Four Faculty Members Win 2024 Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Service
July 2, 2024 Campus News FacultyGeorgetown Law honored four faculty members this spring for their excellence in teaching and service to the Law Center community.
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Orientation 2024: 1,000+ New ‘Hoya Lawyas’ Begin Their Georgetown Law Journey
The best part of law school orientation? For Alex Michie, it was as simple as waiting for the bus, where he met new classmates who were also headed across town to Georgetown University’s Hilltop campus for the annual Faculty Moot Court.
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Student Journals: 2024 Symposia Recap
June 28, 2024 Campus News Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Labor Law National Security Law StudentsThere 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…
Air Force Veteran and Georgetown Law Student Karim Ibrahim, L’26, Named 2024 Tillman Scholar
June 27, 2024 Campus News Human Rights & Immigration Impacting Change Military Our Alumni StudentsOn June 27, the Pat Tillman Foundation named Karim Ibrahim, L’26, to its 2024 class of Tillman Scholars. Ibrahim, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, is among 60 armed forces members, veterans and military spouses selected this year from a pool of nearly…
Georgetown Law’s IIEL Focuses on the Black Homeownership Gap
June 26, 2024 Business & Financial Regulation Campus News Faculty Impacting Change Race & LawOn June 18, Georgetown Law’s Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL) partnered with the National Bankers Association (NBA), an organization representing minority-owned financial institutions, and with the Visa Economic Empowerment Institute (VEEI)…
What I’m Working On: Professor Emily Satterthwaite, Tax Scholar
June 25, 2024 Faculty Tax LawFor Professor Emily Satterthwaite, the tax system isn't merely a matter of dollars and percentages — it's at the crux of the laws and policies that shape equity at all levels of society.
Georgetown Law COO David Mao, L’93, Named Librarian of the Supreme Court
June 17, 2024 Campus News Our AlumniAfter seven years in leadership at his law school alma mater, Georgetown Law Chief Operating Officer David Mao, L’93, will be taking a new position this summer, as the 12th Librarian of the Supreme Court of the United States. He will be the first Asian…
Georgetown Law's Juvenile Justice Clinic Celebrates 50th Anniversary
June 4, 2024 Campus News Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Clinics Faculty Impacting Change Juveniles Our Alumni Public Interest & Community Service Race & Law StudentsOn June 1, Georgetown Law hosted a festive celebration honoring the 50th anniversary of its Juvenile Justice Clinic. The Clinic was not only one of the first at the Law Center, but has also been a pioneer in clinical legal education in the United States…
Justice for Ukraine: Georgetown Law Partners with Ukrainian Prosecutors
May 31, 2024 Campus News Human Rights & Immigration Impacting Change International & Comparative Law National Security LawThe morning before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson woke up to a flurry of messages.
It was the office of the Ukrainian prosecutor general.
Commencement 2024: Georgetown Law Graduates Celebrate, Reflect on Social Change and the Law
May 22, 2024 Campus News Our Alumni Students“Your formal education may end today, but you are not done learning,” urged Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, L’79, H’24, in his address to Georgetown Law’s class of 2024. More than 1,100 spring graduates — including 641 J.D. candidates as well as 516 master of laws and 8 doctor of juridical science candidates — gathered on Georgetown University’s historic Hilltop campus to celebrate commencement on Sunday, May 19.
Celebrating the Georgetown Law Class of 2024
May 21, 2024 Campus News StudentsSome 1,200 Georgetown Law students celebrated commencement on Sunday, May 19, joining the community of more than 51,000 Law Center alumni around the world. Below, nine J.D. and LL.M. graduates reflect on their time on campus and share their future plans — which span environmental law, electoral politics, public service and more.