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Georgetown Law Dean William M. Treanor with Honorary Degree Recipient Charles R. Lawrence III and Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia. Lawrence, the 2017 Law Commencement speaker, is a pioneer in critical race theory.

Georgetown Law Celebrates Commencement 2017

May 22, 2017 Campus News

Georgetown Law welcomed more than one thousand new alumni — 637 J.D.s, 538 LL.M.s and one S.J.D. — on Sunday, May 21, as graduates and their families, faculty, staff and administrators gathered on Georgetown University’s Healy Lawn for Commencement 2017. The weather cooperated, the mood was joyous and everyone could reflect on what the day meant for them.

Visiting Professor James Baker, the retired chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces who chairs the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security, moderated a discussion on extremism in the 21st century.

Georgetown Law Hosts Conference on Rule of Law Approaches to Countering Violent Extremism

May 9, 2017 Criminal Law International & Comparative Law National Security Law

On May 4, Georgetown Law hosted “Rule of Law Approaches to Countering Violent Extremism,” a conference of the American Bar Association’s Rule of Law Initiative (ROLI). And with expertise in so many relevant areas — national security, criminal justice, international law — members of the Law Center community contributed far more than the venue.

Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts Jr. with Georgetown Law students at the Supreme Court Institute’s end-of-term reception on April 27.

Supreme Court Institute Celebrates Another Successful Term

May 2, 2017

At the end-of-term reception on April 27, Georgetown Law’s Supreme Court Institute honored Jeffrey P. Minear, the Counselor to the Chief Justice of the United States — along with everyone who participated in the Institute’s moot courts this year. So it was fitting that the Chief Justice himself would come to the Law Center to offer words of praise about his colleague.