As 2025 draws to a close, we’re looking back at the past year at Georgetown Law, from headline-grabbing guest speakers and alumni achievements to the work of students and faculty in clinics, courts and beyond.
Joseph Simons (L’83) continued Georgetown Law’s proud history with the Federal Trade Commission when he was sworn in as FTC chair on May 1, 2018.
One of the things Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan learned when she was dean of a law school is that lawyers do public service — and pro bono work — in many different capacities.
It was the latest roll call for 18 Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department officers and civilian personnel participating in a pioneering Georgetown Law-MPD joint fellowship program — and the first for 26 more set to walk the new beat.
Students and graduate fellows at Georgetown Law's Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic, directed by Professor Brian Wolfman, have secured a victory for a Memphis man who spent 17 years in prison — more than seven years greater than the maximum statutory sentence — for unlawful possession of ammunition.
On October 23, a panel of experts will discuss Georgetown Law Professor Anne Fleming’s book City of Debtors: A Century of Fringe Finance (Harvard University Press, January 2018). The panel, moderated by Professor David Vladeck, the A.B. Chettle, Jr…
Georgetown Law celebrated in a big way at Reunion 2018: more than 1700 alumni and guests registered for events during October 19-21. Five alumni were honored for their enormous contributions to the profession.
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, Oct. 24, Georgetown Law’s Institute for Technology Law & Policy will co-host a half-day conference on the 20-year legacy of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and how to protect children’s privacy in the new digital era.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) argued in an amicus brief filed today that President Trump’s use of Twitter to silence dissenters violates the First Amendment.
WASHINGTON – Georgetown Law and the Metropolitan Police Department will celebrate the first graduating class and welcome the second class to their innovative “Police for Tomorrow Fellowship” at Georgetown Law on Tuesday, Oct. 23.
“Celebrating Commons Scholarship” was the theme of a conference at Georgetown Law October 5-6, where scholars explored economics, inequality, stewardship, housing, development, the environment and more in the context of commons theory.