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VIEWPOINT: Challenge LSAT Inaccessibility

VIEWPOINT: Challenge LSAT Inaccessibility

By Dominic Gordon September 1, 2023

The Law School Admission Council (LSAC), the group of law schools that runs the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), is in the midst of reforming its entrance exam. In 2019, a blind test-taker successfully...

Ilya Shapiro Resigns From Georgetown Law Following HR, IDEAA Investigation

Ilya Shapiro Resigns From Georgetown Law Following HR, IDEAA Investigation

By Adora Zheng June 15, 2022

Ilya Shapiro has resigned from the Georgetown University Law Center (GULC) following an investigation into a tweet in which Shapiro wrote that President Joe Biden’s promise to nominate a Black woman...

GULC Tops Nationwide Application Numbers

GULC Tops Nationwide Application Numbers

By Ethan Johanson September 10, 2021

The Georgetown University Law Center saw a record-breaking number of applications and a significant increase in overall diversity of the incoming class during the historic 2021 admissions cycle.  Despite...

GU Law Students Prevent Deportation, Restore Clients Permanent Residency Status

GU Law Students Prevent Deportation, Restore Client’s Permanent Residency Status

By Afua Nyantakyi September 6, 2019

Months of preparation, hours of phone calls and hundreds of written documents all led to the moment Teresa Rubinger (LAW ’19) found herself standing at the center of a historic Richmond courtroom before...

GEORGETOWN LAW CENTER FACEBOOK PAGE | New York Solicitor General Barbara Underwood (LAW 69), who addressed graduates at commencement, shakes hands with Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia.

NY Solicitor General Urges Law Center Grads to Uplift Diversity

By Riley Rogerson May 26, 2019

New York Solicitor General Barbara Underwood (LAW ’69) challenged graduates to empower new and diverse perspectives in moving along their career paths at the Georgetown University Law Center commencement...

EDITORIAL: Broaden Cawley’s Focus

By Editorial Board November 10, 2017

As an institution that promises to prepare its graduates for life beyond the Hilltop, Georgetown University has a responsibility to provide its students with guidance as they seek to chart their path post-graduation. Yet,...

Second-Year Georgetown Law Student Dies

By Jeff Cirillo May 6, 2017

Destinee McCulley (LAW ’18) was found dead April 28 in her off-campus apartment, Georgetown University Law Center Dean William Treanor announced in an email to the law school community on April 29. McCulley...

GULC Revamps Early Assurance Program

By Gaia Mattiace February 26, 2016

Georgetown University Law Center Dean of Admissions Andrew Cornblatt announced that the center’s Early Assurance Program will not be terminated, but instead continued under a modified format, at an event...

GULC Discontinues Early Assurance Program

By Emily Tu January 20, 2016

The Georgetown University Law Center announced Wednesday afternoon that it will discontinue its Early Assurance Program. The decision is effective immediately and the program, which was established over...

Paving Your Graduate Path

By Rebecca Childress March 6, 2015

Okay, let’s talk grad school. Around three million Americans enroll in a graduate program each year, which is about a sixth of the number of Americans who enroll as undergraduates each year. There are...

Law Grads Defy Trends

By Kshithij Shrinath and Carly Graf April 25, 2014

In the face of the shrinking job market for recent law school graduates, the Georgetown University Law Center remains confident in its ability to connect its students to jobs in the industry. A recent...

Support for 2-Year Law Programs Grows

By Nick Simon March 4, 2014

A nationwide survey of 1,400 pre-law students by Kaplan Test Prep found growing support for a two-year law school program, as opposed to the standard three-year curriculum, and increased opportunities...

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