Courses Offered:

Property
Trusts and Estates I
Constitutional Law
Separation of Powers
Christian Perspectives on Legal Thought

Professional Biographical Information:

J. Randy Beck joined the faculty of the University of Georgia School of Law in 1997 and teaches Property, Trusts and Estates, Christian Perspectives on Legal Thought and Constitutional Law.

His recent scholarship includes: "The Heart of Federalism: Pretext Review of Means - End Relationships" in U.C. Davis Law Review (2003),"The New Jurisprudence of the Necessary and Proper Clause" in Illinois Law Review (2002) and "The False Claims Act and the English Eradication of Qui Tam Legislation" in North Carolina Law Review (2000).

A promising teacher as well as scholar, Beck has been honored by the graduating class on four occasions as the recipient of the Phi Delta Phi John C. O'Byrne Memorial Faculty Award for Significant Contributions Furthering Student-Faculty Relations. He also serves as faculty advisor to the Christian Legal Society.

Prior to his law school appointment, Beck worked for more than five years as a general litigation associate with the law firm of Perkins Coie in Seattle, Washington. He also has government experience from his year of service as an attorney-advisor in the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel.

Beck is a former law clerk for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. He graduated first in his class at Southern Methodist University School of Law and earned his undergraduate degree from Baker University.