Georgetown University Law Center alumni

Georgetown University Law Center alumni
Name	Georgetown University Law Center alumni
Established	1870
Notable alumni	See list below
Location	Washington, D.C.

Georgetown University Law Center alumni are graduates and former students of the Georgetown University Law Center who have held prominent roles across the United States and internationally in the Judicial Conference of the United States, the United Nations, the World Bank, and major law firms, corporations, courts, legislatures, and media organizations. Alumni include federal judges on the Supreme Court of the United States, members of the United States Senate, cabinet secretaries, ambassadors to the United Nations, general counsels for multinational corporations, deans of law schools, and prominent litigators and commentators. This list highlights representative figures organized by field.

Notable alumni by field

Prominent figures span the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Congress, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the International Criminal Court, and leadership at institutions such as the American Bar Association, the Department of Justice (United States), the Central Intelligence Agency, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the World Trade Organization, and the Federal Reserve System. Alumni have also served as ambassadors to the United Kingdom, the European Union, China, and Israel, and as counsel in landmark cases before the Supreme Court of the United States and international tribunals.

Federal and state judiciary

Georgetown Law alumni who have served on the Supreme Court of the United States include justices and clerks who later sat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and state supreme courts such as the New York Court of Appeals and the California Supreme Court. Notable judges have included appointees to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Alumni have presided over cases implicating the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and precedent from the Marbury v. Madison line of decisions.

Political officeholders and government officials

Graduates have held elective office in the United States Senate, the United States House of Representatives, and gubernatorial offices in states including Maryland, Virginia, and California. Alumni have served as cabinet-level officials at the Department of State (United States), the Department of Defense (United States), the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Homeland Security (United States), and as directors of agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency. They have represented the United States as ambassadors to the United Nations, the European Union, Japan, and Israel, negotiated treaties under the framework of the Treaty of Versailles lineage, and worked on legislation connected to the Affordable Care Act, Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and Patriot Act.

Business, finance, and corporate leaders

Alumni have become general counsels, CEOs, and board chairs of major corporations listed on the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, led mergers overseen by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and advised on transactions involving the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Notable corporate alumni have led law departments at multinational firms, advised on antitrust matters invoking the Sherman Antitrust Act, and served as partners at firms with cases before the International Court of Justice. Leaders among alumni have also founded private equity firms, served on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors advisory bodies, and held executive roles at technology companies doing business with the European Commission.

Academia, legal scholarship, and public interest

Georgetown Law graduates have become deans and professors at institutions such as Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, Columbia Law School, and the University of Chicago Law School, and have written influential scholarship cited by the Supreme Court of the United States and international tribunals. Alumni have led non-governmental organizations like Human Rights Watch, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the International Crisis Group, litigated before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and participated in commissions convened by the United Nations General Assembly. They have authored treatises on subjects touching the United States Constitution, Administrative Procedure Act, and transnational dispute resolution practices.

Media, arts, and sports figures

Graduates have become prominent commentators on networks covering the U.S. presidential elections, anchors and legal analysts at outlets reporting on the Impeachment of the President of the United States, and writers whose work engages with cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. Alumni include advocates who represented athletes before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, authors whose books were reviewed in the New York Times Book Review, and producers involved with documentaries screened at the Sundance Film Festival. Several alumni have transitioned to roles in film, television, and professional sports organizations such as the National Basketball Association and the National Football League.

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