Sen. Mazie Hirono, L’78, Shares Life Lessons With Graduating Class
April 27, 2023 Campus News Clinics Congress Impacting Change Our Alumni“One person can make a difference.”
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Students Witness Professors at Supreme Court
Several students had the opportunity to attend a unique oral argument at the Court: the first ever in which both advocates were members of the Georgetown faculty.
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Georgetown Law Launches New Congressional Fellowship for Recent Graduates
March 29, 2023 Campus News Congress Impacting Change Our Alumni Public Interest & Community ServiceAs part of its continuing efforts to support graduates seeking careers in public service, Georgetown Law this spring launched a new Capitol Hill Fellowship Program for recent graduates who find positions in Congressional offices.
Professor Victoria Nourse Appointed to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
March 29, 2023 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Faculty Impacting ChangePresident Joe Biden has appointed Professor Victoria Nourse to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, an independent federal agency whose mission is “to inform the development of national civil rights policy and enhance enforcement of federal civil rights laws.” Nourse, who is the Ralph V. Whitworth Professor in Law, was sworn in earlier this month as one of eight commissioners and will serve a six-year term.
ACLU President Challenges Law School Clinics to Push for Systemic Change and Racial Justice
March 13, 2023 Campus News Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Clinics Faculty Impacting Change Our Alumni Public Interest & Community Service Race & LawSome ninety professors, activists, students, lawyers and other stakeholders from across the country gathered at Georgetown Law March 3 for a day-long symposium titled “Promoting Justice: Advancing Racial Equity through Student Practice in Legal Clinics…
Georgetown Law Hosts Prosecutor General of Ukraine
February 3, 2023 Campus News Human Rights & Immigration Impacting Change International & Comparative Law National Security LawWhile visiting Washington this week, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Andriy Kostin, stopped at Georgetown Law to take part in an event highlighting the efforts of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group for Ukraine (ACA), an international justice initiative established last year by the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom to support Ukraine’s efforts to document and prosecute war crimes and other atrocities perpetrated against its citizens.
Meet Anjali Bindra Patel, Georgetown Law’s First Chief Diversity Officer
January 12, 2023 Campus News Impacting ChangeLast fall, Georgetown Law welcomed lawyer and workplace diversity expert Anjali Bindra Patel to lead the Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI). First established in 2016, OEI champions initiatives to help build and support a Law Center community where…
Georgetown Climate Center Joins the Global Climate Change Conversation at COP27
December 12, 2022 Campus News Environmental Law Impacting ChangeMembers of the Georgetown Climate Center (GCC) traveled to Egypt last month to gather and speak with some of the world’s most influential climate leaders at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27).
Former War Crimes Prosecutor Speaks on Transitional Justice
November 14, 2022 Campus News Human Rights & Immigration Impacting Change“From Nuremberg to Ukraine: Accountability for Mass Atrocities” was the title of this year’s Georgetown Law Human Rights Institute (HRI) Drinan Lecture, delivered by an international human rights lawyer who has devoted his career to pursuing justice on behalf of victims of crimes against humanity.
Georgetown Law Federal Legislation Clinic Helps Catalyze White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health
October 14, 2022 Campus News Clinics Congress Impacting Change Legislation and Administrative Law Public Interest & Community ServiceStudents in the Georgetown Law Federal Legislation Clinic were glued to the clinic’s televisions on September 28 as they watched the live stream of the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health – an event they helped make happen.
Georgetown Law Helps Lead National Law School Response to Eviction Crisis
February 22, 2022 Clinics Impacting Change Public Interest & Community ServiceLate last summer, Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a call to action. Lawyers and law students were urgently needed, he said, to help respond to a looming eviction crisis in the United States.