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Professor John Copacino, Prettyman alumnus and longtime director of the Prettyman Program and the Criminal Justice Clinic, speaking at the anniversary dinner.

Georgetown Law’s Prettyman Fellowship Marks 65 Years of Preparing Lawyers to Defend the Underrepresented

June 20, 2025 Campus News Clinics Criminal Law Faculty Impacting Change Juveniles Our Alumni Public Interest & Community Service

In 1960, Georgetown Law founded the E. Barrett Prettyman Program, which was – and still is – an innovative fellowship that trains recent law school graduates to represent indigent clients. On May 31, dozens of Prettyman alumni, along with other friends and supporters, gathered on campus to celebrate the program’s 65th anniversary and to congratulate one of its longtime leaders, Professor John Copacino, L’83, on his retirement.

‘The Privilege of a Lifetime’: Dean William M. Treanor on 15 Years at Georgetown Law

June 9, 2025 Campus News Constitutional Law & Theory Faculty Impacting Change

After 15 eventful years, William M. Treanor, Executive Vice President, Dean of the Law Center and Paul Regis Dean Leadership Chair, steps down from the deanship at the end of this month. After a sabbatical year, he’ll return to the classroom in the fall of 2026. Recently, he took the time to reminisce about his tenure as one of the Law Center’s longest-serving deans.

Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Jr., left, joined Dean William M. Treanor in the newly renovated Hart Auditorium.

A ‘Basic Proposition’: Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Jr., Reflects on the Rule of Law in Address to Class of 2025

May 15, 2025 Campus News Constitutional Law & Theory

Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Jr., visited Georgetown Law on May 12 to deliver the Lecture to the Graduating Class of 2025. The conversation series, held each spring, brings leading legal advocates to campus to offer candid guidance to outgoing Law Center graduates as they embark on their legal careers.