U.S. Treasury Official to Keynote “Tax & Trade Wars?” at Georgetown Law on Feb. 3
January 29, 2020 Press ReleasesLeading Experts to Discuss a Looming Tax War that Could Aggravate Trade Wars and Threaten the Global Economy
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Reflects on the Role of Courts, Rule of Law
Sotomayor joined members of the Georgetown Law community for a wide-ranging conversation with Dean Treanor about pressing issues facing the judiciary today,
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Musician, Activist Simon Tam Speaks at Georgetown Law about his Landmark Supreme Court Case, Matal V. Tam
January 27, 2020 Faculty Technology, Communication, and Intellectual PropertyThe Institute for Technology Law & Policy hosted musician and activist Simon Tam, whose efforts to trademark his band name “The Slants” prompted a legal battle that went all the way to the Supreme Court. Simon appeared in conversation with Tech…
In a New Book “Baby Jails,” Georgetown Law’s Philip Schrag Charts U.S. Detention of Child Refugees Over Time
January 21, 2020 Faculty Human Rights & Immigration[caption id="attachment_68207" align="alignright" width="199"] Professor Philip Schrag[/caption] Philip Schrag, the Delaney Family Professor of Public Interest Law, has authored or co-authored more than a dozen books. His latest, “Baby Jails: The…
Unfair Marital Power System in Africa Negated -- Thanks to International Women’s Human Rights Clinic
January 17, 2020 Clinics International & Comparative LawTwo former Georgetown Law clinic students, now graduates, have helped an African women’s rights advocacy group to mount a successful legal challenge to a discriminatory marital law regime in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland).
For Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic, False Arrest is a Social-Justice Issue
January 17, 2020 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Clinics Impacting Change Public Interest & Community ServiceAt first glance, the case might an unlikely choice for Georgetown Law’s Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic: A bartender and her middle-aged mother appeal from the dismissal of their lawsuit for false arrest and malicious prosecution, after being jailed…
“Race, Community & Belonging: A Blueprint for the 21st Century”
January 17, 2020 Campus News Press ReleasesWASHINGTON – On Wednesday, Jan. 22, Georgetown University’s Racial Justice and MLK initiatives, Georgetown Law and the Georgetown Law Black Law Students Association are hosting a lecture on “Race, Community and Belonging” by Fordham Law Professor Robin Lenhardt at Georgetown Law.
Learning by Experience Starts Week One at Georgetown Law
January 14, 2020 Campus News FacultyRyan Trumbauer (L’22) knows what interests him about the law. He’s a Technology Law & Policy Scholar whose studies are focused on the internet and cross-border conflicts. When he was deciding whether to participate in Week One this year, a simulation…
Advanced eDiscovery Institute Takes On Data Privacy Issues
January 13, 2020 Technology, Communication, and Intellectual PropertyWhen David E. McCraw, The New York Times’ deputy general counsel, came to the paper 17 years ago, most of the privacy issues he saw were fairly straightforward: People called him wanting stories about them taken off the Times’ website. The top request?
Supreme Court May Alter Scope of Clean Water Act with Maui Case
January 13, 2020 Environmental LawThis term, the Supreme Court will decide its first major case on the Clean Water Act in over a decade.
2020 Report on the State of the Legal Market: Fundamental Shifts Are Disrupting the Legal Market
January 6, 2020 Press ReleasesPrevious “alternatives” such as alternative fee arrangements & ALSPs are now “the norm”, says new report from Georgetown Law and Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute