M. Elizabeth Magill, the former dean of Stanford Law School, provost of the University of Virginia and president of the University of Pennsylvania, has been named the executive vice president and dean of Georgetown Law.
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…
“We’re poor, we don’t have much money, and resources are low,” 1L student Ellen Watlington (L’20) reported to Chris Rea of the National Academies of Sciences at Georgetown Law during “Week One.” “What have you seen that works in coastal…
Georgetown Law Professor Chris Brummer, faculty director of the Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL), sat down with PayPal CEO Daniel Schulman on Capitol Hill last month to discuss the future of digital commerce, fintech and financial inclusion…
When Taylor Weaver (L’17) was taking Professor Anthony Cook’s Law and Entrepreneurship Practicum in the fall of 2016, he realized that minority college students with science and technology backgrounds (STEM) were not getting the right opportunities to launch their careers — such as paid internships with the federal government.
WASHINGTON (Jan. 3, 2018) – After four decades of service at the U.S. Department of Justice, Douglas Letter, director of the Civil Division’s appellate staff, will leave government to join Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and…
Brian Reichart (L’12) hasn’t given up on the client he volunteered to represent in Georgetown Law’s Community Justice Project Clinic.
In January, Jennifer Ong (L’18) steps down as editor-in-chief of the Georgetown Law Journal — having safely guided the publication through a successful Volume 106 and a fantastic symposium on customary international law that included Supreme Court…