Sen. Mazie Hirono, L’78, Shares Life Lessons With Graduating Class
April 27, 2023 Campus News Clinics Congress Impacting Change Our Alumni“One person can make a difference.”
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Orientation 2025: Georgetown Law Welcomes 1,000+ New ‘Hoya Lawyas’
Before the fall semester began, incoming J.D. and LL.M. students had the opportunity to get a taste of what law school is like and to start exploring the nation's capital.
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Meet Law Library Director and Professor of Law Austin Martin Williams
April 20, 2023 Campus News FacultyAustin Martin Williams vividly remembers his first visit to Georgetown Law, in the summer of 2019. He was then assistant director of the law library at North Carolina Central University, where he earned both his J.D. and M.L.S. with honors, and had come…
Alumnae Gather for 2023 Georgetown Law Women’s Forum
April 3, 2023 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Faculty Feminism & Gender Studies Our AlumniA favorite Georgetown Law alumnae event, the Women’s Forum, returned to campus this spring for the first time since 2020.
Georgetown Law Launches New Congressional Fellowship for Recent Graduates
March 29, 2023 Campus News Congress Impacting Change Our Alumni Public Interest & Community ServiceAs 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.
Professor Victoria Nourse Appointed to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
March 29, 2023 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Faculty Impacting ChangePresident Joe Biden has appointed Professor Victoria Nourse to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, an independent federal agency whose mission is “to inform the development of national civil rights policy and enhance enforcement of federal civil rights laws.” Nourse, who is the Ralph V. Whitworth Professor in Law, was sworn in earlier this month as one of eight commissioners and will serve a six-year term.
Five Faculty Members Honored with Named Professorships
March 20, 2023 Campus News FacultyOn March 7, the Georgetown Law community celebrated the achievements of five faculty members who have been awarded named professorships and chairs.
In Memoriam: Simone Woung, L’97
March 18, 2023 Campus News Our AlumniSimone Woung, L’97, Georgetown Law Assistant Dean and Registrar, passed away on March 17 after a brief illness.
ACLU President Challenges Law School Clinics to Push for Systemic Change and Racial Justice
March 13, 2023 Campus News Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Clinics Faculty Impacting Change Our Alumni Public Interest & Community Service Race & LawSome ninety professors, activists, students, lawyers and other stakeholders from across the country gathered at Georgetown Law March 3 for a day-long symposium titled “Promoting Justice: Advancing Racial Equity through Student Practice in Legal Clinics…
January 6 Investigators Discuss Domestic Extremist Groups – Then and Now
March 2, 2023 Campus News Congress Constitutional Law & TheorySix former staffers of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol reunited at Georgetown Law last week to discuss their work investigating the role domestic extremist groups played – on the day of January 6, 2021, in the planning beforehand and in the two years since.
The Re-entry Interview: After Securing Landmark International Tax Agreement, Prof. Itai Grinberg Returns to Campus
February 23, 2023 Campus News Faculty International Economic Law Tax LawProfessor Itai Grinberg’s last two years have been busy ones, full of travel to international capitals, seven-day work weeks and 16-hour days of meetings and negotiations. But in the end, he helped achieve a top item on the United States’ international economic agenda: a first-ever global minimum corporate tax (GMT).