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Local girls, ages 7 to 17, learned about coding at the Law Center’s “Build a Webpage in a Day” event, hosted in conjunction with Black Girls CODE and the Center on Poverty and Inequality.

Girls Learn to Code at GULC

By Matthew Larson September 11, 2015

The Georgetown University Law Center partnered with Black Girls CODE and the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality to host more than 50 girls from the Washington, D.C. area at its “Build a...

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will speak at the commencement ceremony for the School of Foreign Service.

2015 Commencement Speakers Announced

By Toby Hung May 4, 2015

The university announced today that the commencement speakers for the Class of 2015 will include United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, former U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, Rep. John...

Law Center Cofounds Nonprofit

Law Center Cofounds Nonprofit

By Matthew Larson April 21, 2015

The Georgetown University Law Center, along with law firms Arent Fox LLP and DLA Piper LLP, will open the D.C. Affordable Law Firm, a new nonprofit law firm aimed at serving lower-income individuals, in...

GUMC, GULC Aid Refugees

By Daniel Silbert April 17, 2015

As refugees flee their home countries, they search for safety from persecution. But even after reaching another country, their journeys are not over. Instead, they face an arduous process of applying...

Campaign to Free Tice Advances

Campaign to Free Tice Advances

By Kristen Fedor March 27, 2015

The #FreeAustinTice campaign to raise awareness for a university alumnus who was kidnapped in Syria while working as a freelance journalist in 2012 is gaining traction on Georgetown’s campus with...

GULC Adds Online Programs

By Sarah Fisher March 27, 2015

Georgetown University Law Center is expanding its online presence by adding two new masters-level programs to its roster of classes starting in fall 2015. GULC is debuting an Executive Masters of...

Refuge of Law

By The Editorial Board March 27, 2015

This past summer, as the world watched, glued to their televisions, thousands of unaccompanied minors from Central America risk their lives to cross the border into the United States in search of asylum,...

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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High school students participate in a mock trial competition at D.C. Superior Court to practice legal skills as part of GULC’s Street Law Program.

Street Law Program Connects GULC, DC

By Sarah Smith March 3, 2015

Over the past year, national discussion has highlighted the criminal justice system’s discrimination and disconnect from local communities. Georgetown University Law Center’s D.C. Street Law Program...

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The Georgetown University Law Center GUTS bus route will now connect main campus with Capitol Hill, facilitating internship access.

GUTS Route Adds Capitol Hill Stop

By Kristen Fedor February 13, 2015

In response to an IdeaScale petition filed in 2013, the Georgetown University Transportation Shuttle buses will link the main campus with Capitol Hill beginning Feb. 17. The three office buildings...

GULC Institute Supports Housing Development

By Maureen Tabet January 30, 2015

Georgetown University Law Center’s Harrison Institute for Housing and Community Development guided the restoration of the Sierra Cooperative, an affordable housing complex in northwest Washington,...

GULC Students Visit Guantanamo

By Kshithij Shrinath January 27, 2015

The first two Georgetown University Law Center students selected as part of a Department of Defense program visited the military commissions and observed pre-trial hearings at Guantanamo Bay in November...

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