ICAP Challenges Maryland Ban on Broadcasting Criminal Trial Recordings
May 28, 2019 Press ReleasesJournalists and community leaders sue to use court recordings to promote transparency in criminal justice system
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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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Research Confirms that Black Girls Feel the Sting of Adultification Bias Identified in Earlier Georgetown Law Study
May 15, 2019 Juveniles Press ReleasesWASHINGTON – Building on its groundbreaking 2017 Girlhood Interrupted study showing that adults view black girls as more adult-like and less innocent than white girls, Georgetown Law’s Center on Poverty and Inequality today released a follow-up study…
Georgetown Law Civil Rights Clinic and National Fair Housing Alliance File Federal Lawsuit to Rein in Housing Discrimination
April 23, 2019 Clinics Press ReleasesWASHINGTON, D.C. – In a lawsuit filed yesterday, the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) joined forces with the Georgetown Law Civil Rights Clinic to sue a District landlord to challenge a discriminatory practice that contributes to the widespread…
Georgetown Law to Honor Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton
April 19, 2019 Press ReleasesAt Tuesday groundbreaking for monument in Norton’s honor, Georgetown Law to name its “tower green” after the civil rights champion and retired faculty member
Area High Schools Compete in Georgetown Law’s 47th Annual Street Law Mock Trial Tournament
April 8, 2019 Press ReleasesThe D.C. Street Law Clinic at Georgetown Law will hold its 47th Annual Street Law Semi-Finals on April 9. Over 200 area high schoolers from 11 schools in the District of Columbia and Prince George's County have spent the last several months working with…
Georgetown Panel to Explore the Role of Law and Lawyers in Hiding and Uncovering the Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis
April 4, 2019 Press ReleasesFormer prosecutor, church attorney, victim advocate, and journalist to discuss legal dimensions of abuse crisis
Georgetown Law’s ICAP files amicus brief for House of Representatives arguing against Census citizenship question
April 1, 2019 Press ReleasesSupreme Court to hear Census citizenship case on April 23.
Federal Judge Says Post-Charlottesville Defamation Suit Against Alex Jones and Others Can Proceed
March 29, 2019 Clinics Press ReleasesBrennan Gilmore sued Jones and others who made false and defamatory statements about him after he filmed deadly car attack at 2017 “Unite the Right” rally
Friday: “Human Rights & Today’s Vulnerable Migrants”
March 27, 2019 Press ReleasesGeorgetown Law’s 2019 Samuel Dash Conference on Human Rights to feature Keynote on “Racial Borders” by UN Special Rapporteur
Friday: “Women’s Rights in the Criminal Justice System”
March 27, 2019 Press ReleasesThe American Criminal Law Review symposium explores experiences of women lawyers, police, suspects, prisoners and victims of crime