Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Inaugurates Annual Lecture Series
April 9, 2018 Campus NewsOn Friday, April 6, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg visited Georgetown Law to celebrate a new lecture series named in her honor.
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Legal advocates, policymakers and industry leaders gathered at a national summit on AI literacy and governance held at Georgetown Law.
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44 Former Prosecutors and DOJ Officials Ask Supreme Court to Review Louisiana Murder Conviction of 16-Year-Old Intellectually Disabled Child After Prosecutors Failed to Disclose Key Information
April 5, 2018 Press ReleasesFormer Attorney General Michael Mukasey, former Deputy Attorneys General David Ogden, James Cole, Jamie Gorelick, Gary Grindler, and Donald Ayer, and former Acting Attorney General Peter Keisler join amicus brief representing broad consensus view that prosecutors have special obligation to disclose potentially material exculpatory and impeaching information.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Inaugurates Annual Lecture Series at Georgetown Law
April 4, 2018U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will visit Georgetown Law to inaugurate the Annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture Series. Justice Ginsburg will talk to students about her life and work in a discussion with her biographers, Professor Wendy…
Georgetown Law Journal Hosts Sixth Annual Banquet
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Parkland, Georgetown Law Student Speak at O’Neill Institute Panel on Gun Violence, Health & 2nd Amendment
March 27, 2018 Constitutional Law & Theory Health Law“February 14 was supposed to be a day of love and happiness…” Dara Jaffe, a freshman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, said at Georgetown Law on March 26 — speaking just days after the March for Our Lives demonstrations in Washington, D.C., and around the world.
ICE Violating First Amendment by Targeting Immigrant Rights Advocates for Deportation, Legal Groups Say
March 23, 2018 Press ReleasesIn new brief, Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University explain why deportation in retaliation for protected speech violates the First Amendment The…
Georgetown Law Chapter Hosts Federalist Society’s 2018 National Student Symposium
March 23, 2018 Constitutional Law & TheoryJustice Clarence Thomas may disagree with some of his colleagues on points of law now and then, but the atmosphere at the Supreme Court is a civil one, he told law students from across the country, gathered for the 2018 Federalist Society National Student Symposium hosted by Georgetown Law on March 10.
Report: Arrests of D.C. Girls Rising Sharply
March 22, 2018 Press Releases[caption id="attachment_42929" align="aligncenter" width="702"] Yasmin Vafa of Rights 4 Girls and youth advocate Nataly Del Valle speak at the launch of “Beyond the Walls: A Look at Girls in D.C.’s Juvenile Justice System.”[/caption] WASHINGTON –…
New Research Shows Arrests Of D.C. Girls Rising Sharply
March 21, 2018WASHINGTON – Georgetown Law’s Juvenile Justice Initiative and Rights4Girls will present the findings of their new report, “Beyond the Walls: A Look at Girls in D.C.’s Juvenile Justice System” on Thursday, March 22. WHAT Arrests of girls in…
Law Enforcement Leaders and Prosecutors Defend DACA
March 20, 2018 Press ReleasesICAP coauthors brief signed by 63 top law enforcement officials arguing DACA program increases cooperation with police and improves public safety Over 60 prominent national law enforcement leaders, including current sitting Police Chiefs,Sheriffs,…