The best part of law school orientation? For Alex Michie, it was as simple as waiting for the bus, where he met new classmates who were also headed across town to Georgetown University’s Hilltop campus for the annual Faculty Moot Court.
Update: On June 27, 2023, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Moore v. Harper, rejecting the “independent state legislature doctrine.” Chief Justice John G. Roberts, in his majority opinion, cited a 2005 Stanford Law Review article by Dean William…
Most law students pay attention to what’s happening at the Supreme Court. But only a few go so far as to sleep out on the streets of Washington, D.C. for a chance to see oral arguments in person.
The Georgetown Center for the Constitution is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a gift to the scholarly community: a new online guide to originalist scholarship on the United States Constitution.
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.
The Georgetown Center for the Constitution welcomes Alexa L. Gervasi as the Center’s Executive Director. She previously served as the Center’s first Program Manager while she was also a student in Georgetown Law’s evening program. After earning…
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.
This spring’s Georgetown Law Journal Alumni Banquet was the largest one to date, with over 300 former and current GLJ editors and their guests in attendance.
In a recent online event, Georgetown Law hosted a rare opportunity to eavesdrop on a conversation between Supreme Court justices from two different countries. Over the course of a wide-ranging discussion, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Stephen Breyer and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, N.V. Ramana, touched on topics from diversity in the judiciary to lessons learned from each other’s legal systems.
The Georgetown Center for the Constitution welcomes Ilya Shapiro as its executive director and senior lecturer. He will join the Center on February 1 after serving as a vice president and director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies…
It’s been over a decade since the Supreme Court has heard a case focusing on the Second Amendment. But this week, that changes.