More than 1,600 alumni and guests gathered for reunion weekend, with members of class years ending in 0 and 5 celebrating at more than 30 events hosted on campus and at nearby sites in the nation’s capital.
What does OPICS stand for? OPICS means that Caitlin Cocilova (L’15) is teaching others to advocate for themselves at the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless. That Mark Doss (L’13) at the International Refugee Assistance Project fought “tooth and nail” to help a client detained at JFK airport. That Lee McGoldrick (L’99), who worked for Teach for America as a college student, was able to build a career with that organization. That thousands of current and former Georgetown Law students are working to improve the lives of others, every single day.
WASHINGTON – A report released today by Georgetown Law’s Center on Poverty and Inequality calls for specialized yoga programs to be offered widely to girls in the juvenile justice system amidst growing evidence that they can help them overcome the harmful effects of pervasive childhood trauma.
A new report from Georgetown Law’s Human Rights Institute documents widespread discrimination and violence perpetrated against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals in El Salvador at the hands of law enforcement officers, soldiers and justice system officials.
When John Podesta (L’76) graduated from Georgetown Law with an interest in politics and environmental issues, he had no idea that his passion would lead him to serve one future president (Bill Clinton) as chief of staff, advise another future president (Barack Obama) on climate and chair the campaign of a 2016 presidential candidate (Hillary Clinton).
“My name is Paul Butler and I represent the United States — that’s how I used to start my opening statements when I was a prosecutor,” Professor Paul Butler said to the crowd gathered in Hart Auditorium on April 12. “I represented the government in criminal court in the District of Columbia, and I used that power to put black men in prison. And black women. And poor people. And Latinos. Like a lot of prosecutors that was pretty much all I did.”
Not every law student going to a job interview is able to say that he or she once mooted a case in front of a former solicitor general, two federal judges, a talented Supreme Court practitioner and the national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union — all at the same time.
What is the status of international criminal justice today? How might current U.S. leadership impact human rights? The 2017 Samuel Dash Conference on Human Rights, “Global Criminal Justice: Accomplishments, Challenges, and Future Directions” at Georgetown Law on April 3 examined the most critical questions.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – How will Brexit impact everything from travel and trade to human rights, climate change and the fate of Scotch whisky? Legal Aspects of Brexit, a new book published today by Georgetown Law’s Institute of International Economic…
Professor David C. Vladeck (LL.M.’77) has been installed as the A.B. Chettle, Jr., Chair in Civil Procedure at Georgetown Law. The chair, which supports professors working to further the study and practice of legal process, was held by Professor Emerita…
Claire Chevrier (L’17) was sitting in Professor David Vladeck’s Federal Courts class on March 22 when Anna Deffebach (L’17) texted her with the news: the Supreme Court held in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District that public schools must provide children with disabilities an educational program that is “appropriately ambitious” in light of the child’s circumstances.
