“Persevere” was a word that came up again and again during Georgetown Law’s 2022 commencement celebrations.
In the most recent admissions cycle, Georgetown Law received the most applications of any U.S. law school in history: 14,052 in total. Of all law school applicants nationwide, one in five applied to Georgetown. The school’s acceptance rate was 12.9%, down from 21% a year ago, yielding an incoming class of 561 students.
Seven scholars joined the Georgetown Law faculty over the summer: five whose work will center around classroom teaching as well as their own research projects, and two who are leading clinics -- including the latest addition to the Law Center’s clinical…
Most lawyers can still vividly recall the nerve-wracking first days of law school — stepping into an unknown world of case law and cold calls.
On Wednesday and Thursday, Aug 11-12, Georgetown Law’s fast-growing Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement (ABLE) Project, Loyola Law and the New Orleans Police Department will co-host the 4th Annual Conference on Law Enforcement Active Bystandership…
Lawyers play an essential role in the delivery of development and humanitarian aid to the world’s most vulnerable populations, directly impacting millions of lives.
Georgetown Law Professor Adam Levitin told Congress that a “perverse” provision of current bankruptcy law will further enrich the billionaire Sackler family that owns the company most associated with the opioid crisis. In testimony at a House Judiciary…
A Georgetown Law professor and students are taking aim at an entrenched legal doctrine — known as the “adverse employment action” doctrine — that courts are using to allow employers to continue to discriminate against workers on the basis of race, sex and other legally protected traits.
[caption id="attachment_216877" align="alignright" width="200"] Elisa Massimino[/caption] WASHINGTON – Longtime human rights advocate and former Human Rights First President and CEO Elisa Massimino has been named executive director of Georgetown…
Minority-owned banks have long played an outsized role in providing financial services to traditionally underserved communities, particularly access to credit.
Interviewing victims of the Syrian civil war, what struck Juliana Lord (L’22) was the extent that bombs being dropped on hospitals and other healthcare infrastructure had become a part of day-to-day life.
