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DC Affordable Law Firm Marks a Decade of Service

DC Affordable Law Firm (DCALF), an innovative nonprofit law firm operated in partnership with Georgetown Law and the University of the District of Columbia, celebrated its 10th anniversary last month.

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CEO of Salt Point Strategies, David Redl will give a keynote speech on why “Law, economics, engineering, and, perhaps most importantly, an understanding of the motivations of your political partners are the underpinning of the best technology policies.”

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Addiction community responds to Trump homelessness order President Trump's executive order on homelessness aims to make it easier for states and cities to get people into mental health or addiction treatment, even if that means involuntary civil commitment.

"The most important thing about harm reduction is that it builds trust with people so that folks who wouldn't otherwise get any kind of care can get the type of care that they need."

O'Neill's @reginalabelle.bsky.social spoke to @npr.org's All Things Considered.

www.npr.org/2025/07/28/n...

A quote from GCC Executive Director Kate Zyla overlays a picture of a congested, multi-lane highways. The quote reads: "Rescinding the Endangerment Finding would contradict decades of legal precedent and sound science. Floods, fires, extreme heat, and rising sea levels exacerbated by climate change affect the lives of all Americans and their communities, every day, in every corner of the country. Vehicles are the largest U.S. source of dangerous greenhouse gas emissions contributing to climate change, and taking away EPA’s ability to regulate those emissions makes it unnecessarily harder to solve this existential problem.”

This afternoon, the Trump Administration announced a major rollback of the U.S. EPA's efforts to curb air pollution from vehicles that causes climate change. Read GCC's statement on the proposed repeal of the Endangerment Finding: www.georgetownclimate.org/articles/sta...

If you are looking to be a public defender, and are a rising 3L or recent law grad, apply for the E. Barrett Prettyman fellowship at @georgetownlaw.bsky.social. Check out the job announcement: apply.interfolio.com/170321

If you are looking to be a public defender, and are a rising 3L or recent law grad, apply for the E. Barrett Prettyman fellowship at @georgetownlaw.bsky.social. Check out the job announcement: apply.interfolio.com/170321

Georgetown Law Alumna to Serve as Supreme Court Clerk The fifth Georgetown Law graduate in nine years has secured a Supreme Court clerkship. Kate Hardiman Rhodes, L’22, will clerk for Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett during the October 2025 term. ...

The fifth Georgetown Law graduate in nine years has secured a Supreme Court clerkship. Kate Hardiman Rhodes, L’22, will clerk for Justice Amy Coney Barrett during the Oct 2025 term. A graduate of Georgetown Law’s evening program, Rhodes worked at a D.C. litigation firm while pursuing her law degree.

Simon Hernandez, L’28,(R) and Cornelia Dixon, L’28 (L) 2025 Tillman Scholars.

📣 Congratulations to Simon Hernandez, L’28, and Cornelia Dixon, L’28, on being named 2025 Tillman Scholars! @pattillmanfnd 👏 They’re among 42 chosen from 1,700+ applicants nationwide and the 2nd & 3rd #GeorgetownLaw recipients in two years. bit.ly/3IpXkdW

#TillmanScholars

Missed last week's event? Watch the recordings on C-SPAN
📺 The Rule of Law & the Trump Administration: www.c-span.org/program/publ...
📺 Supreme Court Term in Review:
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Georgetown Law and O’Neill Institute Host Second Annual “Supreme Court Term in Review” Top legal advocates, scholars and journalists convened at Georgetown Law July 2 to analyze some of the most consequential and controversial decisions of the Supreme Court’s 2024-25 term, from immigran...

Top legal advocates, scholars and journalists convened at Georgetown Law to analyze some of the most consequential and controversial decisions of the #SCOTUS 2024-25 term, from immigrant deportations to nationwide injunctions to transgender rights. bit.ly/4lGUxeD @oneillinstitute.bsky.social

Thank you Dean Treanor for your leadership and more importantly for your friendship. I also want to thank you for the opportunity to teach at Georgetown University Law Center, an experience I will never forget and always appreciate.

