Georgetown graduates earn the second-highest salaries among all recent graduates of Southern universities, according to a report conducted by Payscale.com.

With a median starting salary of $55,000 and a median mid-career salary of $110,000, Georgetown fell just behind Rice University, where the median starting salary is $64,000, and mid-career is also $110,000.

With the next president of the United States decided, D.C. is gearing up for the 2009 presidential inauguration, which is expected to have many more spectators than any previous inauguration.

Nicknamed the “LeBron James of law recruiting,” Paul Clement (SFS '88), former United States solicitor general, is now a visiting professor at the Georgetown University Law Center. Clement came to Georgetown after his resignation as solicitor general in 2008. He sat down with THE HOYA to talk about his role as professor at his alma mater.

Georgetown University students need not worry about the recent decline in the availability and rates of student loans — at least until they graduate. Georgetown University has just been approved to begin direct lending to students on July 1, 2009.