Trump’s Anti-Muslim Tweets at Odds with First Amendment, Leading Faith Groups Charge
December 14, 2017 Press Releases10 groups join letter to president drafted by Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection
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Georgetown Law Alumni, Policymakers Gather for AI and the Economy Summit
Legal advocates, policymakers and industry leaders gathered at a national summit on AI literacy and governance held at Georgetown Law.
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Ex-DNI Clapper, Cyber Experts: White House Data Collection Makes U.S. Elections More Vulnerable to Foreign Attack
December 5, 2017 Press ReleasesLatest voter commission plan for U.S. voter database also increases ID theft risk for millions, says new brief filed by Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection
Georgetown Law Readies Attorneys, Law Students for Masterpiece Cakeshop case
December 4, 2017 Constitutional Law & TheoryIn order to prepare for their December 5 Supreme Court oral arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, Georgetown Law Professor David Cole — now on leave to serve as the national legal director for the American Civil Liberties…
Sean Bland (L’13): Addressing HIV Criminalization and the Opioid Crisis
December 1, 2017 Criminal Law Health LawCriminal law and health collide with the prosecution of persons with HIV — so in recognition of World AIDS Day 2017 (December 1), Sean Bland (L’13), an associate at the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, provided students with a…
Georgetown Law Professor Neal Katyal: 35 Supreme Court Oral Arguments — and Counting
November 30, 2017 Constitutional Law & Theory FacultyNeal Katyal, the Paul and Patricia Saunders Professor of National Security Law at Georgetown Law, has surpassed the late Thurgood Marshall’s record for the most Supreme Court cases argued by a minority attorney in the history of the United States. Cyan…
Georgetown Law Asia and China Law Society Welcome Chinese Women’s Rights Advocate Li Ying
November 29, 2017 International & Comparative LawOn November 17, Georgetown Law Asia and the Georgetown China Law Society hosted a talk by leading women’s rights lawyer and advocate Li Ying. Li directs the Beijing-based Yuanzhong Gender Development Center, one of China’s top women’s rights organizations…
Prosecutors and Police Say Justice Department’s Anti-Sanctuary Cities Stance Endangers Communities
November 29, 2017 Human Rights & Immigration Press ReleasesGeorgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection coauthors new brief supporting California suit against Justice Department
Money Bail System Undercuts Public Safety, Prosecutors Say in Appeals Court Filing
November 21, 2017 Criminal LawAmidst a growing movement resisting the unjust use of money bail around the country, more than 25 current and former prosecutors and law enforcement officials have expressed deep concerns about the ongoing use of this practice.
Georgetown Law Hosts Preview of HBO Documentary “Baltimore Rising”
November 17, 2017 Race & LawSonja Sohn, who played a Baltimore police detective in the HBO series “The Wire,” spent a lot of time filming in that city. After Freddie Gray died from the injuries he received in police custody in 2015, Sohn wanted to do something to help the community…
Georgetown Law’s Institute for Tech Law & Policy Explores Implications of Sinclair-Tribune Merger
November 16, 2017 Technology, Communication, and Intellectual PropertyOne day before the Federal Communications Commission voted to loosen rules on local broadcast ownership — in the midst of the proposed Sinclair-Tribune merger that would create a broadcasting behemoth — Georgetown Law’s Institute for Technology…