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Brownell presented a keynote lecture at HRI's 2024 Samuel Dash Conference on Human Rights.

Environmental Activist Alfred Brownell Joins Georgetown Law as 2024-25 Drinan Chair in Human Rights

September 9, 2024 Campus News Environmental Law Human Rights & Immigration Impacting Change Press Releases Public Interest & Community Service

WASHINGTON — Renowned Liberian human rights lawyer and environmental advocate Alfred Lahai Brownell, Sr. has joined Georgetown Law as this academic year’s Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Chair in Human Rights. “Georgetown Law is thrilled to welcome Alfred…

Georgetown Law Professors and Students Prepare for Upcoming Supreme Court Arguments on Greenhouse Gas Regulations

February 24, 2022 Environmental Law

Early in its current term, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a quartet of environmental law cases, consolidated under "West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency." The Court’s ruling in this high-profile case could have major implications for the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions — and for federal regulation more generally.