Richard Chovanec

Adjunct Professor of Law

Richard Chovanec is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown Law and serves as an Attorney-Adviser at U.S. Customs and Border Protection of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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Anupam Chander

Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and Technology

Phil Schrag

Delaney Family Professor of Public Interest Law

Paul Ohm

Professor of Law; Chief Data Officer

Mary McCord

Visiting Professor of Law

Laura K. Donohue

Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and National Security & Director, Center on National Security

Steve Vladeck

Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Federal Courts

Carlos Manuel Vazquez

The Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law

Greg Shaffer

Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of International Law

Neal Katyal

Paul and Patricia Saunders Professor of National Security Law

Jennifer Hillman

Professor from Practice

Kathleen Claussen

Professor of Law

Rosa Brooks

Scott K. Ginsburg Chair in Law and Policy

Martin S. Lederman

Martin S. Lederman

Professor from Practice

Jane E. Stromseth

Francis Cabell Brown Professor of International Law

Julie Cohen

Julie Cohen

Mark Claster Mamolen Professor of Law and Technology

Filippo Lancieri

Associate Professor of Law

Matt Blaze

Professor of Law

Mitt Regan

Professor of Law

David Luban

Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law & Philosophy, and Assistant Director, Center on National Security

David Koplow

Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law & Assistant Director, Center on National Security

Mary B. DeRosa

Professor from Practice & Director, Center on National Security

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