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Georgetown Law Dean William M. Treanor, Professor Sheila R. Foster and Professor Sheryll Cashin all spoke at Foster's installation as the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Urban Law and Policy on October 2.

Professor Sheila R. Foster Installed as the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Urban Law and Policy

October 8, 2019

“Today, I want to talk about where most of us live,” said Georgetown Law Professor Sheila R. Foster, following her installation as the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Urban Law & Policy on October 2. Foster began her address, entitled “Who Owns the City,” by noting that today, 83 percent of Americans live in urban metropolitan areas, with 90 percent projected by 2050. “The world follows the rest of this pattern.”

Alexandra Givens, founding executive director of the Institute for Technology Law & Policy, and Associate Dean Paul Ohm have won a $36,000 grant from the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) for their initiative “Building Bridges: Strengthening Cross-Disciplinary Connections in Computer Science and Law.”

Bridging the Gap Between Law and Technology: Associate Dean Paul Ohm, Alexandra Givens of Tech Institute Win Grant

October 7, 2019 Technology, Communication, and Intellectual Property

Georgetown Law Associate Dean and Professor Paul Ohm and Alexandra Givens, founding executive director of the Institute for Technology Law & Policy, have won a $36,000 grant from the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) for their initiative…

Professor Emma Coleman Jordan at Georgetown Law's conference on Law and Macroeconomics on September 27. Jordan led a discussion with Professor Daniel K. Tarullo, a former member of the Federal Reserve who teaches at both Harvard and Georgetown, and former Fed Chair Janet L. Yellen.

Professor Anna Gelpern, Professor Adam Levitin, Institute of International Economic Law Host Conference on Law and Macroeconomics

October 4, 2019 Business & Financial Regulation International Economic Law

If a hashtag is what it takes to put law and macroeconomics on the academic map, Georgetown Law’s Institute of International Economic Law is all for it.

80 Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Leaders: “DACA helps us keep communities safe”

October 3, 2019 Press Releases

Georgetown Law’s ICAP Co-authors Amicus Brief that Argues Ending DACA Threatens Public Safety

16th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference

September 30, 2019 Press Releases

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin K. McAleenan to deliver keynote at Georgetown Law

Professor Alvaro Santos, faculty director of Georgetown Law's Center for the Advancement of the Rule of Law in the Americas (CAROLA), speaks at the September 16 workshop on Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) Reform.

Center for the Advancement of the Rule of Law in the Americas (CAROLA) Sponsors Workshop for Latin American Officials on Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform

September 26, 2019 International & Comparative Law International Economic Law

“Latin America is in…a crisis right now,” said Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs, in a keynote lecture called "ISDS and Development: Lessons for a Reform Agenda" at Georgetown Law on September 16.

Supreme Court Institute Executive Director Irv Gornstein, Nicole Saharsky of Mayer Brown and Professor from Practice Paul M. Smith at the Supreme Court Institute's Press Preview on September 24.

Supreme Court Institute Holds Annual Press Preview

September 26, 2019 Constitutional Law & Theory Feminism & Gender Studies Human Rights & Immigration

“Last year, I said with the [retirement] of Justice Anthony Kennedy, that a big change was coming — it was only a question of how far and how fast,” said Professor from Practice Irv Gornstein, as he introduced the 2019 Supreme Court Institute Press Preview at Georgetown Law on September 24.

Dean William M. Treanor, Professor Carlos M. Vázquez, and Professor David Luban at Vázquez's installation as the second Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law on September 25.

Professor Carlos M. Vázquez Installed as Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law

September 25, 2019 Faculty Human Rights & Immigration International & Comparative Law

“Human rights law has transformed international law not just in content but also in form,” said Professor Carlos Vazquez, who was installed as Georgetown Law’s second Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law on September 18.

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s New Passport Requirement for Diversity Visa Lottery Applicants

September 24, 2019 Press Releases

Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection and Law Firm Friedman Kaplan Seek Court Order Preventing State Department’s Passport Rule from Going into Effect

Professor Anna Gelpern and Professor Adam Levitin will host a Law and Macroeconomics conference at Georgetown Law, featuring a number of top law and economics scholars from Georgetown and beyond.

Professor Anna Gelpern, Professor Adam Levitin To Host Groundbreaking Law and Macroeconomics Conference at Georgetown Law

September 19, 2019 Business & Financial Regulation

Professor Anna Gelpern and Professor Adam Levitin met on a bus in Connecticut, going to an academic conference for junior scholars in May 2008. Levitin, a bankruptcy, commercial law, and financial regulation expert, had joined the Georgetown Law faculty the year before. Levitin would later recruit Gelpern, then a law professor at American University, to Georgetown Law in 2013.

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