Four Faculty Members Win 2024 Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Service
July 2, 2024 Campus News FacultyGeorgetown Law honored four faculty members this spring for their excellence in teaching and service to the Law Center community.
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett Reflects on Judicial Independence, Transparency
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.
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Georgetown Law’s IIEL Focuses on the Black Homeownership Gap
June 26, 2024 Business & Financial Regulation Campus News Faculty Impacting Change Race & LawOn June 18, Georgetown Law’s Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL) partnered with the National Bankers Association (NBA), an organization representing minority-owned financial institutions, and with the Visa Economic Empowerment Institute (VEEI)…
What I’m Working On: Professor Emily Satterthwaite, Tax Scholar
June 25, 2024 Faculty Tax LawFor Professor Emily Satterthwaite, the tax system isn't merely a matter of dollars and percentages — it's at the crux of the laws and policies that shape equity at all levels of society.
Georgetown Law's Juvenile Justice Clinic Celebrates 50th Anniversary
June 4, 2024 Campus News Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Clinics Faculty Impacting Change Juveniles Our Alumni Public Interest & Community Service Race & Law StudentsOn June 1, Georgetown Law hosted a festive celebration honoring the 50th anniversary of its Juvenile Justice Clinic. The Clinic was not only one of the first at the Law Center, but has also been a pioneer in clinical legal education in the United States…
Georgetown Law’s Supreme Court Institute Celebrates 25 Years
April 30, 2024 Campus News Constitutional Law & Theory FacultyIt began as a pie-in-the-sky idea from a faculty member, and a quarter-century later has become an invaluable resource for lawyers preparing for oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court – and a precious educational opportunity for Georgetown Law students.
A Path Forward for the ERA? Lawmakers, Academics and Advocates Come Together to Strategize
April 18, 2024 Campus News Congress Constitutional Law & Theory Faculty Feminism & Gender Studies Impacting ChangeIn December 1923, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was first introduced in the U.S. House and Senate. Coming just after the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, the ERA aimed to give women’s equality full Constitutional protection.
What I’m Working On: Professor Paul Rothstein, Evidence Expert
April 4, 2024 Constitutional Law & Theory Criminal Law Faculty Legal Research & WritingAmong the treasured books in Professor Paul Rothstein's office is a signed first-edition volume by John Henry Wigmore, the lawyer and legal scholar whom Rothstein describes as the "Einstein of evidence law" for his contributions to the field at the turn of the 20th century.
Home Court 2024: Hoya Lawyas Victorious Over GW Law Rowdy Revs in Charity Fundraiser
April 3, 2024 Campus News Faculty Our Alumni Public Interest & Community Service StudentsThe 37th annual Home Court charity basketball game, held March 28 at the Gonzaga College High School gym, was a fast-paced match between students, faculty and staff from Georgetown Law (the Hoya Lawyas) and from the George Washington University Law School…
Georgetown Law Students Witness Professors in Supreme Court Arguments
March 21, 2024 Campus News Constitutional Law & Theory Faculty StudentsFor most law students, a chance to see a Supreme Court argument live and in person is thrilling. But the chance to see two professors from your own school argue opposing sides of a case is an even rarer treat.
Hoya v. Hoya: Georgetown Law Professors Cole & Katyal to Face Off at Supreme Court
March 14, 2024 Campus News Constitutional Law & Theory FacultyGeorgetown Law faculty are no strangers to the U.S. Supreme Court. In any given year, you can find our professors as authors of briefs, as amici and as oral advocates. But it’s never happened that the advocates on both sides of a case were both Georgetown Law faculty members… until now.