Often referred to as a "travel ban" or a "Muslim ban", President Trump's proclamation was at least in part about surveillance, said Alvaro Bedoya, executive director of Georgetown Law's Center on Privacy & Technology.
More than 90 refugee and migration judges from approximately 30 countries gathered at Georgetown Law in August, and with crushing caseloads and lives often in the balance, the issues were critical.
Douglas M. Bregman (L’74) entered Georgetown Law in 1971, right before the formal dedication of McDonough Hall. He skipped Chief Justice Warren Burger’s keynote address, opting for the “counter-dedication” on the front steps featuring radical lawyer William Kunstler.
Students on campus on July 13 got a refresher course in international law when Teresa Cheng, Hong Kong’s secretary for justice, came to Georgetown Law.
“This a very, very special day for the O’Neill Institute,” Professor Larry Gostin told a crowd gathered at Georgetown Law earlier this semester. It was the 10th anniversary of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law — and…
On November 17, Georgetown Law Asia and the Georgetown China Law Society hosted a talk by leading women’s rights lawyer and advocate Li Ying. Li directs the Beijing-based Yuanzhong Gender Development Center, one of China’s top women’s rights organizations…
Most Georgetown Law students serving on journals try to outdo their predecessors when it comes to planning a symposium — inviting the most prominent speakers they can find. And then there’s the 2017-2018 staff of the Georgetown Law Journal. Headed…
O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law Faculty Director and Founding O'Neill Chair in Global Health Law Larry Gostin says there are two global health narratives in the world: those told by the most influential people, such as Bill Gates…
On October 11, Georgetown Law Asia and the South Asian Law Students Association (SALSA) hosted a vibrant discussion on the development of the constitutional right to privacy in India. The panel featured Indian Supreme Court Justice Jasti Chelameswar,…
The economic model that has underpinned globalization in the last three decades, and the institutions that sustain it, are increasingly under attack in Europe and in the United States — as evidenced by Brexit and the 2016 presidential election. And…
Just days after Georgetown Law’s Institute for International Economic Law examined international sanctions on countries including North Korea, the Center on National Security and the Law and Georgetown’s Law Asia continued the conversation at “North…
