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Georgetown Law Professor Neal Katyal was a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Thursday. Katyal, who wrote the rules on special counsel investigations, told Colbert that the Mueller report is "the end of the beginning, not the beginning of the end."

“In layperson’s terms, he tried to obstruct justice. I don’t know how you could walk away from this thinking that this isn’t a person who tried to obstruct justice," Professor Mary McCord, Former Acting Assistant Attorney General, told VICE News.

On April 9, Georgetown University Law Center and Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life sponsored a timely and much-needed dialogue with survivors, clergy, attorneys for the Catholic Church, attorneys for survivors, canon law and civil law experts, media, social workers and more.

In conversation with Georgetown Law Journal Editor in Chief (2018-2019) MJ Kirsch (L'19), Judge Thomas Hardiman (L’90) of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit spoke candidly about his family and his moment in the spotlight as a Supreme Court nominee.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested and charged with conspiracy."Nothing about this indictment is charging him with publishing truthful information," Professor Mary McCord told FRONTLINE.

"We don't doubt the sincerity of NYC health commissioner attempting to tamp down measles, but the order may be challenged as unequal and arguably unfair," writes Professor Lawrence Gostin of O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown in a new opinion piece.

Fransharon Jackson’s second chance at freedom came when she was granted clearance for a psychological exam by Maryland parole officials. 15 months later, she’s still waiting for an appointment with the only doctor who can conduct it.Georgetown Law's Criminal Defense and Prisoner Advocacy Clinic helped Ms. Jackson with her parole petition, now stalled by the MD state process.

At the 2019 American Criminal Law Review Symposium on women's rights in the criminal justice system, faculty from #GeorgetownLaw examined the many ways in which women experience and shape the criminal justice system.

"Formalizing this immigration process is both beneficial to the industry and the fishermen and being able to track and maintain who’s coming into the country for work is definitely something both parties can get behind.” - Larson Binzer (L’20)At the 2019 Dash Conference, an all-female team of students presented their findings on the loopholes in immigration and labor laws that are subjecting the foreign fishermen who man Hawaii’s longline fishing industry into forced labor.

More than 500 Georgetown alumni, students and faculty recently gathered for the Georgetown Women’s Forum, where participants shared their experience and expertise in leadership, entrepreneurship, law, technology, social justice and the sciences.

Georgetown Law is thankful for the many loyal alumni, parents, and friends who provide support to our institution. Every scholarship awarded transforms a student’s future, and those same students are inspired to change the lives of everyone they meet.Our 2019 scholarship recipients share how their lives have been impacted by a donor’s generosity.

Mary McCord of our Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection joins VICE News' Greg Walters to discuss Attorney General Barr's letter, the legal argument behind it, and the lingering questions surrounding whether Trump obstructed justice.

Dramatically expanding the Supreme Court would benefit both parties and make the court the politically neutral branch of government it was intended to be, explains Georgetown Law Professor Adam J. Levitin.

“As you know, Argentina is experiencing a process of institutional strengthening — with a government that is convinced of the importance of changing an old paradigm, willing to bury bad habits and to give its citizens a sense of justice,” said Fernando Oris de Roa, Argentina’s Ambassador to the United States.