credit.
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton Returns to Georgetown Law Amid D.C. Statehood Push
May 7, 2021 CongressCongresswoman and Professor Emerita Eleanor Holmes Norton is the sole member of Congress for Washington D.C.’s nearly 700,000 residents -- including most of the Georgetown Law Community -- but as a non-voting delegate, her power is limited. She has…
What Should you Know About the Filibuster? Professor Caroline Fredrickson, a Senate Veteran, Weighs In
March 31, 2021 Congress Faculty Legislation and Administrative LawDistinguished Visitor from Practice Caroline Fredrickson spent a good part of her career in the Senate -- including as deputy chief of staff to then-Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle -- before leading the American Constitution Society for a decade…
Georgetown Law Faculty and Alumni Tapped to Serve in Biden-Harris Administration
January 22, 2021 Congress Faculty Our AlumniJust hours after President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were inaugurated on Wednesday, Georgetown Law alumna Avril Haines (L’01) became the first member of the new cabinet to be confirmed by the Senate.