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‘The Privilege of a Lifetime’: Dean William M. Treanor on 15 Years at Georgetown Law

June 9, 2025 Campus News Constitutional Law & Theory Faculty Impacting Change

After 15 eventful years, William M. Treanor, Executive Vice President, Dean of the Law Center and Paul Regis Dean Leadership Chair, steps down from the deanship at the end of this month. After a sabbatical year, he’ll return to the classroom in the fall of 2026. Recently, he took the time to reminisce about his tenure as one of the Law Center’s longest-serving deans.

Dean William M. Treanor (center) and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Professor Urska Velikonja (right) present Professor Deborah Epstein (left) with the 2025 Frank F. Flegal Excellence in Teaching Award.

Five Faculty Members Win 2025 Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Service

May 1, 2025 Campus News Faculty

On April 22, Georgetown Law honored five faculty members for their excellence in teaching and service to the Law Center community at the Faculty Scholarship and Teaching Awards Luncheon.

U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) addressed a student audience in the newly renovated Hart Auditorium.

The Georgetown Law Journal Hosts Sen. Peter Welch for Discussion on Executive Power and the Rule of Law

April 22, 2025 Campus News Constitutional Law & Theory Faculty

On April 9, United States Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) visited the Georgetown Law campus for a wide-ranging conversation convened by The Georgetown Law Journal about executive power and the role of lawyers, lawmakers and the judiciary in upholding democratic norms and the rule of law.

Professor Joshua Teitelbaum, who will serve as Interim Dean of Georgetown Law as of July 1.

Professor Joshua Teitelbaum Named Interim Dean of Georgetown Law

April 14, 2025 Campus News Faculty Press Releases

Interim President of Georgetown University Robert Groves announced today that Professor Joshua Teitelbaum, the David Belding Professor of Law and Professor of Economics (by courtesy), will serve as interim dean of Georgetown Law and Executive Vice President…

"You Can’t Kill a Man Because of the Books He Reads" (cover image left) is the newest book by Professor Brad Snyder.

In New Book, Professor Brad Snyder Illuminates Overlooked History of Landmark Civil Liberties Case

April 10, 2025 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Faculty

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 Treanor for a fireside chat in the newly renovated Hart Auditorium.

In Fireside Chat, Doug Emhoff Reflects on Time as Second Gentleman and Lessons from Legal Practice

April 10, 2025 Campus News Faculty

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.

In Memoriam: Father Ladislas Orsy, S.J.

April 4, 2025 Campus News Faculty Impacting Change Philosophy & Law

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:

What I’m Working On: Professor Aderson François on Reconstruction History

February 11, 2025 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Constitutional Law & Theory Faculty Race & Law What I'm Working On

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.

What I’m Working On: Professor Mark Jia on U.S.-China Conflict

January 22, 2025 Faculty International & Comparative Law What I'm Working On

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 honorees gathered with Dean William M. Treanor before the ceremony. L-R: Professors Brian Galle, Stephen I. Vladeck and Urska Velikonja; Dean William M. Treanor; Professors Kristelia García and Maria Glover.

Five Georgetown Law Faculty Members Honored with Named Professorships

January 16, 2025 Campus News Faculty

The Georgetown Law community gathered on Jan. 15 to celebrate the achievements of five faculty members who were awarded named professorships.

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