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.
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Orientation 2025: Georgetown Law Welcomes 1,000+ New ‘Hoya Lawyas’
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.
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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
After Olympic Gold in Swimming, Katie Meili (L'20) Is Immersed in the Law
December 18, 2019 Campus NewsIt might be hard to believe, but 3L student Katie Meili (L'20) was once a tag-along sister who followed her older sibling, no matter where she was going. [caption id="attachment_59827" align="alignright" width="300"] Katie Meili (L'20)[/caption] It…
Georgetown Law Launches Program on State and Local Policy and Law
December 17, 2019 Campus News Legislation and Administrative LawThe allure of studying law in the nation's capital draws many students to Georgetown Law. A new academic program aims to remind them that opportunities to make a difference extend far beyond Washington, D.C.
Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic Wins Convention Against Torture Case
December 9, 2019 Clinics Human Rights & Immigration Our AlumniMrs. Doe’s journey isn’t over yet, but she is much closer to home, thanks to three Georgetown Law students – now alumni – who took Professor Brian Wolfman’s Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic last spring. Daniel Duhaime, Alexandra Keck and…
Georgetown Law Welcomes Anna Cave as New Executive Director of its Center on National Security and the Law
December 9, 2019 Press ReleasesWASHINGTON – Georgetown University Law Center is pleased to announce the appointment of international justice and war crimes expert and former National Security Council official Anna Cave as the new Executive Director of the Center on National Security…
Modernizing International Environmental Law: Honoring Professor Edith Brown Weiss
November 27, 2019 Environmental Law Faculty International & Comparative LawFor 40 years, Edith Brown Weiss, the Francis Cabell Brown Professor of International Law, has taught students at Georgetown Law while working tirelessly as one of the chief voices in international environmental law.
Georgetown Law’s 16th Annual Advanced eDiscovery Institute to Feature New Privacy Law Focus
November 18, 2019 Press ReleasesNew York Times deputy general counsel to deliver keynote on covering big data
David Hyman Installed as the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Health Law & Policy
November 15, 2019 Faculty Health LawGeorgetown Law Professor David A. Hyman, an expert on the regulation and financing of health care, was installed as the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Health Law & Policy on November 13. “David is a great scholar who has defined health care policies…
Georgetown Law’s Fourth “Color of Surveillance” Conference Covers the Monitoring of Poor and Working People
November 14, 2019 Human Rights & Immigration“The powerful have long agreed that poor and working people must be watched,” says Visiting Professor Alvaro Bedoya, as he opened Georgetown Law’s fourth conference on “The Color of Surveillance” on November 7. Past conferences have explored…