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As federal employees rally against the government shutdown (Joe Lewnard/Daily Herald via AP), Georgetown Law professors including Professor from Practice Timothy Westmoreland are working the relevant law into their classes.

“Federal Money” Class Has Government Shutdown on the Syllabus

January 22, 2019 Congress

Nathan Williams (L’20) was planning to do an externship for course credit at the Department of Justice’s Commercial Litigation Division during the Spring 2019 semester.

Government externships have worked out well for Williams in the past. As a business major at the University of Georgia in 2013, he worked on the Hill and lived on Massachusetts Avenue, walking by Georgetown Law every day. That inspired him to add political science to his coursework and to apply to Georgetown Law after getting a master’s from the London School of Economics.

An image of Professor Paul Butler from his video "Ten Commandments for Black Men," shown for the first time at Georgetown Law on January 17.

Professor Paul Butler Premieres Video: “Ten Commandments for Black Men”

January 18, 2019 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Criminal Law Race & Law

Almost half of all African American men have been arrested by age 23. One in three have a felony conviction. More than 500,000 are currently incarcerated. Professor Paul Butler knows this, because as a former federal prosecutor, it was his job to lock up black men. But Butler, a black man, is well aware that his own resume (which also includes Georgetown Law professor and a J.D. from Harvard) hasn’t insulated him from police bias.

Tiauna Mathieu (L’19): Working Towards Criminal Justice

January 16, 2019 Clinics Criminal Law Impacting Change

Tiauna Mathieu (L’19) was inspired to become a lawyer, she says, in a sixth grade law and government class where half of the class served as the prosecution and half served as the defense.

Georgetown Law 1Ls in Professor Thalia Gonzalez's “Restorative Justice” class participate in a talking circle during Week One. Week One classes are developed by Georgetown Law faculty to mirror situations that lawyers may face in the real world, from conflict resolution to teambuilding.

1Ls Build Practical Skills Early with Week One Simulations

January 13, 2019 Campus News

One week into the new year, Georgetown Law students sat in a rearranged classroom, in two concentric circles. In the center, the flame of a small candle flickered on the floor, surrounded by a wooden elephant from India, a frisbee, a running shoe, a ring from Rwanda made from melted down padlocks, a family photo and a watch.

In Memoriam: Professor Norman Birnbaum

January 11, 2019 Faculty

Norman Birnbaum, a leading intellectual of the 20th Century left who taught at Georgetown Law for 22 years and remained actively involved with the Law Center in retirement, passed away on Jan. 4. He was 92.

"2019 Report on the State of the Legal Market" Calls for Rebuilding the Law Firm Model

January 9, 2019 Press Releases

Research from the Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession at Georgetown Law and Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute shows that traditional models have “broken apart” from new competition; “unprecedented levels” of client and talent poaching.

One of World’s Leading Computer and Network Security Experts Joins Georgetown Faculty

January 7, 2019 Faculty Press Releases Technology, Communication, and Intellectual Property

Matt Blaze, an expert in computer and network security and one of the world’s leading cryptographers, has joined the university as a computer science and law professor.

Vibha Datta Makhija (LL.M.’92) — the youngest and the third woman to be designated as a Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court of India — and a delegation from Georgetown Law including Dean William M. Treanor met with senior members of the judicial and legal community in India in December. From left: Vivek Sharma; Makhija; Honorable Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta, Supreme Court of India; Treanor; Mr. Arun Jaitley, Honorable Minister of Finance.

Georgetown Law Delegation Travels To India, Meets with Judicial and Legal Leaders

December 17, 2018 International & Comparative Law Our Alumni

In the summer of 2016, Dean William M. Treanor met with Vibha Datta Makhija (LL.M.’92) — the youngest and the third woman to be designated as a Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court of India — in Washington, D.C. Treanor invited Makhija to join Georgetown Law’s Asian Law Alumni Advisory Board (AALAB). And since then, she’s only looked ahead.

Former FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny Joins Georgetown Law’s Tech Institute

December 7, 2018 Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Former FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny is joining Georgetown Law’s Institute for Technology Law & Policy as a distinguished fellow.

Chip Harter, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Tax Affairs at the U.S. Treasury, delivers the keynote address at "Reimagining Taxation in the Age of Digital Disruption" at Georgetown Law December 3.

Institute of International Economic Law Presents “Reimagining Taxation in the Age of Digital Disruption”

December 5, 2018 International Economic Law Tax Law

In a digital economy, taxation needs to adapt as much as securities and financial regulation or indeed, any other area of the law.

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