Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Clinical Assistant Professor & First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins was featured in the Georgia Recorder regarding the clinic's amicus brief in the Georgia Supreme Court case involving Camden County’s spaceport project. The article titled “Georgia Supreme Court’s spaceport case pits 1st Amendment vs. county home rule” was written by Stanley Dunlap and published 7/6/22.
Congratulations to Associate Professor Laura Phillips Sawyer and Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West for receiving the law school's 2022 Faculty Research Awards, which recognize pathbreaking, innovative faculty scholarship in public and private law. Phillips Sawyer was chosen for her work in the area of private law, while West won for her public law scholarship.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in The New York Times regarding a recent U.S. District Court ruling involving opioid drug distributors. The article titled "Judge Clears Distributors of Blame for Opioid Crisis in Hard Hit County" was written by Jan Hoffman and published 7/5/22.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Hosch Professor Kent Barnett was featured in a Reuters article regarding the implications the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in West Virginia v. EPA may have on federal agencies. The article titled "U.S. Supreme Court just gave federal agencies a big reason to worry" was written by Alison Frankel and published 6/30/22.
Assistant Professor Adam D. Orford was featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution regarding the implications the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in West Virginia v. EPA may have on federal agencies. The article titled "Supreme Court ruling tees up new legal fights over environmental regs" was written by Drew Kann and published 6/30/22.