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David Cole has been named the American Civil Liberties Union's new legal director.

GULC Professor Named ACLU’s National Legal Director

By Gaia Mattiace August 14, 2016

Georgetown Law Professor David Cole will serve as the American Civil Liberties Union’s new national legal director, the organization announced July 22. Cole, the GULC’s inaugural George J. Mitchell...

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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...

GULC Report Finds Undocumented Students Face Significant Obstacles

By Simon Carroll April 19, 2016

A report from the Georgetown Law Center’s Human Rights Institute outlines the obstacles that bar newly arrived children from Central America from accessing public education in the United States due to...

Guidelines Bar Housing Discrimination Based on Criminal Records

By Haley Snyder April 19, 2016

Refusing housing to Washington, D.C. residents with criminal records constitutes discrimination, according to guidelines released by the Department of Housing and Urban Development on April 4. The guidelines...

Professor’s Book Highlights Power of Citizenry in Constitutional Change

By Gaia Mattiace April 8, 2016

Georgetown University Law Center professor David C. Cole argued that citizenry drives constitutional change more than the U.S. Supreme Court justices in his book “Engines of Liberty: The Power of Citizen...

Law Center’s Voting Right Institute Receives $1 Million Grant

By Marina Pitofsky April 5, 2016

Georgetown University Law Center’s Voting Rights Institute received a $1 million grant from the MacArthur Foundation on March 23. The grant came from a $30 million fund at the foundation, which will...

Pulitzer-Winner Delivers Annual Law Center Lecture

By Patricja Okuniewska April 1, 2016

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jack Rakove discussed the benefits of historical originalism, a school of thought that interprets the United States Constitution’s meaning as fixed in time, in the annual...

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Vice President Joe Biden discussed political dysfunction and the Supreme Court confirmation at the Georgetown University Law Center on Thursday.

Biden Addresses Political Polarization, Supreme Court Nomination

By Aly Pachter March 27, 2016

Vice President Joe Biden addressed President Barack Obama’s nomination of Chief Judge Of the United States Court of Appeals Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, the so-called “Biden rule” and...

Congressional Committee Scrutinizes GULC Free Speech Policy

By Lisa Burgoa March 18, 2016

Georgetown University Law Center’s prohibition of students campaigning for the upcoming presidential election came under congressional scrutiny at a Subcommittee on Oversight hearing of the U.S. House...

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...

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...

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