Joshua C. Teitelbaum, newly appointed Interim Dean of Georgetown Law and Executive Vice President of Georgetown University, stands smiling in a navy suit and striped tie in front of the Eric E. Hotung International Law Center Building.

Today marks the first day of Joshua C. Teitelbaum’s service as Interim Dean and Executive Vice President of Georgetown University! He succeeds William M. Treanor, now the Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor. #georgetownlaw

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/40Ax8n1

YouTube video by Georgetown Law A Farewell Message from Dean William M. Treanor

A Farewell Message from Dean William M. Treanor 💙

LIVE NOW — Tune in for "Teach-in on Defending Freedom," a conversation hosted by @politicsprose.bsky.social, featuring #GeorgetownLaw Dean William M. Treanor alongside @karaswisher.bsky.social and Donald B. Verrilli.
bit.ly/45zr0Pp

Alfred Moses, L’56, H’13, a prominent D.C. attorney, philanthropist & former U.S. Amb. to Romania, has made a historic $10M gift to Georgetown Law to fund scholarships & other support for students committed to careers in public service. www.law.georgetown.edu/news/alfred-...

Outgoing Georgetown Law Dean Reflects on 23 Years of Leadership, Promoting Access “I had all the opportunities in the world because my father was a doctor. He was able to become a doctor because he got financial aid, and that transformed not just his life, not just the life of all his patients, but my life and my children's lives," said William Treanor. “So it’s a kind of a ripple effect that increasing access has always been very, very important to me.”

Outgoing Georgetown Law Dean Reflects on 23 Years of Leadership, Promoting Access: bit.ly/4kCPHyR

‘The Privilege of a Lifetime’: Dean William M. Treanor on 15 Years at Georgetown Law After 15 eventful years, William M. Treanor, Executive Vice President, Dean of the Law Center and Paul Regis Dean Leadership Chair, steps down from the deanship at the end of this month. After a sabba...

Q&A | ‘The Privilege of a Lifetime’: Dean William M. Treanor on 15 Years at Georgetown Law: bit.ly/4jUNIVD

What Trump's national emergencies could mean for American democracy Trump invoked emergency powers more times in his first 100 days than any other modern president has in that time. Experts worry it could lead to an upending of the constitutional balance of power.

Georgetown Law Prof. Jennifer Hillman says Trump is testing the limits of presidential power by using emergency declarations to bypass Congress. “Maybe Trump is pushing that envelope … wanting, if you will, the unitary executive, this notion that the president is all powerful.” @npr.org

On C-SPAN's Washington Journal, Professor Mary McCord of @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social discussed the legal and Constitutional authorities pertaining to the domestic deployment of the U.S. military. Watch: bit.ly/44gj5W0

Judge Sri Srinivasan speaks into a handheld microphone during a fireside chat on stage with Yasmeen Rose, who is seated beside him and smiling.

Outgoing Editor-in-Chief Yasmeen Rose smiles at the podium while delivering remarks at the Georgetown Law Journal banquet. The Georgetown Law logo is visible in the background

Amritha Ramalingam, Yasmeen Rose, Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan, and Dean William M. Treanor pose together in front of Georgetown Law-branded step-and-repeat banners.

A wide view of the banquet hall at the Mayflower Hotel, showing guests seated at round tables as Judge Sri Srinivasan speaks on stage in a fireside chat with Yasmeen Rose.

Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit joined students, alumni and faculty at The Georgetown Law Journal’s 12th annual alumni banquet: bit.ly/4kHtkZp

Join us on July 2nd--Litigating in The Trump Era: Protecting and Preserving the Rule of Law & the Supreme Court Term in Review @georgetownlaw.bsky.social. Featuring @sifill.bsky.social @mjsdc.bsky.social @jamellebouie.net @moiradonegan.bsky.social @gtconway.bsky.social @skyeperryman.bsky.social @chrisgeidner.bsky.social @msmagazine.com @byreginamahone.bsky.social

Join us on July 2nd @georgetownlaw.bsky.social Protecting and Preserving the Rule of Law & the Supreme Court Term in Review. Last year, standing room only. Registration on the QR code. @msmagazine.com @feministmajority.org @acslaw.bsky.social @brennancenter.org

Join @georgetownlaw.bsky.social, O'Neill, and our incredible panelists for the Supreme Court Term in Review on July 2nd.

