United States Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined members of the Georgetown Law community for a wide-ranging conversation hosted by the Georgetown Center for the Constitution.
Georgetown University Law Center Dean William M. Treanor has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences as part of its 2020 class of new members.
Georgetown University Law Center has announced the recipients of its 2020 Teaching Awards.
Running the annual Robert J. Beaudry Moot Court Competition is a big job even in the best of years. But when word came last month that Georgetown Law would be pivoting to distance learning, it threatened to become a logistical nightmare. Lydia Davenport…
[caption id="attachment_79120" align="alignright" width="199"] Professor Abbe Smith[/caption] Criminal defense lawyers “see the ravages of poverty, inequality, and mass incarceration up close,” Professor Abbe Smith writes in her latest book, Guilty…
When President George W. Bush authorized waterboarding after the 9/11 attacks, Elisa Massimino saw the administration’s policy as a gross violation of human rights. Then a director at Human Rights First, she launched a campaign to end the torture…
On March 5, top experts on torture and interrogation programs came together at Georgetown Law to discuss new revelations about U.S. actions after 9/11. In remarks, followed by a panel discussion, organized by Georgetown Law Professor M. Gregg Bloche,…
It’s an exciting time to be black at Georgetown.
Days 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.
In a fitting way to honor and carry on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life work, 10 juvenile defenders from across the country recently gathered at Georgetown Law over a chilly MLK holiday weekend.
The intricacies of an under-the-radar international economics dispute – a tax war, not a trade war – emerged during a spirited discussion at a Georgetown Law event this month.