Georgetown Law Celebrates Commencement 2019
May 20, 2019 Campus Life Feminism & Gender Studies Our AlumniOn Sunday, May 19, more than 1000 Georgetown Law students — 629 J.D., 446 LL.M. and 6 S.J.D. — became Georgetown Law alumni.
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Clare Garvie (L’15) of the Center on Privacy & Technology Continues Groundbreaking Work on Police Facial Recognition Georgetown Law Dedicates “Tower Green” to Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)(Professor Emerita, H’18) $10.5 Million Gift from Scott K. Ginsburg (L’78) Supports Capital Expansion of Georgetown Law
Georgetown Law Celebrates Commencement 2019
Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia, left, and Georgetown Law Dean William M. Treanor, right, with honorary degree recipients Barbara Underwood (L'69)(H'19) and Judge Emmet G. Sullivan (H'19). Underwood, the solicitor general of the State of New York, delivered the Commencement address.
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ACLR Symposium: Women’s Rights in the Criminal Justice System
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Georgetown Law Alumnae, Professors Make 2019 Women’s Forum a Success
April 5, 2019 Feminism & Gender Studies Our AlumniIf anyone at Georgetown University’s 2019 Women’s Forum, held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on March 28-29, had any doubt that the event would be a smashing success, Georgetown Law Professor Hillary Sale put those doubts to rest in the first minutes of the opening discussion, “From C-Suite to SHE-Suite.”
Boston Law Professor Mary Sarah Bilder Delivers Ryan Lecture
March 18, 2019 Feminism & Gender Studies Constitutional Law & TheoryProfessor Mary Sarah Bilder, one of the country’s most accomplished historians with expertise in legal and constitutional history, delivered the 2019 Thomas F. Ryan Lecture at Georgetown Law on March 6.
Rep. Lois Frankel (L’73) Honored By Georgetown University, UN Groups
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“Can I Live?” Examines Black Women’s Lives in America
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Performing Justice
November 19, 2018 Feminism & Gender Studies Criminal Law Faculty/Staff EntertainmentThe jury is still out (so to speak) on whether justice was served Wednesday night at Georgetown Law’s Hart Auditorium. But those who witnessed — and participated in — the Theater of Law production of a scene from Aeschylus’ Eumenides could all agree that the night was a moving and thought-provoking success.
After #MeToo, Over 100 Public Officials Out of Office
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Student Groups, O’Neill Institute, Office of Equity & Inclusion Host Events on the #MeToo Movement, Sexual Violence and the Path to Change
October 15, 2018 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Feminism & Gender Studies“The last few weeks have been hard — as individuals, as a community, and as a country…” said Emily Clarke (L’20), president of the Women’s Legal Alliance at Georgetown Law. “We have been forced to grapple with questions of power, gender, credibility and integrity. Some of us have dealt with this in our classes. Watching the [Supreme Court nomination] hearings and discussing their impact. Many of us have huddled with our friends and tried to attach the right words to how we are feeling. But even more of us have sat alone, wondering how this could be happening and where we are supposed to go from here.”
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Speaks to Georgetown Law 1L, LL.M. Students
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