Several students had the opportunity to attend a unique oral argument at the Court: the first ever in which both advocates were members of the Georgetown faculty.
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…
In her new book, “The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth,” Blume Professor of Law Kristin Henning writes about her 26 years defending Black children prosecuted for offenses including “horseplay” on the Metro, throwing snowballs…
Speaking recently to a group of 1Ls, Georgetown Law’s new Director for Mission & Ministry Amy Uelmen (C’90, L’93, S.J.D.’16) recalled the time she and a classmate were walking to campus to take their very first law school exam. A thought flashed…
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…
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WASHINGTON – Longtime civil and human rights attorney and national advocate for ending capital punishment Diann Rust-Tierney is joining Georgetown Law…
As Dean William M. Treanor removed his mask to greet the 1Ls sitting before him in Hart Auditorium, a smile spread across his face. Finally, after nearly a year and a half -- a room full of students!
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Georgetown University Law Center announced today that it is committing to do everything possible to help address the massive eviction crisis threatening millions of families and individuals in the wake of last week’s Supreme Court…
In the most recent admissions cycle, Georgetown Law received the most applications of any U.S. law school in history: 14,052 in total. Of all law school applicants nationwide, one in five applied to Georgetown. The school’s acceptance rate was 12.9%, down from 21% a year ago, yielding an incoming class of 561 students.
Seven scholars joined the Georgetown Law faculty over the summer: five whose work will center around classroom teaching as well as their own research projects, and two who are leading clinics -- including the latest addition to the Law Center’s clinical…