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With a vibrant community of more than 2,500 students, faculty, and staff and more than 150 law journals, societies, organizations and affinity groups, there’s always something happening at Georgetown Law.
As a J.D. student, you will experience the law first-hand — whether you are assisting in the drafting of actual legislation, helping a professor prepare oral arguments for a Supreme Court hearing, or guiding clients through legal challenges — all while earning a degree respected throughout the world.
Georgetown Law combines a premier legal education with limitless opportunities for hands-on experience. You will learn from a faculty of renowned scholars and leading practitioners across a wide variety of fields, including international, tax, environmental, and health law.
Today, the Law Center boasts the nation’s top-ranked clinical program, joint degree and advanced degree programs, world-renowned centers and institutes, an Office of Public Interest and Community Service, and a diverse curriculum rivaling that of any major law school.
If there’s a field of law that interests you, Georgetown University Law Center can help you put together a rigorous program of study to pursue a career in it. We offer one of the nation’s largest, most respected Juris Doctor (J.D.) programs , with a breadth and depth of courses that is matched only by our opportunities for hands-on ...
Imagine earning your Juris Doctor (J.D.) a short walk from the U.S. Capitol, Supreme Court and the countless global firms, think tanks and NGOs that call Washington home. At Georgetown Law, your study of the law will include seeing it in action at the nation’s highest levels.
Georgetown Law’s curriculum is one of the largest and most diverse of any law school in the world. Each year, we offer more than 500 courses at the J.D. level and more than 300 courses for graduate students. Explore our curriculum guide and our areas of study below.
The Center for Innovations in Community Safety, partnering with global law firm Sheppard Mullin, has created ABLE* (Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement) to prepare officers to successfully intervene to prevent harm and to create a law enforcement culture that supports peer intervention.
Application Fee or Fee Waiver. A nonrefundable $85 fee must be submitted at the time you apply. This can be done by credit card through LSAC. Georgetown Law will not issue a refund of the application fee. Georgetown Law grants merit- and need-based fee waivers on a case-by-case basis.
Each area of specialization for our LL.M. degrees grows out of a center of excellence at Georgetown. Most focus on areas of law in which Georgetown is ranked in the top ten law schools in the nation. Georgetown Law’s LL.M. programs are open to both foreign and U.S.-educated lawyers.
