Eleven Georgetown Law Alumni Will Serve in the 117th Congress
November 11, 2020 Election Law Our AlumniAs Dean William M. Treanor is fond of saying, “Georgetown Law students choose to study in the place where laws are made.”
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Georgetown Professors Discuss Racial Justice after the Election
Shortly after Election Day, two leading scholars on race, history and justice came together for a panel discussion, “Now What? Racial Justice After the 2020 Election.”
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Amid Post-Election Uncertainty, Georgetown Law Professors Analyze Legal Angles
November 6, 2020 Election LawThe day after Election Day, against a backdrop of continued uncertainty and breaking news alerts, Georgetown Law Dean William M. Treanor convened a panel of professors for “Making Sense of the Election: Norms, Process, & Rule of Law.”
State Officials Discuss Latest Election Integrity Efforts, Challenges
September 29, 2020 Election Law Press ReleasesWASHINGTON – On Wednesday, September 30, Georgetown Law’s Project on State and Local Government and Policy Law program (SALPAL) presents a live discussion: “Secretary of State: Behind-the-Scenes Guardian of the 2020 Elections.” WHAT Hear the…
Journalists, Technologists, Scholars Discuss New Digital-Age Threats to Elections at Georgetown Law
February 21, 2020 Clinics Election Law Faculty Technology, Communication, and Intellectual PropertyDays after a malfunctioning app wreaked chaos on the Iowa Caucus, Georgetown Law convened leading scholars, policymakers, technologists and journalists to examine the challenges technology poses to the electoral process.
30 States Deny Vote to Citizens Based on Wealth, New Report Finds
July 25, 2019 Election Law Press ReleasesMore than half the nation’s estimated 6 million disenfranchised citizens are formerly incarcerated Americans living in states with “modern poll tax” requirements, says report by Georgetown Law’s Civil Rights Clinic and the Campaign Legal Center
Too Poor to Vote? Civil Rights Clinic, Campaign Legal Center Release “Can’t Pay, Can’t Vote”
July 25, 2019 Clinics Election LawOn July 25, Georgetown Law’s Civil Rights Clinic and Campaign Legal Center released “Can’t Pay, Can’t Vote: A National Survey on the Modern Day Poll Tax.” The report is one of the first comprehensive studies of how voting rights restoration schemes deny the right to vote to those who cannot afford to pay legal debt.
Georgetown Law Hosts Oral Arguments of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
March 21, 2019 Criminal Law Election Law Technology, Communication, and Intellectual PropertySection 3 first year students Natalie Tverdynin (L'21), Jeremy Penn (L’21) and Akshay Nelakurti (L’21) had some unexpected free time on the morning of March 21. So the three friends went to hear oral arguments of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit — with Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland (H’18), Judge Sri Srinivasan and Judge A. Raymond Randolph.
Results Are In: ‘Campaigning’ Class a Win
November 27, 2018 Congress Election Law FacultyNicqelle Godfrey would not take no for an answer.
Election Day 2018: Preserving the Right to Vote
November 2, 2018 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Election Law FacultyFor Election Day 2018, we talked to the experts on the work that’s being done at Georgetown Law with respect to voting rights, election integrity, campaign finance and more. Professor Aderson François of Georgetown Law’s Voting Rights Institute;…
Census Citizenship Question Won’t Perform Well, New Analysis Shows
September 7, 2018 Election Law Press ReleasesPoor and uneven response rates expected, says new report released by Georgetown Law’s Center on Poverty and Inequality