Articles tagged: Georgetown Law

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Right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson said Georgetown is “filthy.” A decade ago, he wanted his son to attend.

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson took aim at Georgetown in an interview with Ed Martin, who was the interim D.C. U.S. attorney nominee until last week. The conversation aired... Read more

By May 18, 2025

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Obituary: Elizabeth Keys (LAW ’20) “loved deeply and was deeply loved”

Elizabeth Keys (LAW ’20), a D.C. attorney and proud Georgetown alumna, died on Jan. 29. It was her 33rd birthday.  Keys was a passenger on American Airlines flight 5342 from... Read more

By February 17, 2025

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Georgetown Law Zionists host IDF sniper for speaker event, drawing protests

Around 70 students and faculty gathered on March 21 to protest a speaker event sponsored by the Georgetown Law Zionists featuring Rudy Rochman, a member of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

By and March 22, 2024

Features

Georgetown Law student runs to unseat Georgia state senator indicted with Trump

When residents of Johns Creek, Georgia heard that Ashwin Ramaswami was running to be their representative in the state senate, there was a decent chance they already knew him. Even... Read more

By February 3, 2024

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Following racist tweets and internal investigation, GULC professor and administrator resigns

Ilya Shapiro resigned from his role at the Georgetown University Law Center after a university investigation into a series of racist tweets.

By June 7, 2022

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Georgetown Law School’s ABLE Program provides intervention training to law enforcement agencies

Georgetown ABLE Project is providing peer intervention training to law enforcement in police departments across the country. 

By November 4, 2020

Features

A Black mother’s fight for justice: Georgetown Law student-attorneys file lawsuit on behalf of Kenithia Alston

Content warning: This article handles issues of racism, police violence, and death.  Kenithia Alston, represented by a team of student-attorneys from Georgetown Law’s Civil Rights Clinic, filed a $100 million... Read more

By and August 13, 2020

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Georgetown Law discusses police reform in series of panels

A future generation of lawyers is preparing to grapple with issues of police brutality and reform.  Georgetown Law held a three-part series of panels between June 11 and 24 discussing... Read more

By July 14, 2020

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Georgetown University Purchases Building Next to Law Center

Georgetown University recently acquired an office building at 500 First Street NW, located directly south of the Georgetown University Law Center. The university paid $70 million for the building according... Read more

By March 26, 2019

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Georgetown Law backs Catholic diocese in border wall proceedings

Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) filed a brief opposed the federal government’s efforts to seize land belonging to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville, Texas, for... Read more

By January 28, 2019

Podcasts

Defenders United: Bahar Ansari

As a meditation on the role of public defense in our society, “Defenders United” explores the lives and work of public defense attorneys across the United States from the perspective... Read more

By October 6, 2017