Public Safety issues holiday security advice

Edward Piper, the Director of the Department of Public Safety at Georgetown Law, sent a crime prevention letter to the Law Center community in advance of the holidays.

“During the holidays,” Piper wrote, “the potential for thefts and robberies increase. More people are out and about, and they are carrying more gifts and money than during other times of the year. While there’s no need to be afraid, you should keep in mind the following holiday safety reminders:

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Street Law kids attend human rights exhibition on-campus

Street Law teachers, and their high school students, pack Hart Auditorium.The Street Law: High Schools clinic today hosted a multimedia exhibition and competition co-sponsored by the D.C. Commission for Human Rights the Women of Color Collective in Hart Auditorium.

In the Street Law clinic, Georgetown Law students teach law to high school students throughout D.C. As part of the clinic, teachers brought their classes to the Law Center from 3:30-5:30 to show off video projects, posters and other media projects the high school students created, all on the subject on the District’s human rights law. The exhibit was titled “Know Your Rights: DC Students Take on the Human Rights Act.”

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Mock Trial Team dominates New York tournament

The Trial Ad Team brought home multiple pieces of hardware.The Trial Advocacy Team of Barristers’ Council has wrapped up its fall competitions with a 1st place victory at Fordham Law School’s inaugural Judge Paul Joseph Kelly, Jr. Invitational Trial Competition.

Students Michael Kawi, 3L, and Amanda Tuminelli, 2L ,went 5-0, defeating teams from Fordham, NYU, Miami, Cardozo and Temple during the Nov. 11-13 competition. Kawi won Best Closing argument for one side of the case while Amanda won Best Advocate in the final round. The team was coached by attorneys Tara Kelly and Marybeth Manfredo.

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Some professors join fight against proposed Internet law

Critics allege the law will allow the gov’t to censor the internet.Georgetown Law professors are lending their voices to the outcry against a proposed Internet regulation law in Congress.

Two bills, one in the Senate and one in the House, are currently pending, both aiming to stop Internet piracy. The House bill is the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA. The Senate bill is the Protect IP Act.

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Experiential class may spawn product-safety experts of tomorrow

Books of law revolve around the products we put on our skin.A little-known course at Georgetown Law teaches the fundamentals of the ever-growing body of regulatory law that governs the things we put in and on our bodies.  The class, which will be offered next semester for the third year, is called “Consumer Advocacy and Government Regulation: Personal-Care Products and Dietary Supplements.”

The class was started in large part thanks to the pioneering investigative journalist Toni Stabile.  Her 1966 exposé, Cosmetics: Trick or Treat, brought public scrutiny to an industry that had long existed in a regulatory void.  The book’s popularity helped lead to a Senate hearing on the matter and initiated a wave of new regulation.

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Human rights maverick visits Law Center

The hard-charging diplomat speaks at the CAROLA event.Students, faculty and guests gathered earlier this month to hear remarks by F. Allen “Tex” Harris, a career diplomat who influenced State Department policy on human rights. In an event organized by the Center for Rule of Law in the Americas (CAROLA), the affable Harris spoke about his experiences as a political officer for the US Embassy to Argentina in the 1970s.  Harris helped the State Department gain a clearer picture of the worsening state of human rights in Argentina at the time.

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Law Weekly now accepting applications to join the 2012 staff! All positions up for grabs.

Join the staff! Applications due Nov. 29.The Law Weekly is now accepting applications to join the staff for the 2012 calendar year! Unlike some journals and newspapers, the Law Weekly staff turns over every at the end of every calendar year, as opposed to the end of every school year. In other words, our editors serve in their positions from January to December, at which point the staff gets a new Editor-in-Chief and all other positions are up for grabs. If you’re interested in joining the Law Weekly staff, please send an application to laweekly@law.georgetown.edu, preferably by Dec. 2nd. Find more information after the jump!

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