Results Are In: ‘Campaigning’ Class a Win
November 27, 2018 Congress Election Law FacultyNicqelle Godfrey would not take no for an answer.
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Georgetown Law’s Year in Review 2025
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.
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Performing Justice
November 19, 2018 Criminal Law Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Faculty Feminism & Gender StudiesThe jury is still out (so to speak) on whether justice was served Wednesday night at Georgetown Law’s Hart Auditorium. But those who witnessed — and participated in — the Theater of Law production of a scene from Aeschylus’ Eumenides could all agree that the night was a moving and thought-provoking success.
Professor Chris Brummer: Georgetown Law’s Fintech Guru on IIEL’s “Fintech Week,” Cryptoassets and More
November 5, 2018 Business & Financial Regulation Faculty International Economic LawProfessor Chris Brummer’s work in fintech is growing almost as exponentially as the field: including research and a “Cryptocurrencies, Initial Coin Offerings and the Law Seminar.” The course was recognized by CoinDesk in its ranking of Georgetown…
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;…
Taking on Tough Topics, Unique Police Fellowship Program Graduates First Class
October 29, 2018 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Constitutional Law & Theory Faculty Race & LawIt was the latest roll call for 18 Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department officers and civilian personnel participating in a pioneering Georgetown Law-MPD joint fellowship program — and the first for 26 more set to walk the new beat.
Professor Anne Fleming: The Past as Prologue
October 22, 2018 FacultyOn October 23, a panel of experts will discuss Georgetown Law Professor Anne Fleming’s book City of Debtors: A Century of Fringe Finance (Harvard University Press, January 2018). The panel, moderated by Professor David Vladeck, the A.B. Chettle, Jr…
Georgetown Law Hosts “Ten Years After the Financial Crisis”
October 9, 2018 Business & Financial Regulation FacultyTen years after the worst financial collapse since the Great Depression, our collective memory of the damage caused by the crisis has faded.
In Memoriam: Dean Emeritus Robert Pitofsky
October 7, 2018 Business & Financial Regulation FacultyRobert Pitofsky, who served as dean of Georgetown Law from 1983 to 1989 and the 54th chairman of the Federal Trade Commission from 1995 to 2001, died October 6. He was 88.
Saving the Planet, One Frog at a Time
September 28, 2018 Clinics Environmental Law FacultyIn an aggressive deregulatory era for environmental protection, and with an unprecedented sense of urgency, environmental law scholars at Georgetown Law prepare the next generation of attorneys.
Financial Crises and Court Appointments: Have We Learned Nothing? A Conversation with Professor Emma Coleman Jordan
September 24, 2018 Business & Financial Regulation Faculty Feminism & Gender StudiesThey say the more things change, the more they stay the same. Whether that’s the case concerning the national economy will be the topic of a day-long conference at Georgetown Law on Friday, September 28. “Ten Years After the Financial Crisis: Closing Loopholes and Avoiding Blindspots,” with a keynote by Sheila Bair, former chair of the FDIC, will attempt to answer the question of whether the economy is headed for another fall.