In his definitive new biography of Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, who served on the bench from 1939 to 1962, Georgetown Law professor Brad Snyder reevaluates the conventional story of Frankfurter’s progression from liberal advocate to conservative jurist.
Members of the Georgetown Climate Center (GCC) traveled to Egypt last month to gather and speak with some of the world’s most influential climate leaders at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27).
Update: On June 27, 2023, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Moore v. Harper, rejecting the “independent state legislature doctrine.” Chief Justice John G. Roberts, in his majority opinion, cited a 2005 Stanford Law Review article by Dean William…
The Judicial Innovation Fellowship will bring experienced technologists and designers into state, local, and tribal courts to develop technology-based solutions that improve the public’s access to justice. This first-of-its-kind program launched on…
Last week, the Georgetown Center for the Constitution brought together former colleagues, law clerks and members of the Georgetown Law community to remember the life and legacy of Judge Laurence H. Silberman, a longtime member of the U.S. Court of Appeals…
Earlier today, Georgetown Law Dean William M. Treanor shared the following message with the Georgetown Law community:
Since our founding, public service has been at the heart of Georgetown Law’s mission. We have strived to live by the Jesuit motto…
Most law students pay attention to what’s happening at the Supreme Court. But only a few go so far as to sleep out on the streets of Washington, D.C. for a chance to see oral arguments in person.
The Georgetown Law Center on National Security (CNS) has been selected to coordinate international efforts to support the Ukrainian government in its investigation and prosecution of war crimes committed during the Russian invasion of their country.
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“From Nuremberg to Ukraine: Accountability for Mass Atrocities” was the title of this year’s Georgetown Law Human Rights Institute (HRI) Drinan Lecture, delivered by an international human rights lawyer who has devoted his career to pursuing justice on behalf of victims of crimes against humanity.