Georgetown University Law Center
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Image:GULC sign.jpg Image:GULC campus.jpg Image:McDonough Hall.jpg Image:GULC library.jpg Image:GULC south quad.jpg Image:Gewirz Student Center.jpg Georgetown University Law Center (GULC) is Georgetown University's law school. It is among the ten most selective law schools in the United States and is considered to be in the "top 14," a legal insider recognition of its reputation. Princeton Review ranks it in the top ten for "Best Career Prospects" and "Best Overall Academic Experience." Law School 100, a ranking scheme that claims to use qualitative criteria instead of quantitative, ranks the law school seventh overall, tied with Cornell, University of Virginia and others. The school is a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). Its current dean is T. Alexander Aleinikoff.
Opened as Georgetown Law School in 1870, it was the first law school run by a Jesuit institution within the U.S. GULC has been separate from the main Georgetown campus (in the neighborhood of Georgetown) since 1890, when it moved near Chinatown. The GULC campus is currently located on New Jersey Avenue, several blocks north of the Capitol, and a few blocks due west of Union Station. The campus is composed of the classroom building of McDonough Hall, the Edward Bennett Williams Law Library, the Gewirz Student Center, which provides housing to mostly first year law students, and the Hotung International Law Center, as well as a separate building housing a sports and fitness center.
Among the current GULC faculty are former Clinton chief of staff John Podesta, former U.S. Congressman Father Robert Drinan, and former Federal Trade Commission chairman Robert Pitofsky, as well as many former Supreme Court clerks and other notable legal academics and professionals. Former professors include Supreme Court Justices William Brennan, Antonin Scalia and Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr..
Famous alumni
- Jack Abramoff (1986) - Lobbyist, political fundraiser.
- Thomas Ambro (1975) - Judge, United States Court of Appeals
- Rep. Bob Barr (1977), R-Georgia (retired)
- William W. Belknap (1851) - U.S. Secretary of War (deceased)
- Bradley Belt, former Executive Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
- Sen. J. Caleb Boggs (1937) - R-Delaware (deceased)
- Rep. Michael N. Castle (1964), R-Delaware
- Sen. Dennis Chavez (1920), D-New Mexico (deceased)
- George Cortelyou, (1895), Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Commerce and Labor, and Postmaster General (deceased)
- Gov. Mitch Daniels (1979) - director, Office of Management and Budget (2001–2003), R-Indiana (2005-Present)
- Sen. Richard Durbin (1969), D-Illinois - Democratic Whip
- Rep. John Dingell, (1952) - D-Michigan
- Rep. Lane Evans (1978), D-Illinois
- Rep. Martin Frost (1970), D-Texas (retired)
- Stephen Glass (2000), disgraced journalist
- Rep. Stephanie Herseth (1997), D-South Dakota
- Chief Judge Thomas Hogan (1966), United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- Rep. Steny Hoyer (1966), D-Maryland
- Mickey Kantor, (1968) - former Secretary of Commerce
- Rep. Bill Jefferson (1996), D-Louisiana
- Robert M. Kimmitt (1977), Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
- Rep. Mark Kirk (1992), R-Illinois
- Sen. Patrick Leahy (1964), D-Vermont
- Rep. Dan Lungren (1971), R-California
- Gov. John Lynch D-New Hampshire (2005-present)
- Terry McAuliffe (1984) - former Chairman, Democratic National Committee
- Sen. George Mitchell (1961), D-Maine - former majority leader, chairman of the board of the Walt Disney Co., board of directors of the Boston Red Sox
- Gov. Jim McGreevey (1981), D-New Jersey - (retired)
- Marc Morial (1983) - mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana
- John Podesta (1976) - former White House Chief of Staff
- Michael Powell (1993) - commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
- Keri Schrader (2001), Miss Maryland 1999 (third runner-up in Miss America pageant)
- Gov. Don Siegelman (1972), D-Alabama (retired)
- John Sirica (1926) - Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia (deceased)
- Michael Slive (1966)- current commissioner of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and formerly the first commissioner of both Conference USA and Great Midwest Conference
- John D. Spellman (1953), governor of Washington (1981-1985)
- Ricardo M. Urbina - Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- Rep. Chris Van Hollen (1990), D-Maryland
- Greta Van Susteren, anchor of On the Record on the Fox News Channel
- Rep. Peter Visclosky (1982), D-Indiana
- James H. Webb, (1975) Secretary of the Navy; noted author and candidate for U.S. Senate from Virginia.
- Rep. Rick White (1980), R-Washington (retired)
- Edward Bennett Williams (1944), Owner of the Washington Redskins and Baltimore Orioles. Founder of the prominent law firm Williams & Connolly LLP. (deceased)
- Rep. Frank Wolf (1965), R-Virginia
- Rep. Albert Wynn (1977), D-Maryland
President Lyndon Johnson also attended classes at the Law Center for a few months in 1934, but did not graduate. Donald Rumsfeld entered the Law Center in 1957 after serving in the military, but dropped out that same year.