Georgetown Law

danah boyd, a researcher at Microsoft Research who studies technology and society, has joined Georgetown as a visiting distinguished professor, accelerating a university initiative on technology, ethics, governance and policy.

McCourt’s Amy O’Hara and Georgetown Law’s Tanina Rostain are working with Amazon Web Services on the Civil Justice Data Commons, a repository of court data for researchers and judicial institutions.

Alvaro Bedoya, founding director of Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy & Technology and visiting professor, researches the importance of privacy for people of color, immigrants and working people.

Nazima Razick (C’93, G’99, L’99) organized emergency management and cross-training programs as chief of American Citizen Services – unknowingly preparing her team’s crisis response skills for the COVID-19 pandemic.

A hub for scholars, practitioners and policymakers to craft solutions to pressing international development issues, the Law of International Development Initiative is bolstered by Georgetown’s university-wide preeminence in international studies.

The effort, led by fellow Madeline Meth (L‘17) and director Brian Wolfman, is part of the Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic’s focus on advancing racial justice in the courts and society.

Law and medical students are teaming up to help sick and vulnerable clients take on issues like unsafe housing, food insecurity, unmet educational needs and compassionate release from prison.

Students from underrepresented racial, ethnic and socioeconomic groups in the RISE program have “risen” to leadership positions, distinguished law school careers and promising career prospects.

Lt. Jordan Foley (L’21) launched Chow Corp., through which fellows operate their own food truck while learning the food service business, after pitching his concept in the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Challenge.

Law students in year-long experiential learning clinics develop practical litigation skills by helping secure early release for more than a dozen medically vulnerable clients this year.