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.
Erwin Chemerinsky, Lyrissa Lidsky, Larry Tribe and other leading First Amendment scholars join brief in suit against President Trump
On November 1, 2017, Former Deputy Attorney General and Acting Attorney General Sally Yates delivered Georgetown Law's Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture: "Criminal Justice Reform: How We Got Here, Why We Need It, and the Path Forward." Read the full transcript…
The 6th Annual Hotel and Lodging Legal Summit at Georgetown Law October 26-27, sponsored by the Continuing Legal Education program, explored the latest developments in hotel law and tourism. But the luncheon address by Senator Amy Klobuchar (D.-Minn.)…
Georgetown Law’s Institute of International Economic Law hosted its inaugural Fintech Week October 18-20. Nearly 500 participants, including tech entrepreneurs, general counsel, regulators and law enforcement officials met to discuss topics ranging…
O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law Faculty Director and Founding O'Neill Chair in Global Health Law Larry Gostin says there are two global health narratives in the world: those told by the most influential people, such as Bill Gates…
Sally Q. Yates, former Acting U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Deputy Attorney General, joined Georgetown Law for the Fall 2017 Semester as a Distinguished Lecturer from Government. Among other things, she recently spoke to Visiting Professor Hillary Sale's…
Peter Edelman, the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law and Public Policy at Georgetown Law, publishes his new book, "Not a Crime to Be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America" (The New Press) on October 31. We sat down with Edelman, who is the…
On October 11, Georgetown Law Asia and the South Asian Law Students Association (SALSA) hosted a vibrant discussion on the development of the constitutional right to privacy in India. The panel featured Indian Supreme Court Justice Jasti Chelameswar,…
The economic model that has underpinned globalization in the last three decades, and the institutions that sustain it, are increasingly under attack in Europe and in the United States — as evidenced by Brexit and the 2016 presidential election. And…
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…