Georgetown Law Welcomes Nine New Faculty Members
August 26, 2022 Campus News Faculty Our AlumniAt the start of the 2022-3 academic year, we are pleased to introduce the newest members of our faculty.
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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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Georgetown Law Celebrates Named Professorships for Seven Faculty Members
July 1, 2022 Campus News FacultyIn recent years, Georgetown Law has dedicated significant resources to faculty scholarship, especially by establishing new faculty chairs and named professorships.
Eight Georgetown Law Faculty Members Honored with Professorships
May 31, 2022 Campus News FacultyOn April 26, the Georgetown Law faculty convened to celebrate eight of its own, each of whom had been awarded a named professorship since the beginning of 2020.
World-Renowned Public Health Law Expert Lawrence Gostin Lays Out Vision of ‘Global Health Security’
October 20, 2021 Faculty Health Law International & Comparative LawGeorgetown Law Professor Lawrence Gostin has a vision: a world that harnesses the power of law to ensure that all people, regardless of race, wealth, or national origin, enjoy good health.
Georgetown Law’s Sheryll Cashin Says Racial Inequality Won’t End Until We Dismantle American Residential Caste
October 15, 2021 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Faculty Race & LawGeorgetown Law Professor Sheryll Cashin is calling on America to wake up and abolish the entrenched system she says has been driving racial inequality for more than a century.
Georgetown Law’s Supreme Court Institute Prepares for a “Momentous, Contentious” Term
October 4, 2021 Constitutional Law & Theory FacultyStepping up to the podium at the start of Georgetown Law’s annual event previewing the upcoming Supreme Court term for students, Professor from Practice Irv Gornstein, the executive director of the Supreme Court Institute, set the tone for what lies…
Georgetown’s Civil Justice Data Commons Seeks to Unlock Court Data
September 29, 2021 Faculty Technology, Communication, and Intellectual PropertyA couple of years ago, two Georgetown professors, Georgetown Law’s Tanina Rostain and the McCourt School for Public Policy’s Amy O'Hara, connected at a conference and discovered they shared a frustration: civil court data are largely inaccessible…
Professor Kristin Henning: Exposing What Black Children Endure
September 28, 2021 Faculty Juveniles Public Interest & Community ServiceIn her new book, “The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth,” Blume Professor of Law Kristin Henning writes about her 26 years defending Black children prosecuted for offenses including “horseplay” on the Metro, throwing snowballs…
Georgetown Law’s Director of Mission & Ministry Amy Uelmen (C’90, L’93, S.J.D.’16): Teaching Lawyers to Listen
September 13, 2021 Campus News FacultySpeaking recently to a group of 1Ls, Georgetown Law’s new Director for Mission & Ministry Amy Uelmen (C’90, L’93, S.J.D.’16) recalled the time she and a classmate were walking to campus to take their very first law school exam. A thought flashed…
Georgetown Law’s Alvaro Bedoya Nominated as FTC Commissioner
September 13, 2021 Faculty Press Releases Technology, Communication, and Intellectual PropertyPresident Joe Biden has nominated Alvaro Bedoya, Founding Director of Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy & Technology and Visiting Professor, to serve on the Federal Trade Commission. "Professor Bedoya is a leading thinker at the intersection of…