The official Bluesky account of Georgetown University Law Center "Law is but the means, justice is the end." www.law.georgetown.eduhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3mttp3hfg7o2jThe long-awaited day has arrived! Welcome back to our returning Hoyas, and welcome to more than 1,000 new J.D., transfer, and LL.M. students beginning classes at Georgetown Law. Hoya Saxa! 🏛️24 Aug 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttp3hfg7o2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3mtkjgiaz6s2iThe newest members of the #GeorgetownLaw community visited the Hilltop for the annual Faculty Moot Court Thursday evening! Seven professors who’ve argued and briefed scores of cases before SCOTUS presented a mock argument in Vieira v. Cook County.21 Aug 2026 00:37 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkjgiaz6s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3msjjsy4s7v2wOn Aug. 6, a Senate committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt and refer him for prosecution. @oneillinstitute.bsky.social's @gostin.bsky.social says it's legally flawed because his pardon didn't cover state charges, and referrals require a full Senate vote. @medpagetoday.com https://bit.ly/4bxhaQm07 Aug 2026 21:47 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjjsy4s7v2whttps://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3msjgccdvsk2wOPINION | In May, Beijing ordered firms to defy U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil. Professor @markjia.bsky.social says it's part of a decade-long push for Chinese "legal power," and argues the bigger risk is how the U.S. is eroding its own. Read Jia's take in @foreignaffairs.com. https://bit.ly/4g3I5of07 Aug 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjgccdvsk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3msgk3wjlva25In his new book "The Constitution Cannot Save Us," Georgetown Law professor Louis Michael Seidman, a former Thurgood Marshall clerk, argues that the #Constitution and #SupremeCourt aren't the check on power we think they are. Learn more about Seidman's book in this Q&A: https://bit.ly/3TFQ17B06 Aug 2026 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgk3wjlva25https://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3ms6krwxfac27On Aug. 1, M. Elizabeth “Liz” Magill became Dean of Georgetown Law and Executive Vice President of Georgetown University. Learn more about Dean Magill and watch her welcome message to the Law Center community: https://bit.ly/4h43sIb03 Aug 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6krwxfac27https://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3mrawidoies22Top legal advocates, scholars and journalists gathered at Georgetown Law this month to break down the Supreme Court's 2025-26 term, covering voting rights, birthright citizenship, presidential power and more. #SCOTUS #GeorgetownLaw @oneillinstitute.bsky.social @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social https://bit.ly/4wgoQhU22 Jul 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrawidoies22https://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3mqrqv5ries2aGeorgetown Law alumnus and leading D.C. antitrust attorney John DeQ. Briggs, L'72, has made a gift to establish the John DeQ. Briggs Endowed Professorship in Antitrust Law, strengthening the Law Center's antitrust program. Learn more: bit.ly/4aUC0bX https://bit.ly/4aUC0bX16 Jul 2026 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrqv5ries2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3mplvulagpc2zOPINION | "The decision in Trump v Slaughter may not have been as revolutionary as American independence from Britain, but it ushers in momentous changes in the powers of the presidency, and with it, the potential for abuse of presidential power," writes Professor Victoria Nourse in @economist.com. https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2026/06/29/americas-supreme-court-turns-we-the-people-on-its-head01 Jul 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplvulagpc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3mplnzck4zp26In her latest opinion on @ms.now, Georgetown Law Professor Maria Glover argues that the most important story of this Supreme Court term isn't who wins or loses, it's the court's steady accumulation of power at the expense of lower courts, Congress, and voters: https://bit.ly/4eDzrgJ #SCOTUS01 Jul 2026 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplnzck4zp26https://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3mp2mclgpi52nGeorgetown Law Dean Emeritus William Treanor appears in The American Experiment, a new Netflix documentary series on the origins of American democracy, just in time for the nation's 250th anniversary. Streaming now: https://bit.ly/4g0gPIV24 Jun 2026 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2mclgpi52nhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3mold57fri22kWhat I'm Working On: Hear from @shbarclay.bsky.social on her surprising find in Justice O'Connor's private papers, her forthcoming book and her next project: AI and the First Amendment. https://bit.ly/4aYinQ618 Jun 2026 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mold57fri22khttps://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3mnv4myw5a42sFormer NFL running back Ken Jenkins helped expose "race norming" in the landmark NFL Concussion Settlement. This spring, Georgetown Law students heard directly from Jenkins and the attorneys behind the $1.6 billion