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Yale Law School Professor James Forman Jr., who taught at Georgetown Law from 2003 to 2011, delivered the 2018-2019 Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture on November 15.

Professor James Forman Jr. on "Locking Up Our Own: Race, Class, and the Politics of Mass Incarceration"

November 20, 2018 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Criminal Law Juveniles Race & Law

When James Forman Jr., a former Georgetown Law and current Yale Law faculty member, was working as a public defender in Washington, D.C., in the 1990s, he represented a 15-year-old client named Brandon who had pled guilty to gun and marijuana possession. Forman was requesting probation; the prosecutor wanted Brandon sent to Oak Hill, D.C.’s now-notorious juvenile facility. The judge chose Oak Hill — to Forman’s fury. The same racial injustice that motivated him to become a public defender, he realized, was being used to lock his client away.

ICAP’s Mary McCord Affirms Constitutionality of Portland’s Proposed Protest Safety Ordinance

November 14, 2018 Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In advance of a Wednesday public hearing and vote on the City of Portland’s proposed Protest Safety Ordinance, Mary McCord, Senior Litigator at Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP), submitted a statement to the Portland City Council, on behalf of ICAP, opining on the constitutionality of the ordinance and endorsing its intention to protect free speech and public safety.

Nov. 14: National Security Cases to Watch

November 12, 2018 Press Releases

WHAT Leading experts will discuss the most interesting issues related to national security in the courts today. Topics to include: the impact of the Trump administration and Brett Kavanaugh appointment to the Supreme Court on current cases; surveillance…