Home Court is the annual charity basketball game between students and faculty of Georgetown Law and George Washington Law that raises money for the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless—an organization that represents and advocates for homeless families and individuals in our nation’s capital.
Home Court dates back to the fall of 1987, when Georgetown Law student Jeff Schwaber first hatched the idea to host a basketball matchup between a coalition of Members of Congress and Georgetown Law professors. Teaming up with Patty Mullahy Fugere, co-founder of the Legal Clinic, Georgetown Law students hosted the first Home Court game between Congress’s Hill’s Angels and Georgetown’s Hoya Lawyas in March 1988. This inaugural game raised $42,000 for the Legal Clinic.
Since then, through continuous support from students of Georgetown Law (and recently, George Washington Law), the annual Home Court basketball game has grown exponentially. Today, it is the biggest and most exciting fundraiser for the Legal Clinic, raising more than $13 million through the unfailing, generous support of our sponsors over the last 39 years.
We hope that with your support, we can continue to help the Legal Clinic provide vital services to the homeless and near-homeless in the District.
