Before the fall semester began, incoming J.D. and LL.M. students had the opportunity to get a taste of what law school is like and to start exploring the nation's capital.
Once among the most famous Black men in 1930s America, Angelo Herndon — a Communist Party organizer wrongly convicted of attempting to incite insurrection and sentenced to a chain gang by an all-white jury — has largely faded from public recollection in recent decades.
Former Second Gentleman of the United States Doug Emhoff joined Dean William M. Treanor and members of the Georgetown Law community on April 1 to discuss his legal career and its influence on his role in the Biden-Harris administration as well as the pressing issues facing lawyers and law students today. They also talked about his time as a Distinguished Visitor from Practice on the Georgetown Law faculty.
Visiting Professor Rev. Ladislas Orsy, S.J. died on April 3, 2025. Dean William M. Treanor shared the following remembrance with the Georgetown Law community:
For Professor Aderson François, the stories of the “new people” of the 14th amendment — the formerly enslaved people who gained citizenship following the Civil War — are central to understanding the Reconstruction Era and its profound restructuring of American law and society.
As a comparative and transnational law scholar focused on the United States and China, Professor Mark Jia is guided by two questions: What is the relationship between the law and authoritarianism, and what is the relationship between the law and geopolitics?
The Georgetown Law community gathered on Jan. 15 to celebrate the achievements of five faculty members who were awarded named professorships.
Throughout the academic year, Georgetown Law faculty inspire students and colleagues with their insights, scholarship and expertise. But what inspires them?
William M. Treanor, Dean of Georgetown Law and Executive Vice President of Georgetown University, announced today that he will step down from his position on June 30, 2025, when his current five-year term concludes at the end of this academic year, and…
As 2024 draws to a close, we’re looking back at the past year at Georgetown Law, from student and faculty achievements to the work of clinics and institutes advocating on a range of legal issues in Washington, D.C. and beyond. Join us in reflecting on this year’s milestones and memorable moments below.
Hundreds of students, scholars and experts gathered to discuss pressing issues in public health law and celebrate Professor Lawrence Gostin's pioneering contributions to the field at "Preserving Health and Humanity Now," a symposium hosted on Oct. 28 by Georgetown Law's O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law.