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Liz Magill Named Executive Vice President and Dean of Georgetown Law
M. Elizabeth Magill, the former dean of Stanford Law School, provost of the University of Virginia and president of the University of Pennsylvania, has been named the executive vice president and dean of Georgetown Law.
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Addresses Georgetown Law Journal Banquet
May 23, 2022 Campus News Constitutional Law & Theory Legal Research & WritingThis spring’s Georgetown Law Journal Alumni Banquet was the largest one to date, with over 300 former and current GLJ editors and their guests in attendance.
Reclaiming the Rule of Law: Georgetown Law, UPenn Co-Host Symposium on the Legacy of the U.S. Torture Regime
May 11, 2022 Human Rights & Immigration International & Comparative Law Military National Security LawThe 9/11 terrorist attacks – and how the U.S. government responded to them at the time – continue to affect this country and the world in ways we are only beginning to comprehend two decades later.
Two Supreme Court Justices – The U.S.’s Justice Breyer and India’s Chief Justice Ramana – Compare Notes
May 3, 2022 Campus News Constitutional Law & Theory International & Comparative LawIn a recent online event, Georgetown Law hosted a rare opportunity to eavesdrop on a conversation between Supreme Court justices from two different countries. Over the course of a wide-ranging discussion, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Stephen Breyer and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, N.V. Ramana, touched on topics from diversity in the judiciary to lessons learned from each other’s legal systems.
Former Attorney General Eric Holder To 2022 Graduates: ‘Be Warriors For Justice’
April 25, 2022 Campus News Election Law Public Interest & Community Service“Wherever you practice, however long you are an attorney, I want you to think of yourselves as public interest lawyers,” said former U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., addressing the Georgetown Law Class of 2022 on April 14.
Reunion Returns! Georgetown Law Alumni Gather to Celebrate
April 18, 2022 Campus News Our Alumni“This evening is a celebration of all of us!” said Miriam Vogel (L’01), chair of the Georgetown Law Alumni Board, as she greeted 558 fellow alumni and guests at the Spring 2022 Reunion Gala, held Saturday, April 9 at Union Station in Washington, D.C.
Georgetown Law Students Attend Groundbreaking Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings
April 7, 2022 Campus News CongressRecently, several women members of Georgetown Law’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA) witnessed history in the making at the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearings on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
Coalition of Leaders of Jesuit Institutions Calls For End to Expulsions of Asylum Seekers Under Title 42
March 30, 2022 Human Rights & Immigration Press ReleasesWASHINGTON – A group of leaders at 14 Jesuit law and immigrant advocacy institutions sent a joint letter Wednesday to President Joseph R. Biden and key members of his administration, issuing an urgent call to end the use of the Title 42 Public Health…
Georgetown Law Hosts Trailblazing Women Leaders of IMF and WTO
March 16, 2022 International & Comparative Law International Economic LawIt was a rare opportunity to hear a conversation between the leaders of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Georgetown Law Technology Review Hosts Symposium on ‘Data’s Invisible Impacts’
March 8, 2022 Technology, Communication, and Intellectual PropertyThe use of data drives nearly every function of our technological society, from health care to policing. Determining what data is collected, and how it is gathered, interpreted and shared, has a profound impact on both individual rights and democratic governance.