As 2025 draws to a close, we’re looking back at the past year at Georgetown Law, from headline-grabbing guest speakers and alumni achievements to the work of students and faculty in clinics, courts and beyond.
Jerome H. Powell (L’79) was sworn in as chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on Monday, February 5. Powell was nominated by President Donald J. Trump on November 1 and confirmed by the Senate on January 23. He will serve…
Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection joins lawsuit on behalf of debtors subject to threats, arrest and jailing TULSA – Oklahoma funds its court system and other public services through an unlawful statewide scheme…
Georgetown Law Professor Emeritus Peter P. Weidenbruch Jr. (L’56, LL.M.’57, H’86), who joined the Georgetown Law faculty in 1965, died January 30 at the age of 88. During his more than 40 years as a professor, he inspired more than 12,000 students…
In Professor Brian Wolfman’s Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic, students Caitlin Anderson (L’18), Jarrett Colby (L’18), Joyce Dela Pena (L’18) and Ian Engdahl (L’18) drafted a brief on a rehearing after Alvarez v. City of Brownsville was decided by a Fifth Circuit panel last June.
Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection coauthors new brief filed in Los Angeles lawsuit against Attorney General Jeff Sessions WASHINGTON – Thirty-three prominent current and former prosecutors and law enforcement…
WASHINGTON – Georgetown Law’s Supreme Court Institute will host a preview discussion of the Supreme Court’s most important upcoming cases on Weds., Jan. 31. WHAT From the Maryland gerrymandering case, to the latest challenge to the latest travel…
Trent England and Rep. Jamie Raskin debate the merits of the electoral college versus the popular vote in U.S. presidential elections at a panel discussion at Georgetown Law on January 24. Should America change the way it elects a U.S. President? “Electoral…
Should America change the way it elects a U.S. President? “Electoral College v. Popular Vote” — co-hosted by Georgetown Law’s Federalist Society and Students for Democratic Reform — on January 24 debated that question. U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin…
WASHINGTON – Georgetown Law’s Institute of International Economic Law and the International Tax Policy Forum will host a Feb. 2 conference at Georgetown Law: “Can an Internationally Competitive Tax System Protect Its Tax Base?” WHAT The…
The polarities between political parties are not fundamentally different than those between Plato and Aristotle, according to Visiting Professor Ladislas (“Les”) Orsy, S.J. One side, like Plato, dreams of a utopia with many kings — creating jobs…