M. Elizabeth Magill, the former dean of Stanford Law School, provost of the University of Virginia and president of the University of Pennsylvania, has been named the executive vice president and dean of Georgetown Law.
Five Georgetown Law 2Ls and three recent graduates have been selected to receive scholarships and fellowships to support their pursuit of public interest careers. They are the first to receive awards from the historic $10 million public interest fund…
Tackling such topics as federal employee layoffs, challenges to the National Labor Relations Board, and attacks on workplace diversity initiatives, 165 scholars, policymakers, advocates, and students gathered October 24 for The Georgetown Law Journal’s…
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. Join us in reflecting on this year’s milestones and memorable moments below.
Georgetown Law will offer a 30% reduction in tuition for Masters of Laws (LL.M.) degrees for U.S.-educated attorneys whose U.S. government jobs were affected by recent federal workforce reductions and reorganizations. The Law Center first made tuition…
For five years, "John" worked at a trade association, and all seemed to be fine with his bosses. But in the fall of 2024, he was fired.
WASHINGTON — Georgetown Law announced today that Agnieszka Fryszman, L'96, one of the nation’s preeminent human rights litigators and founder of the Human Rights practice at Cohen Milstein, has been appointed the 2025-2026 Robert F. Drinan, S.J, Chair…
DC Affordable Law Firm (DCALF), an innovative nonprofit law firm operated in partnership with Georgetown Law and the University of the District of Columbia, celebrated its 10th anniversary last month. Dean Emeritus William M. Treanor, who helped launch…
Two incoming 1Ls, Simon Hernandez, L’28, and Cornelia Dixon, L’28, have been named to the 2025 class of Tillman Scholars. They are among the 42 awardees selected this year from a pool of more than 1,700 applicants to the prestigious fellowship for armed forces members, veterans and military spouses.
Ambassador Alfred Moses, L’56, H’13, a prominent Washington, D.C. attorney, philanthropist and a former U.S. Ambassador to Romania, has made a historic $10 million gift to Georgetown Law to fund scholarships and other support for students committed…
In 1960, Georgetown Law founded the E. Barrett Prettyman Program, which was – and still is – an innovative fellowship that trains recent law school graduates to represent indigent clients. On May 31, dozens of Prettyman alumni, along with other friends and supporters, gathered on campus to celebrate the program’s 65th anniversary and to congratulate one of its longtime leaders, Professor John Copacino, L’83, on his retirement.