agreement through a first-of-its-kind practicum. https://bit.ly/49QYFWd09 Jun 2026 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnv4myw5a42shttps://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3mnsad45cfl22Institute for Int'l Economic Law faculty and alumni unpack what it's really like to teach, practice and advise clients when the rules of international trade are being rewritten in real time. Read more in the Spring 2026 Georgetown Law Magazine cover story: https://bit.ly/4ulLEem08 Jun 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnsad45cfl22https://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3mndcny2dsj2mAn amicus brief written by Professor Brian Wolfman and students in Georgetown Law's Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic was cited by Justice Brett Kavanaugh in a concurring opinion for the recent unanimous #SupremeCourt decision Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II. Opinion: https://bit.ly/4doPjBY02 Jun 2026 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mndcny2dsj2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3mmctwatjnw27A collection of photos from the 2026 Georgetown Law Commencement ceremony is live on our Facebook. Browse all the moments and tag yourself! 📸 See them here: https://bit.ly/3PwHYZ620 May 2026 21:28 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmctwatjnw27https://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3mm3gqxx7os24Professor David Cole to the Class of 2026: "Hope is what gets us to stand up when others say sit down... my hope is that as lawyers, you will choose the action that produces hope, not the fatalism of the spectator." 🎓 Watch the ceremony replay: https://bit.ly/4veEWIj17 May 2026 22:43 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3gqxx7os24https://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3mm2sirnnjp2yGeorgetown Law's Class of 2026 graduates today! 🎓 Ceremony begins at 3:30 p.m. EDT on Georgetown University's Hilltop campus. Watch the livestream: https://www.youtube.com/@georgetownuniversity17 May 2026 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2sirnnjp2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3mlm6v4skmt2yAs Commencement approaches this weekend, we sat down with three Class of 2026 graduates who found belonging at Georgetown Law through mentorship. They reflect on the communities that shaped their experience and their commitment to giving back. https://bit.ly/4d5Kq1L11 May 2026 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlm6v4skmt2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3mlbrrfdntm2zOPINION | The #hantavirus cruise ship outbreak isn't another COVID-19. But it reveals how little has changed since the pandemic, writes Georgetown Law's Lawrence O. Gostin in @washingtonpost.com @postopinions.bsky.social @oneillinstitute.bsky.social https://wapo.st/4dv9CP907 May 2026 17:51 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbrrfdntm2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3ml2hifnj3w2wFour Georgetown Law professors rank among the 100 most-cited legal scholars in legal academia. Professors Vladeck, Goodwin, McLeod and Krishnakumar all earned spots on the "Top 100 Legal Scholars of 2025" list, compiled by law librarians at George Mason University. https://bit.ly/4tdrjY804 May 2026 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2hifnj3w2whttps://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3mj3hzqzqqb2nThe 2026 Samuel Dash Conference on Human Rights brought together youth advocates and legal experts to discuss climate justice, human rights and the power of the courts. @youthvgov.bsky.social Read more: https://bit.ly/4msropm09 Apr 2026 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3hzqzqqb2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3miz67xtx752mProf. @greggbloche.bsky.social writes for @bloomberglaw.com on the Supreme Court's Chiles v. Salazar ruling and what it means for professional accountability in medicine and law. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4shJStP08 Apr 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3miz67xtx752mhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3miyswn7hzf2iTODAY: The Supreme Court Tackles Geofence Warrants and the Fourth Amendment hosted by the Supreme Court Institute. Join Michael Dreeben, Laura Donohue, @paulohm.bsky.social, and Julie O'Sullivan as they break down Chatrie v. United States. 📍 Hotung 1000/Zoom 🕓 4:00 PM ET 🔗 https://bit.ly/4sZpkrj08 Apr 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyswn7hzf2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3miwe5o7uij2mTomorrow: The Supreme Court Tackles Geofence Warrants and the Fourth Amendment hosted by the Supreme Court Institute. Join Michael Dreeben, Laura Donohue, @paulohm.bsky.social, and Julie O'Sullivan as they break down Chatrie v. United States. 📍 Hotung 1000/Zoom 🕓 4:00 PM ET 🔗 https://bit.ly/4sZpkrj07 Apr 2026 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwe5o7uij2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgetownlaw.bsky.social/post/3mieog53hp222As Women’s History Month comes to a close, Georgetown honors the Hoya women who shape history every day. The 2026 Georgetown Women’s Forum showcased the brilliance, resilience, and leadership of alumnae. Read more about the event here: https://bit.ly/4v6EtIQ31 Mar 2026 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:326sthh7kvwgjxiobjabout2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mieog53hp222