As part of its continuing efforts to support graduates seeking careers in public service, Georgetown Law this spring launched a new Capitol Hill Fellowship Program for recent graduates who find positions in congressional offices.
The Judicial Innovation Fellowship will bring experienced technologists and designers into state, local, and tribal courts to develop technology-based solutions that improve the public’s access to justice. This first-of-its-kind program launched on…
Leading technology attorney Natalie Roisman joins the Institute for Technology Law & Policy at Georgetown Law this week as its new Executive Director. Roisman, a veteran practitioner and former president of the Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA)…
The use of data drives nearly every function of our technological society, from health care to policing. Determining what data is collected, and how it is gathered, interpreted and shared, has a profound impact on both individual rights and democratic governance.
Last Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) designated an emergent COVID-19 strain as a "variant of concern" and gave it the name "omicron." This news is not only upending international travel and stock markets, but also underscores the need to expedite vaccination in low-income countries.
In 2015, Andy Parker suffered an unspeakable tragedy when his daughter, Alison — a local television reporter — was shot and killed during a live broadcast.
A couple of years ago, two Georgetown professors, Georgetown Law’s Tanina Rostain and the McCourt School for Public Policy’s Amy O'Hara, connected at a conference and discovered they shared a frustration: civil court data are largely inaccessible…
President Joe Biden has nominated Alvaro Bedoya, Founding Director of Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy & Technology and Visiting Professor, to serve on the Federal Trade Commission. "Professor Bedoya is a leading thinker at the intersection of…
From Twitter banning a sitting president, to Robinhood halting GameStop trades amidst the guerilla campaign to hike shares, recent events underscore the influence of what Professor Anupam Chander refers to as the “new gatekeepers.”
Accelerated class on ‘big data’ is newest addition to ‘Week One’ experiential learning courses
In 2013, Maryland enacted a state law allowing residents to get driver’s licenses without providing proof of citizenship.
