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During the simulation, students navigated fast-moving national security crises and honed their legal reasoning and leadership skills.

‘The Sim’ Returns: Georgetown Law Students Face National Security Crises in Simulation Exercise

March 23, 2026 Campus News Military National Security Law Our Alumni Students

For the students who took part in this year’s National Security Crisis Law: Edge Technologies Simulation (“Sim”), time was of the essence. A foreign actor had attacked a U.S. satellite fleet — with potentially dire consequences. Gathered for a National Security Council meeting, the group had to weigh options such as diplomatic protest, trade sanctions and cyberattacks in deciding how to respond.

Panelists Chris Paiva, Brishen Rogers, Gabrielle Rejouis and Dominic Gardetto discuss automation, artificial intelligence and surveillance at the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy Symposium.

Student Journals: 2024 Symposia Recap

June 28, 2024 Campus News Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Labor Law National Security Law Students

There are a dozen student-run legal journals at Georgetown Law, each publishing original academic scholarship on themes ranging from deepfakes to medical malpractice settlements to prosecutorial reform. In addition to selecting and editing articles, comments…

Residents of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine survey Russian airstrike damage to their apartment building. Photo: Elena Tita/Collection of war.ukraine.ua

Justice for Ukraine: Georgetown Law Partners with Ukrainian Prosecutors

May 31, 2024 Campus News Human Rights & Immigration Impacting Change International & Comparative Law National Security Law

The morning before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson woke up to a flurry of messages.

It was the office of the Ukrainian prosecutor general.

Andriy Kostin, Prosecutor General of Ukraine

Georgetown Law Hosts Prosecutor General of Ukraine

February 3, 2023 Campus News Human Rights & Immigration Impacting Change International & Comparative Law National Security Law

While 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.

Burned-out cars in Irpin, Ukraine (Photo courtesy of Anna Cave)

Georgetown Law Center on National Security to Support War Crimes Investigations in Ukraine

November 16, 2022 Military National Security Law Press Releases

The Georgetown Law Center on National Security (CNS) has been selected to coordinate international efforts to support the Ukrainian government in its investigation and prosecution of war crimes committed during the Russian invasion of their country. With…

Ukrainian prosecutor for human rights violations Yuriy Belousov joined the event from Kyiv.

Reclaiming the Rule of Law: Georgetown Law, UPenn Co-Host Symposium on the Legacy of the U.S. Torture Regime

May 11, 2022 Human Rights & Immigration International & Comparative Law Military National Security Law

The 9/11 terrorist attacks – and how the U.S. government responded to them at the time – continue to affect this country and the world in ways we are only beginning to comprehend two decades later.

Georgetown Law’s Center on National Security and the Law Takes a 360 Degree View of the Field

December 1, 2020 National Security Law

Georgetown Law’s Center on National Security and the Law recently announced it had received a grant from the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) that will support one of the first pilot projects in the Center’s new NatSec 360 Innovation Incubator.

Avril Haines speaking at the 2017 Georgetown Law Women’s Forum

Avril Haines (L’01) Tapped to Serve as Director of National Intelligence in the Biden Administration

November 24, 2020 National Security Law Our Alumni

This week, the Biden-Harris presidential transition team announced its plans to nominate Georgetown Law alumna Avril Haines (L’01) as Director of National Intelligence when the new administration takes office early next year.

Professor M. Gregg Bloche on New Revelations about U.S. Torture Programs and the Ethics of Interrogation

March 17, 2020 Faculty National Security Law

On March 5, top experts on torture and interrogation programs came together at Georgetown Law to discuss new revelations about U.S. actions after 9/11. In remarks, followed by a panel discussion, organized by Georgetown Law Professor M. Gregg Bloche,…

Avril Haines (L’01), former Deputy Director of the CIA and Legal Advisor, National Security Counsel, appeared at “Intelligence Operations in Liberal Democracies” co-hosted by Georgetown Law's Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession on November 7.

Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession Co-Hosts “Intelligence Operations in Liberal Democracies”

November 13, 2019 Military National Security Law

“The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father CIA Spymaster William Colby,” is a 2011 film by Carl Colby (C’72) about the former CIA director.

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