New Faculty: Professor Jonah Perlin
August 26, 2019 FacultyIn the fall of 2009, Professor Jonah Perlin (L’12) was a 1L student in Georgetown Law’s Section 2, taking Legal Research and Writing with Professor Kristen Tiscione.
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Reflects on the Role of Courts, Rule of Law
Sotomayor joined members of the Georgetown Law community for a wide-ranging conversation with Dean Treanor about pressing issues facing the judiciary today,
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New Faculty: Professor Laura Moy
August 26, 2019 FacultyIn an era of expanding video surveillance, data brokers and facial recognition software, what do we mean when we talk about “privacy”?
New Faculty: Professor Amanda Levendowski
August 26, 2019 FacultyAlthough Professor Amanda Levendowski was a college mock trial national champion in 2010, law school wasn’t always a given. An artist of sorts, she interned at independent publishing houses and was captivated by mash-ups, songs or videos created by…
“Talking Feds” Features ICAP Team, Mueller Preview and More
July 23, 2019 Constitutional Law & Theory FacultyWhen Harry Litman, the former U.S. attorney, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and opinion columnist for The Washington Post, wanted to do a week of tapings of his “Talking Feds” podcast in July, he wanted to know whether Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) wanted to be a part of it. Of course Executive Director Josh Geltzer and Senior Litigator Mary McCord said yes.
On the Hill: Professor Chris Brummer on Facebook’s Proposed Cryptocurrency and Its Impact on Consumers, Investors and the American Financial System
July 19, 2019 Faculty International Economic LawOn July 17, Georgetown Law Professor Chris Brummer — the faculty director of the Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL) — testified before the House Financial Services Committee with respect to Libra, Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency. The hearing was chaired by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Ranking Member Patrick McHenry (R-NC).
Georgetown Law Dean William M. Treanor Remembers Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens
July 17, 2019 Constitutional Law & Theory FacultyBack when Georgetown Law Dean William M. Treanor was the dean of Fordham Law, former U.S. President Gerald Ford wrote to him in a letter that Ford would be more than happy to have his presidential legacy rest solely on his nomination of John Paul Stevens to the U.S. Supreme Court.
On the Hill: Professor from Practice Vicki Arroyo on Investing in Transportation Infrastructure
July 10, 2019 Congress Environmental Law FacultyOn July 10, Assistant Dean and Professor from Practice Vicki Arroyo (L’94), executive director of the Georgetown Climate Center (GCC) at Georgetown Law, testified before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works in a hearing entitled “Investing…
On the Hill: Professor Angela Campbell on Protecting Children’s Privacy in the Digital Age
July 10, 2019 Clinics Congress Faculty Technology, Communication, and Intellectual PropertyOn July 9, Professor Angela Campbell, who directs the Institute for Public Representation’s Communications & Technology Law Clinic, testified before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary in a hearing on “Protecting Innocence in a Digital World, chaired…
Professor David Koplow on Planetary Defense: The Asteroid Problem
June 4, 2019 Faculty International & Comparative Law Technology, Communication, and Intellectual PropertyThe question seems like science fiction or a classic video game: What should be done — legally, of course — if we discover some day that there is a large asteroid on a collision course with Earth?
Reconstruction and the “Unfinished Revolution”: A Conversation for the Graduates Between Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Georgetown Law Dean William M. Treanor
May 15, 2019 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination FacultyThe story of Reconstruction and its overthrow, after only a dozen years, said Henry Louis Gates, Jr., “shatters all notions that history is a straight line, drawn inexorably towards progress. And in that shattering is a lesson for all of us: vigilance.”