The Meaning of Public Safety

Abstract

Christy E. Lopez joined the Georgetown faculty as a Distinguished Visitor from Practice in 2017, and was made Professor from Practice in 2020. From 2010 to 2017, Professor Lopez served as a Deputy Chief in the Special Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice. She recently sat down for an interview with Contexts Managing Editor, Genesis Fuentes, to discuss her time at the Department of Justice where she was the primary drafter of the Ferguson Report.