16th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
September 30, 2019 Press ReleasesActing Homeland Security Secretary Kevin K. McAleenan to deliver keynote at Georgetown Law
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Liz Magill Named Executive Vice President and Dean of Georgetown Law
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.
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Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s New Passport Requirement for Diversity Visa Lottery Applicants
September 24, 2019 Press ReleasesGeorgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection and Law Firm Friedman Kaplan Seek Court Order Preventing State Department’s Passport Rule from Going into Effect
Fed Vice Chair Quarles, Former Fed Chair Yellen to Speak at Georgetown Law Conference on “Law and Macroeconomics”
September 19, 2019 Press ReleasesTwo-day conference to explore post-financial-crisis boom in legal scholarship on macroeconomic policy and financial stability
Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection and CASA Seek Court Order to Block New “Public Charge” Rule
September 16, 2019 Press ReleasesGreenbelt, MD — CASA, a D.C.-area immigration non-profit, and two of its members have challenged a new rule issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that would give nearly unfettered discretion to immigration officials to deny green cards…
Hong Kong's Anti-Extradition Law Protests: Voices from the Movement
September 13, 2019 Press ReleasesWASHINGTON – On Wednesday, Sept. 18, the Georgetown Center for Asian Law will host “Hong Kong’s Anti-Extradition Law Protests: Voices from the Movement” at Georgetown Law.
Former Deputy Solicitor General Michael Dreeben to Join Georgetown Law this Fall
August 12, 2019 Press ReleasesWASHINGTON – Georgetown Law is pleased to welcome Michael Dreeben, former deputy solicitor general of the United States, as a Distinguished Lecturer from Government for the 2019-2020 academic year. “In his 30 years of extraordinary public service…
30 States Deny Vote to Citizens Based on Wealth, New Report Finds
July 25, 2019 Election Law Press ReleasesMore than half the nation’s estimated 6 million disenfranchised citizens are formerly incarcerated Americans living in states with “modern poll tax” requirements, says report by Georgetown Law’s Civil Rights Clinic and the Campaign Legal Center
DC Fintech Week to Convene Regulators, Innovators and Disruptors in October
July 5, 2019 International Economic Law Press ReleasesWASHINGTON — DC Fintech Week – Washington’s singular fintech innovation and global policy forum – is scheduled for Oct. 21-24, Georgetown Law’s Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL) has announced. Fintech Week offers participants…
Georgetown Law Launches New Workers' Rights Institute
June 27, 2019 Campus News Press ReleasesWASHINGTON - Georgetown Law is launching a new Workers' Rights Institute and has hired the former Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Mark Gaston Pearce, to lead it. The new institute will focus on innovative legal and policy initiatives…
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Experts to Discuss Her Legacy on Gender Equality at Georgetown Law
June 18, 2019 Press ReleasesWASHINGTON – Georgetown Law’s Supreme Court Institute will host “U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Legacy of Gender Equality in Life and Law” on Tuesday, July 2.