Hargur Jaggi (LL.M.’06): Climbing Higher
October 15, 2018 Impacting Change Our AlumniIf perseverance was a law school class, Hargur Jaggi (LL.M.’06) could develop the syllabus.
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Georgetown Law Alumni, Policymakers Gather for AI and the Economy Summit
Legal advocates, policymakers and industry leaders gathered at a national summit on AI literacy and governance held at Georgetown Law.
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Federalist Society Hosts “Beyond Confirmation: How Justice Kavanaugh Will Impact the Supreme Court”
October 12, 2018 Constitutional Law & Theory“ What happens when you replace a Justice Kennedy…with a Justice Kavanaugh, who is an originalist textualist? All of the sudden, you might start to see, for the first time in our lives, originalist majority opinions,” said Professor Randy Barnett…
Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Leaders Call for an End to Cash Bail in California
October 10, 2018 Press ReleasesICAP authors brief signed by 54 criminal justice leaders challenging constitutionality of money bail system
Georgetown Law Hosts “Ten Years After the Financial Crisis”
October 9, 2018 Business & Financial Regulation FacultyTen years after the worst financial collapse since the Great Depression, our collective memory of the damage caused by the crisis has faded.
2018 Immigration Law and Policy Conference Examines Changing Landscape
October 9, 2018 Human Rights & ImmigrationSince the 2016 presidential campaign, immigration is at the forefront of the nation’s consciousness — most recently, with respect to family separations and zero-tolerance policies at the border.
In Memoriam: Dean Emeritus Robert Pitofsky
October 7, 2018 Business & Financial Regulation FacultyRobert Pitofsky, who served as dean of Georgetown Law from 1983 to 1989 and the 54th chairman of the Federal Trade Commission from 1995 to 2001, died October 6. He was 88.
Hina Jilani, 2018-2019 Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Visiting Professor of Human Rights, Speaks on “Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Times of Crisis”
October 4, 2018 Human Rights & Immigration International & Comparative LawContemporary threats to security — noted Hina Jilani, the 2018-2019 Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Visiting Professor of Human Rights at Georgetown Law — go far beyond wars between states.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Speaks to Georgetown Law 1L, LL.M. Students
September 28, 2018 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Constitutional Law & Theory Feminism & Gender StudiesWhen Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was nominated to the Supreme Court in 1993 — and when her colleague Justice Stephen Breyer was nominated in 1994 — there was “a true bipartisan spirit in our Congress…” she said. The late Senators Ted Kennedy and Strom Thurmond, for example, had a very good working relationship, she noted. “I hope that I will live to see that spirit of collegiality restored in our legislature.”
“Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Times of Crisis”
September 28, 2018 Press ReleasesRenowned international human rights advocate and Pakistani legal trailblazer Hina Jilani to deliver annual Georgetown Law Human Rights Institute lecture
15th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
September 28, 2018 Press ReleasesWASHINGTON – USCIS Director L. Francis Cissna to deliver keynote Monday, Oct. 1 at the 15th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference at Georgetown Law.