In a special lecture to the Georgetown Law Class of 2023, Sen. Mazie Hirono, L'78, reflected on her own days as a law student and urged the audience members to use their new skills to make a difference in the world.
[caption id="attachment_79120" align="alignright" width="199"] Professor Abbe Smith[/caption] Criminal defense lawyers “see the ravages of poverty, inequality, and mass incarceration up close,” Professor Abbe Smith writes in her latest book, Guilty…
When President George W. Bush authorized waterboarding after the 9/11 attacks, Elisa Massimino saw the administration’s policy as a gross violation of human rights. Then a director at Human Rights First, she launched a campaign to end the torture…
On March 5, top experts on torture and interrogation programs came together at Georgetown Law to discuss new revelations about U.S. actions after 9/11. In remarks, followed by a panel discussion, organized by Georgetown Law Professor M. Gregg Bloche,…
It’s an exciting time to be black at Georgetown.
Days after a malfunctioning app wreaked chaos on the Iowa Caucus, Georgetown Law convened leading scholars, policymakers, technologists and journalists to examine the challenges technology poses to the electoral process.
In a fitting way to honor and carry on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life work, 10 juvenile defenders from across the country recently gathered at Georgetown Law over a chilly MLK holiday weekend.
The intricacies of an under-the-radar international economics dispute – a tax war, not a trade war – emerged during a spirited discussion at a Georgetown Law event this month.
The Institute for Technology Law & Policy hosted musician and activist Simon Tam, whose efforts to trademark his band name “The Slants” prompted a legal battle that went all the way to the Supreme Court. Simon appeared in conversation with Tech…
[caption id="attachment_68207" align="alignright" width="199"] Professor Philip Schrag[/caption] Philip Schrag, the Delaney Family Professor of Public Interest Law, has authored or co-authored more than a dozen books. His latest, “Baby Jails: The…
Ryan Trumbauer (L’22) knows what interests him about the law. He’s a Technology Law & Policy Scholar whose studies are focused on the internet and cross-border conflicts. When he was deciding whether to participate in Week One this year, a simulation…
