Specialized Expertise Often More Important Than Cost In Use of Alternative Legal Service Providers
January 31, 2017Comprehensive Study Released by Georgetown Law, Thomson Reuters & Oxford Saïd Business School
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Reflects on the Role of Courts, Rule of Law
Sotomayor joined members of the Georgetown Law community for a wide-ranging conversation with Dean Treanor about pressing issues facing the judiciary today,
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Leading Supreme Court Advocates Lend a Hand in Welcoming Admitted Students
January 31, 2017 Constitutional Law & TheoryWhen Georgetown Law Professor Neal Katyal was preparing to argue Hamdan v. Rumsfeld before the Supreme Court more than a decade ago, he knew that Paul Clement — then the 43rd solicitor general of the United States — would be arguing on the other side…
Experts Explore the Future of International Law
January 25, 2017 International & Comparative LawOn a day when newly inaugurated President Trump began his efforts to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, two events at Georgetown Law examined the future of international law.
Professor Abbe Smith’s "Case of a Lifetime": The Final Chapter
January 19, 2017 Criminal LawReaders of Abbe Smith’s book Case of a Lifetime: A Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Story (Palgrave MacMillan, 2008) know the story of this Georgetown Law professor’s career-long defense of a woman imprisoned for more than 28 years. Smith first met Patsy…
Experts Provide a Look Ahead at “Congress, the Executive Branch and the Trump Administration”
January 19, 2017 CongressAs Washington, D.C., and the country prepares for a new administration, a panel of professors and other experts weighed in on what a Republican president and Congress could mean for the Affordable Care Act, Supreme Court nominees, financial regulation, filibusters and more.
The “2017 Report on the State of the Legal Market” Finds 10 Years of Stagnation Changing the Industry; Says Innovation Key to Law Firm Success
January 12, 2017The billable hour model of decades past where law firms experienced little pushback on rates or number of hours spent is effectively dead, and the traditional law firm franchise is increasingly at risk after a decade of stagnant demand for law firm services…