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Georgetown University Law Center

About: Georgetown University Law Center is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Supreme court & Global health. The organization has 585 authors who have published 2488 publications receiving 36650 citations. The organization is also known as: Georgetown Law & GULC.


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TL;DR: Even though official attention did not focus on asylum, subtle, significant changes have occurred, and more subtle changes cumulatively call into question how robust the system truly is today.
Abstract: The U.S. refugee resettlement program, was the first refugee protection casualty of the terrorist attacks. American officials perceived resettlement as being particularly vulnerable to security problems. That was not the case with the other major U.S. refugee protection program, the asylum system. That system was effectively revamped in 1995 to address a variety of abuses, in part connected to individuals involved in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Yet, even though official attention did not focus on asylum, subtle, significant changes have occurred. This article delineates and assesses these changes by closely examining data and developments at all levels of the asylum system. These more subtle changes cumulatively call into question how robust the system truly is today. Finally, this study calls for major changes to improve the protection of those refugees who manage to reach the United States without government assistance.

9 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a commitment approach to social enterprise governance within the bounds of existing social enterprise laws, in which for-profit social enterprise founders and the board of directors adopt governance policies and processes that create an organizational identity committed to mission-accountability, transparency, and stakeholder governance.
Abstract: For-profit social enterprises lack the external accountability mechanisms of the charitable and corporate sectors. Absent legal reform, a for-profit social enterprise must develop internal mechanisms to prioritize its social mission, mitigate tensions between pursuing dual missions, and avoid engaging in deceptive greenwashing. This article contributes to the field of law and entrepreneurship by presenting a commitment approach to social enterprise governance within the bounds of existing social enterprise laws. Commitment to the amelioration of a social or environmental problem is a central attribute of social enterprise. A commitment approach is one in which for-profit social enterprise founders and the board of directors, in the early stages of the firm, adopt governance policies and processes that create an organizational identity committed to mission-accountability, transparency, and stakeholder governance. Adoption of a commitment approach at the highest levels of the organization aids in creating an organizational identity that reigns in conflict between social mission and financial profitability when managers face difficult decisions over costs and resource allocation. This article presents the commitment approach through the lens of a fictional for-profit social enterprise, and recommends specific governance policies and processes for public benefit corporations, benefit corporations, and social purpose corporations.

9 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a database from a major American bank that served as trustee for private-label mortgage-backed securitized (PLS) loans was used to identify a decline in credit spreads on mortgages conditioned on loan and borrower characteristics.
Abstract: How did pricing for mortgage credit risk change during the years prior to the 2008 financial crisis? Using a database from a major American bank that served as trustee for private-label mortgage-backed securitized (PLS) loans, this paper identifies a decline in credit spreads on mortgages conditioned on loan and borrower characteristics. We show that observable risk factors, FICO score and loan-to-value ratio, had less of an impact on mortgage pricing over time. As the volume of PLS mortgages expanded and lending terms eased, risk premiums failed to price the increase in risk.

9 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the evolution of the Rule 144A market as a way for foreign issuers to tap U.S. capital without submitting to a mandatory disclosure regime, and the emergence of international accounting standards to which the SEC seems eventually ready to submit.
Abstract: This essay introduces and comments on three articles in the Virginia Law & Business Review that address important questions of international competitiveness and U.S. securities regulation: the evolution of the Rule 144A market as a way for foreign issuers to tap U.S. capital without submitting to a mandatory disclosure regime; the emergence of international accounting standards to which the SEC seems eventually ready to submit; and "best execution" differences between trading platforms in the U.S. and the E.U.

9 citations

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TL;DR: This article attempts to set forth some of the critical questions new teachers must answer by describing the goals and content of a clinical pedagogy course designed by the Georgetown Law Center faculty to train graduate clinical teaching fellows and facilitate their entry into the academy.
Abstract: Legal educators and the legal academy have long made the mistaken assumption that new teachers have an intuitive grasp of teaching methodology based on their experiences as students, and that therefore they can begin and continue teaching throughout their careers without any understanding of teaching methodology. Clinical teachers in particular face unique pedagogical challenges relating to class goals, supervisory methods, feedback, and grading. These challenges are magnified by the existence of clients and by the need to engage with students regarding the ethics of legal practice and cultural difference.This article attempts to set forth some of the critical questions new teachers must answer by describing the goals and content of a clinical pedagogy course designed by the Georgetown Law Center faculty to train graduate clinical teaching fellows and facilitate their entry into the academy. The article (and program it describes) rests on six fundamental beliefs: clinical teaching is different from and more expansive than doctrinal teaching or professional legal practice; clinical teaching is goal driven and based on backward design; faculty intervention must be intentional and based on making choices that further a student’s education; clinical education should be based on an expansive theory of justice; client and student needs are equally important in a clinical program and neither need be sacrificed for the other; and clinical teaching is personal and designed to accept students where they are and to maximize their learning potential.The Georgetown training program emphasizes intentional and reflective supervision and creative and adaptive teaching methods. The major focuses of the course are the history of clinical education and its contemporary status in the academy; techniques of supervision and reflection; relevant values, ethics, and morals of clinical teaching; pedagogical methods for structuring classroom teaching; and the interrelationship of feedback, evaluation, and grading in clinical courses. The article provides the syllabus for the program and engages in an in-depth discussion of each element of the course to help new clinical teachers answer the question “where should I begin?”

9 citations


Authors

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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Lawrence O. Gostin7587923066
Michael J. Saks381555398
Chirag Shah343415056
Sara J. Rosenbaum344256907
Mark Dybul33614171
Steven C. Salop3312011330
Joost Pauwelyn321543429
Mark Tushnet312674754
Gorik Ooms291243013
Alicia Ely Yamin291222703
Julie E. Cohen28632666
James G. Hodge272252874
John H. Jackson271022919
Margaret M. Blair26754711
William W. Bratton251122037
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
202174
2020146
2019115
2018113
2017109
2016118