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.
WASHINGTON – The Georgetown Center for the Constitution announced it will award its fifth annual Thomas M. Cooley Book Prize of $50,000 to Professor Michael W. McConnell of Stanford University for his book, The President Who Would Not Be King: Executive…
Stepping up to the podium at the start of Georgetown Law’s annual event previewing the upcoming Supreme Court term for students, Professor from Practice Irv Gornstein, the executive director of the Supreme Court Institute, set the tone for what lies…
Therese Stratton, a longtime Georgetown Law employee who retired in 2015, died on September 27.
Seeking a new path forward on immigration, the Biden administration says it has been hampered by multiple crises — among them, the emergence of the COVID-19 Delta variant, the arrival of 50,000-plus Afghan refugees in the U.S. and the surge of Haitian immigrants at the southern border.
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…
Recently, on a warm September afternoon, 31 aspiring lawyers gathered under a large white tent on Georgetown Law’s Eleanor Holmes Norton Green.
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…
[caption id="attachment_234638" align="alignright" width="240"] Diann Rust-Tierney[/caption] WASHINGTON – Longtime civil and human rights attorney and national advocate for ending capital punishment Diann Rust-Tierney is joining Georgetown Law…