Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:

Assistant Clinical Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution regarding her thoughts on the Boy Scouts of America's $850 million agreement with attorneys representing survivors of child sexual abuse. The article titled "Boy Scouts of America reaches $850M agreement with victims" was written by Randall Chase and published 7/2/21.

Congratulations to Kent Barnett, Melissa J. Durkee and Lara Pulliam for their new leadership roles at the School of Law. Barnett is the new associate dean for academic affairs, Durkee is the associate dean for international programs and will serve as director of the Dean Rusk International Law Center, and Pulliam now serves as the interim senior director of law school advancement in addition to her role as chief of staff.

Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein published "Platforms: The Postscript" in 100 Tax Notes State 1365 (2021) (with A. Appleby). This is the fourth in a series of articles he has published in Tax Notes State over the past three years on state tax obligations of online platforms.

University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues virtually presented "Optimizing Whistleblowing" as part of the ComplianceNet 2021 conference hosted by the University College London during June.

Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in a Bloomberg Law article regarding New York's opioid litigation. The article titled "First Opioid Jury Trial Marks High-Stakes Test for Drug Industry" was written by Jef Feeley and published 6/28/21. The article also appeared in outlets such as the Insurance Journal and Northern New York Newspapers.