M. Elizabeth Magill, the former dean of Stanford Law School, provost of the University of Virginia and president of the University of Pennsylvania, has been named the executive vice president and dean of Georgetown Law.
When it came to the practical possibility of the U.S. government paying reparations to Black Americans in response to the enduring harms of slavery and racism, Professor and Georgetown Law alumna Dorothy Brown, L’83, once considered herself a skeptic.
In his new book “The Nation at Sea,” Professor Kevin Arlyck argues that the federal courts played a decisive — and largely overlooked — role in establishing United States sovereignty and shaping foreign relations in the decades following the nation’s founding.
Global public debt – the total amount of money governments around the world have borrowed at home and abroad – reached its highest level ever last year, topping $100 trillion dollars, according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development. Such heavy…
As 2025 draws to a close, we’re looking back at the past year at Georgetown Law, from headline-grabbing guest speakers and alumni achievements to the work of students and faculty in clinics, courts and beyond. Join us in reflecting on this year’s milestones and memorable moments below.
For five years, "John" worked at a trade association, and all seemed to be fine with his bosses. But in the fall of 2024, he was fired.
Growing up on Saipan, a Pacific island home to a small but diverse population, Associate Professor Eun Hee Han, L’07, observed cross-cultural communication firsthand. At Georgetown Law, she applies the same lens to her scholarship, which focuses on the intersections between language, law, culture, citizenship and identity.
The American Lawyer magazine honored Professor William M. Treanor, Dean Emeritus of Georgetown Law, with its Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony in New York City on November 13. In his acceptance remarks, Treanor said he was “humbled and honored”…
Professor Emeritus Joseph A. Page, who joined the Georgetown Law faculty in 1968, died October 13. He was 91 years old.
As the fall semester begins, Georgetown Law is pleased to introduce the newest faculty additions to the Legal Practice program, which introduces first-year students to the foundations of legal writing and analysis through hands-on coursework that simulates real-life legal practice.
Some 670 new J.D. students and 400 LL.M. and graduate students began their Georgetown Law journeys last week. Orientation, which began August 18, offered welcome activities, classroom introductions, social gatherings and excursions that brought campus back to life after the quiet days of summer.