16th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
September 30, 2019 Press ReleasesActing Homeland Security Secretary Kevin K. McAleenan to deliver keynote at Georgetown Law
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Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Jr., Reflects on the Rule of Law in Address to Class of 2025
The conversation series brings leading legal advocates to campus to offer candid guidance to outgoing Law Center graduates as they embark on their legal careers.
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Supreme Court Institute Holds Annual Press Preview
September 26, 2019 Constitutional Law & Theory Feminism & Gender Studies Human Rights & Immigration“Last year, I said with the [retirement] of Justice Anthony Kennedy, that a big change was coming — it was only a question of how far and how fast,” said Professor from Practice Irv Gornstein, as he introduced the 2019 Supreme Court Institute Press Preview at Georgetown Law on September 24.
Center for the Advancement of the Rule of Law in the Americas (CAROLA) Sponsors Workshop for Latin American Officials on Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform
September 26, 2019 International & Comparative Law International Economic Law“Latin America is in…a crisis right now,” said Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs, in a keynote lecture called "ISDS and Development: Lessons for a Reform Agenda" at Georgetown Law on September 16.
Professor Carlos M. Vázquez Installed as Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law
September 25, 2019 Faculty Human Rights & Immigration International & Comparative Law“Human rights law has transformed international law not just in content but also in form,” said Professor Carlos Vazquez, who was installed as Georgetown Law’s second Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law on September 18.
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s New Passport Requirement for Diversity Visa Lottery Applicants
September 24, 2019 Press ReleasesGeorgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection and Law Firm Friedman Kaplan Seek Court Order Preventing State Department’s Passport Rule from Going into Effect
Fed Vice Chair Quarles, Former Fed Chair Yellen to Speak at Georgetown Law Conference on “Law and Macroeconomics”
September 19, 2019 Press ReleasesTwo-day conference to explore post-financial-crisis boom in legal scholarship on macroeconomic policy and financial stability
Professor Anna Gelpern, Professor Adam Levitin To Host Groundbreaking Law and Macroeconomics Conference at Georgetown Law
September 19, 2019 Business & Financial RegulationProfessor Anna Gelpern and Professor Adam Levitin met on a bus in Connecticut, going to an academic conference for junior scholars in May 2008. Levitin, a bankruptcy, commercial law, and financial regulation expert, had joined the Georgetown Law faculty the year before. Levitin would later recruit Gelpern, then a law professor at American University, to Georgetown Law in 2013.
Georgetown Law Professor Randy Barnett, South Texas Law Professor Josh Blackman Launch “100 Supreme Court Cases Everyone Should Know”
September 19, 2019 Constitutional Law & TheoryWant to brush up on the most significant cases in Supreme Court history? Georgetown Law Professor Randy Barnett and Professor Josh Blackman of the South Texas College of Law have published a book and video series that just might change the way students study constitutional law.
Georgetown Climate Center Welcomes Bill Gates for Energy and Climate Discussion
September 17, 2019 Environmental Law Technology, Communication, and Intellectual PropertyOn Tuesday, September 10, the Georgetown Climate Center was pleased to welcome technologist, investor, and philanthropist Bill Gates to the Georgetown Law campus for discussion with a panel of invited leaders from academia, civil society, finance, industry…
Ultimate (Frisbee) Victory for Chance Cochran (L’21) and Christian Boxley (C'18)
September 17, 2019 Campus NewsWhen Jackson “Chance” Cochran (L'21) met Christian Boxley (C'18) while playing for the Washington, D.C.,’s top men’s Ultimate (Frisbee) team "Truck Stop," they expected to do great things. What they didn’t know was that “great things” would extend internationally, winning gold at the men's World Under 24 (U24) Ultimate Championships in Heidelburg, Germany, in July 2019 ― both as members of the United States U24 Men’s Ultimate National Team ― and providing a strong Georgetown connection in the process.