Georgetown Law Welcomes New Faculty Members
August 26, 2019 FacultyGeorgetown Law’s greatest strength, apart from our students, is our world-class faculty.
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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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New Faculty: Professor Jonah Perlin
August 26, 2019 FacultyIn the fall of 2009, Professor Jonah Perlin (L’12) was a 1L student in Georgetown Law’s Section 2, taking Legal Research and Writing with Professor Kristen Tiscione.
New Faculty: Professor K-Sue Park
August 26, 2019To many Americans, the financial crisis of the late 2000s was a singular episode of the recent past, in which homeownership became a casualty of late capitalism and its capacity to financialize nearly every aspect of modern life.
New Faculty: Professor Laura Moy
August 26, 2019 FacultyIn an era of expanding video surveillance, data brokers and facial recognition software, what do we mean when we talk about “privacy”?
New Faculty: Professor Amanda Levendowski
August 26, 2019 FacultyAlthough Professor Amanda Levendowski was a college mock trial national champion in 2010, law school wasn’t always a given. An artist of sorts, she interned at independent publishing houses and was captivated by mash-ups, songs or videos created by…
Appellate Litigation Clinic Gets Immigration Win in Fourth Circuit
August 21, 2019 Clinics Human Rights & Immigration Impacting ChangeA Salvadoran man will be able to stay in the United States thanks to his two student-lawyers (now alumni), their mentors at Georgetown Law’s Appellate Litigation Clinic and a precedent-setting decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
RISE Program Helps 1Ls From Historically Underrepresented Backgrounds to Thrive
August 19, 2019 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Race & LawWhen Megan Lipsky (L’21) was preparing to go to Georgetown Law from the University of Miami in the summer of 2018, she learned about a new Georgetown program called RISE. Officially launched last year, RISE is designed to support incoming J.D. students from backgrounds historically underrepresented in law school and lawyering — including but not limited to racial, ethnic, geographic, socioeconomic, and first-generation college backgrounds.
Tech Foundations: Congressional Staff Learn the Latest at Georgetown Law
August 16, 2019 Technology, Communication, and Intellectual PropertyToday, new technologies are created faster than regulation can keep up — and the legal issues are not always easy to predict. Georgetown Law’s Institute for Technology Law & Policy hosts an annual program for congressional staff to help address that gap. This year’s program, the Institute’s third such event, explored the business models, legal frameworks and real-world impact of new and emerging technologies.
Former Deputy Solicitor General Michael Dreeben to Join Georgetown Law this Fall
August 12, 2019 Press ReleasesWASHINGTON – Georgetown Law is pleased to welcome Michael Dreeben, former deputy solicitor general of the United States, as a Distinguished Lecturer from Government for the 2019-2020 academic year. “In his 30 years of extraordinary public service…
Health Justice Alliance: Supporting D.C.’s Vulnerable Populations through Health and the Law
August 9, 2019 Clinics Health LawFor rising Georgetown Law 3L Rachel North, meeting Ella Barnes-Williams marked a turning point, an eye-opener ― and undoubtedly what North will one day recall as the start of a successful career in civil legal advocacy.