Georgetown Law Students Rip Pricey School Over Virtual Classes, Demand In-Person Learning Or Lower Tuition

A student-run group at Georgetown Law is demanding that the university return to iin-person classes or cut tuition costs for students.

The Conservative and Libertarian Student Association (CALSA) at Georgetown Law wrote a letter Thursday to Georgetown President John DeGioia and Dean William Treanor calling on the school to return to in-person learning. The December 30 letter followed a day after DeGioia announced via email that the school would begin its spring semester in virtual classrooms only, citing the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

“Georgetown’s constantly changing and draconian approach to COVIID-19 during this school year has had real negative impacts on the education and well-being of its students that cannot be discounted,” wrote Luke Bunting and Elana Quint, co-presidents of CALSA, according to The Daily Caller.

“Students are now left in a lurch. After registering for classes and paying tens of thousands of dollars in tuition and Washington-area housing costs, students are informed of – rather than consulted on – a policy inconsistent with the health and safety protocols advocated by national health experts and political leaders,” they continued. “Motivation, mental health, socialization, and the quality of education provided are suffering, all while the University and Law Center continued to raise tuition for an experience to which the students never consented.”

“We ask President DeGioia and the Law Center’s Dean Treanor to re-implement in-person learning for the full Spring semester,” they conclude. “If the school moves forward with its plan for mandatory virtual learning, we call for an appropriate reduction in tuition to account for the compromised semester being provided to Georgetown Law students.”

Georgetown’s move back to virtual classes defies both science and common sense. As such, CALSA is calling on Pres. DeGioia and Law Dean Treanor to re-implement in-person learning or provide an immediate tuition refund to compensate students for another compromised semester. pic.twitter.com/LCMigItDbh

— CALSA-Georgetown (@CALSAGeorgetown) December 30, 2021

DeGioia announced in a Wednesday email that the school would move to virtual classes at least until January 30 over the spread of the Omicron variant, which evidence suggests causes milder disease than the Delta variant. DeGioia wrote in part:

In recent weeks, we have seen the emergence and rapid spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in the Washington, D.C., region, across the country, and globally. Given that the surge in cases associated with the Omicron variant in the United States is projected to coincide with our return for the spring semester, we are adjusting our approach for the first few weeks of the semester. 

We will begin the spring semester as scheduled and will use virtual instruction through January 30, 2022. In-person classes across the University are planned to resume on Monday, January 31. 

Undergraduate residential students will be able to move into their on-campus residences beginning on January 11, 2022, unless they have been approved to move in earlier. Given that classes will be held virtually through January 30, residential students may choose to move in later in January.

In the period before January 31, staff members who are able to telework are encouraged to do so as much as possible. During this time, in-person gatherings will be limited with events being held virtually or outdoors.

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