M. Elizabeth Magill, the new dean of Georgetown Law, discusses her path to becoming a lawyer and a professor, her approach to leadership and what she loves about living in Washington, D.C.
When the 115th United States Congress convenes in January, it will include two newly elected Georgetown Law alumni, bringing the total number of Law Center graduates serving in Congress to 15. Five serve in the Senate and 10 serve in the House of Representatives;…
“Decision 2016: What's Trending - #ImWithHer or #MAGA?” at Georgetown Law on October 24 brought together six experts — Republican and Democrat, military and civilian, pollsters and journalists, men and women — to glean their thoughts on the 2016…
Nearly 1400 Georgetown Law alumni and their guests had a terrific time at Reunion Weekend 2016 — catching up with friends, reminiscing about that contracts or torts professor and experiencing the best that Washington, D.C., has to offer. From a morning…
Examining “The Perpetual Lineup: Unregulated Police Face Recognition in America” — the new groundbreaking report by Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy & Technology — readers will find the name of Clare Garvie (L’15) right at the top. A 2009…
The U.K.’s June 23 decision to withdraw from the European Union — commonly known as “Brexit” — was one of the top stories of 2016, in part due to the “sheer unexpectedness of it all,” according to Georgetown Law Professor Chris Brummer.…
Investigation by the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law raises serious questions about privacy and civil liberties violations, particularly for African Americans Senator Al Franken (D.-Minn.), Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R.-Utah), the American…
In the words of Georgetown Law Professor Neal Katyal — the former acting U.S. solicitor general — it often takes an immigrant to teach us about America. That was true on October 6, when the Law Center community welcomed Pakistani-American lawyer Khizr…
In 1983, Evan Wolfson — who would later become the founder and president of Freedom to Marry — published a paper as a student at Harvard Law entitled “Samesex Marriage and Morality: The Human Rights Vision of the Constitution.” Wolfson’s paper…
Gifts to Georgetown University Law Center totaling more than $10 million were received from Sara Crown Star (L’85), Linda (NHS’77) and Tim (L’77) O’Neill and Tom Reynolds (B’74). The gifts came in the final year of Georgetown University’s…
In fall 2016, Georgetown Law will launch the Delaney Post-Graduate Residency Program, a training and mentoring program for graduates participating in fellowships in the public sector. The new program, made possible due to a generous gift from alumni…
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