Sotomayor joined members of the Georgetown Law community for a wide-ranging conversation with Dean Treanor about pressing issues facing the judiciary today,
Health with justice. Human rights. Equity. Rule-based international order through organizations like the United Nations. Those values and others are being starkly contradicted by U.S. policy today — in ways that are deeply disturbing and even unconscionable, said University Professor Lawrence O. Gostin, the faculty director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown Law.
Professor Rick Roe, the director of Georgetown Law’s Street Law clinic, is retiring after more than 40 years at the Law Center — 35 of those years as a member of the full-time faculty. Roe will be honored at a dinner celebration on June 28.
As Patrick Campbell (C’92) tells the story, he was in an intense negotiation session in California when he glanced at his phone and did something uncharacteristic for a seasoned attorney. He let out “a noticeable shout,” Campbell recounted with a laugh, “in front of my clients.”
Sean Hagan (L’86) will join the Georgetown Law faculty as a visiting professor in the 2019-2020 academic year, teaching courses relating to international organizations, global governance, international finance and public corruption.
Hagan has served…
It was opening night at the Juvenile Training Immersion Program’s Summer Academy at Georgetown Law, and two of its co-founders asked the lawyers in attendance to define their careers in a word. “Determined,” one said. “Disruptive.” “A voice…
Distinguished Visitor from Practice Paul M. Smith had high hopes that the Supreme Court would declare the Wisconsin legislative districting plan — known as Act 43 — at issue in Gill v. Whitford an unconstitutional gerrymander. Smith argued the case before the Court on October 3.
The story of Professor Shon Hopwood’s astounding life journey from federal prisoner to Georgetown Law professor has been told many times. Today, Hopwood — who joined the Georgetown Law faculty last year — works for criminal justice reform and prison…
When the 12-member U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission decided to conduct public hearings to explore U.S. tools to address Chinese market distortions, it included Georgetown Law Professor from Practice Jennifer Hillman on the list of experts…
As Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) observed — due to regulations enacted in the United States since the 1970s — a toaster with a one in five chance of burning down a house could hardly be sold on the market by the 2000s. Yet one in five mortgages had a chance of causing a family to lose a home.
