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Professor Paul Butler, the inaugural Albert Brick Professor of Law, with Professor Allegra McLeod, Dean William M. Treanor and Professor Abbe Smith.

Professor Paul Butler Installed as the Albert Brick Professor of Law

April 17, 2017 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Race & Law

“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.”

Students Argue Before Distinguished Judges at Beaudry Moot Court Competition

April 10, 2017

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.

2017 Dash Conference Highlights International Criminal Justice

April 6, 2017

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.

Georgetown Law Students, Professors Play Big Role in Supreme Court Win on Behalf of Children with Disabilities

March 28, 2017 Clinics Constitutional Law & Theory

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.