Short timelines, insufficient information and unrealistic expectations: Those were the constraints students faced in the capstone simulation for the course “Cybersecurity Incident Response: Legal Leadership During Cyber Crisis,” during which they roleplayed lawyers and corporate staff for a hotel chain navigating a potential data breach and threats from cyber threat actors demanding some $20 million dollars in payment.
Two Georgetown Law students, Riley Dankovich, L’25, and Madeline Sachs, L’25, were named 2025 Skadden Fellows, joining the 28-person fellowship class selected from 18 law schools across the country. The prestigious two-year fellowship supports recent…
Alumnus Eddy Chan and his wife, Yunmi Cha, have established the Eddy Chan and Yunmi Cha Endowed Global Law Scholarship at Georgetown Law. It is the first scholarship designated for students within the Global Law Scholars program. The competitive and rigorous…
As 2024 draws to a close, we’re looking back at the past year at Georgetown Law, from student and faculty achievements to the work of clinics and institutes advocating on a range of legal issues in Washington, D.C. and beyond. Join us in reflecting on this year’s milestones and memorable moments below.
Kayla Weston, L’25, originally considered a career in medicine. Now a third year Georgetown Law student, the overlap between health equity and legal advocacy remains top of mind. “There are so many legal issues that can impact someone’s health,” she says. “They may not even realize it.”
For the Rev. Mike Lamanna, S.J., L’25, and the Rev. Rodrigue Ntungu, S.J., L’22, L’27, the Catholic priesthood is a calling — and so is the practice of law.
A first-generation college graduate, Aidan Davis, B'24, F'24, M.P.P., L'28, originally considered joining the military and becoming an engineer after high school. But a junior-year visit to his New Jersey high school from Andy Cornblatt, Georgetown Law’s dean of admissions, changed his mind.
Before coming to Georgetown Law, Zach Rosenfeld, L'25, interned for a U.S. Senator and got a peek at how lawmaking and legal practice overlap on Capitol Hill.
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…