Space is limited for this in-person event. Register today.

🔗https://oneill.law.georgetown.edu/events/2025-supreme-court-term-in-review/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=bluesky

Trivia Fans: #GeorgetownLaw Prof. Steve Vladeck’s book The Shadow Docket was a clue on Jeopardy! Masters. The book examines the #SupremeCourt’s unsigned decisions, often called the “shadow docket.”

Follow him: @stevevladeck.bsky.social

#GeorgetownLaw #Jeopardy @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social

The Center on Privacy & Technology (privacytechcenter.bsky.social), along with Americans for Immigrant Justice and Amica, is suing DHS for failing to disclose how it collects & uses DNA from non-citizens. This lawsuit demands transparency on a growing surveillance program. Complaint: bit.ly/3TaiSgI

Commencement 2025: Georgetown Law Graduates Celebrate, Embrace ‘Justice, Openness and Heart’ More than 1,100 members of the Class of 2025 — including some 649 J.D. candidates as well as 463 master of laws and 8 doctor of juridical science candidates — gathered with their families and friends...

Commencement 2025: Georgetown Law Graduates Celebrate, Embrace ‘Justice, Openness and Heart

Three Georgetown Law graduates in regalia smile and celebrate outdoors, holding diplomas and graduation caps on a sunny day with greenery and flowers in the background.

Two Georgetown Law graduates in regalia pose together, smiling and standing in the sunlight, with trees and a campus building in the background.

A Georgetown Law graduate in regalia stands with two loved ones, smiling and holding a bouquet of white flowers. They are outdoors under the shade of leafy trees.

Georgetown Law graduates seated at the commencement ceremony cheer and clap while wearing academic regalia. One student in the center reacts with visible excitement.

LIVE 3:00 PM EDT: Join Georgetown Law for the Class of 2025 Commencement Ceremony, a Law Center-wide event on the Georgetown Hilltop Campus in which students process onto Healy Lawn.

Tune in on Georgetown's Facebook (no account needed to watch, close the pop-up!) 👉 www.facebook.com/georgetownun...

LIVE NOW - Georgetown Law Commencement Celebration Days - Saturday, May 17, 2025 🎓

🔗 WATCH: bit.ly/4dqs5ec

TODAY'S SCHEDULE:

9:00 a.m.: J.D. Section 3

11:00 a.m.: J.D. Section 4

1:00 p.m.: J.D. Section 5

3:00 p.m.: J.D. Section 6 (transfer students)

5:00 p.m.: J.D. Section 7

Graduates in purple academic regalia walk together outdoors on the Georgetown Law campus.

A large group of Georgetown Law graduates sits under a commencement tent, dressed in purple gowns and caps, attentively watching the ceremony.

A Georgetown Law graduate, dressed in regalia, smiling and clapping. More graduates stand behind him.

A Georgetown Law graduate speaks at a podium with the "GEORGETOWN LAW" wordmark, wearing graduation regalia and glasses. The stage backdrop is blue with spotlights.

Day 1 of Commencement is in the books! 📚 Thank you to all the families and friends who joined us today to celebrate our grads.

📷 We posted a larger photo album of Commencement Weekend 2025 on Facebook. More photos will be added throughout commencement weekend! 👉 bit.ly/434LEFv

Congratulations, Georgetown Law Class of 2025! 💙 We are so proud of you. 👏 #hoyas2025 #georgetownlaw2025

Please listen to @georgetownlaw.bsky.social Immersion Clinic student Shreya Sarin argue a conditions-of-confinement case in the Fourth Circuit, and note the fun banter between Judges Gregory & Rushing and Shreya at the beginning: www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp...