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GULC Professor Wins Carnegie Fellowship for Criminal Justice Research

GULC Professor Wins Carnegie Fellowship for Criminal Justice Research

By Heather Doherty May 7, 2021

Professor Neel Sukhatme at the Georgetown University Law Center will use his Carnegie Fellowship award to conduct research investigating the consequences of felony sentences on incarcerated people and...

Law Students Win Compassionate Release for Clients Through GULC Clinics

Law Students Win Compassionate Release for Clients Through GULC Clinics

By Laetitia Haddad April 23, 2021

Law students working in experiential clinics have secured the release of over a dozen incarcerated people while working on compassionate release cases. After Washington, D.C. courts indefinitely suspended...

Georgetown Law Receives $34 Million From Historic Graduate Gifts

Georgetown Law Receives $34 Million From Historic Graduate Gifts

By Kelly Anderson February 18, 2021

The Georgetown University Law Center received two historic graduate gifts that total $34 million, including the largest single donation the Law Center has ever received.  A record-breaking $24...

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg addressed first-year law students at the Georgetown University Law Center on Thursday, highlighting her time with the late Justice Antonin Scalia.

Justice Ginsburg Imparts Insights

By Tala al Rajjal September 9, 2016

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg addressed first-year law students Sept. 7 at the Georgetown University Law Center before opening the floor up to questions from the audience, paying tribute...

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Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer spoke on the value of a global perspective in Gaston Hall.

Justice Breyer Stresses Globality

By Christian Paz April 29, 2016

Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer argued that the court should take a more global perspective in legal deliberations and defended the responsibility of the court to uphold the rule of...

Scott Talks Upbringing, Future of GOP

By Tala al Rajjal April 12, 2016

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) discussed his upbringing and the future of the Republican Party, both within the context of the 2016 election and beyond, at an event hosted by the Georgetown University Institute...

Justice Alito Discusses Career, Vacant Court Seat

By Lucy Prout February 26, 2016

Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. took center stage at the Third Annual Dean’s Lecture to the graduating class at the Georgetown University Law Center this Tuesday, where he discussed topics...

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An emotionally charged debate between GULC faculty and students on how to respond to the death of Justice Scalia (CAS ’57) erupted last week.

GULC Faculty, Students Clash Over Scalia Legacy

By Charlotte Allen February 23, 2016

Following the Georgetown University Law Center Dean William Treanor’s public statement regarding late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (CAS ’57) on Feb. 13, which sparked an emotionally charged...

GULC Launches Williams Research Professorships

By Léa Nicolas February 19, 2016

The Georgetown University Law Center announced the establishment of the Williams Research Professorships on Feb. 3, made possible by a donation from Agnes N. Williams (LAW ’54), the first woman to graduate...

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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (CAS ’57) delivered a guest lecture for 360 first-year law students in the Hart Auditorium at the Georgetown University Law Center’s McDonough Hall on Monday. He discussed his career, infamous dissents and originalist viewpoints.

Justice Scalia Addresses First-Year Law Students

By Molly Cooke November 17, 2015

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (CAS ’57) argued that judges should refrain from making moral decisions during a guest lecture at the Georgetown University Law Center on Monday. In the Hart Auditorium...

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Georgetown University Law Center will launch a Business Skills Program in January, led by Stephen Hills, formerly of The Washington Post.

Hills To Lead New GULC Business Program

By Gaia Mattiace September 18, 2015

The Washington Post President and General Manager Stephen Hills announced he will leave his post to assume a new position as founding director of the Georgetown University Law Center’s Business Skills...

GULC to Address Immigration Crisis

GULC to Address Immigration Crisis

By Emily Tu March 24, 2015

Georgetown University Law Center is partnering with Jesuit Refugee Service/USA to address challenges presented by the influx of immigration from Central America to the United States, which peaked in the...

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