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“Rule of Law in America” Event at Georgetown Law

February 26, 2019 Press Releases

WASHINGTON – On Friday, March 8, Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection and Checks and Balances will host “Rule of Law in America” at Georgetown Law. WHAT On March 8, former high-ranking officials from Republican…

Professor Sheryll Cashin, seated between Professor Jill Morrison and Professor Paul Butler, at "Can I Live? Black Women's Lives in America" at Georgetown Law on February 11.

“Can I Live?” Examines Black Women’s Lives in America

February 15, 2019 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Feminism & Gender Studies Race & Law

Sandra Bland, who died in prison after being arrested for a traffic violation. Aiyana Stanley-Jones, a seven-year-old shot and killed by police during a raid. Renisha McBride, shot and killed by a homeowner when she knocked on the door of a house. Black women in America have lost their lives, and have been subjected to other horrific injustices, just as men have been. Yet America does not often remember their names.