Sotomayor joined members of the Georgetown Law community for a wide-ranging conversation with Dean Treanor about pressing issues facing the judiciary today,
Professor Emeritus Heathcote “Pete” Woolsey Wales, who joined the Georgetown Law faculty in 1971, died Friday, October 6, at his home in Wyoming. “Pete’s contributions to Georgetown were profound and diverse,” said Georgetown Law Dean William…
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The heavily armed private militias and alt-right groups that converged on Charlottesville during the August 12 “Unite the Right” rally engaged in highly coordinated and unlawful paramilitary activity that transformed the city…
Gill v. Whitford, the blockbuster gerrymandering case heard by the Supreme Court on October 3, has been making headlines ever since the Court decided to hear it. It’s a significant case, but especially so at Georgetown Law — given the three names…
One day after the Trump Administration issued a new travel ban, experts from government, academia, private practice, think tanks and more came to Georgetown Law for the 14th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference. Professor from Practice Andrew…
When the Supreme Court agreed to hear Gill v. Whitford, the Wisconsin gerrymandering case, Distinguished Visitor from Practice Paul M. Smith found himself in the unique position of preparing to argue a Supreme Court case while planning his Constitutional…
One day after the Trump Administration issued a new travel ban, experts from government, academia, private practice, think tanks and more came to Georgetown Law for the 14th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference. Professor from Practice Andrew…
When the Supreme Court agreed to hear Gill v. Whitford, the Wisconsin gerrymandering case, Distinguished Visitor from Practice Paul M. Smith found himself in the unique position of preparing to argue a Supreme Court case while planning his Constitutional…
Georgetown Law’s Center for the Constitution hosted an event on September 26 with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who made remarks on free speech on university campuses. “I know that the vast majority of youths like you…need no lecture…
“You are mostly first-year students…a very exciting time,” U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told an audience of 1L and LL.M. students gathered in Hart Auditorium on September 20. “I remember how I felt my first year of law school…
On September 12, 2017, Georgetown Law Dean William M. Treanor spoke before a group of new American citizens on the day of their naturalization ceremony at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Read his full remarks below. Thank you…