Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Congratulations to the eight School of Law faculty members who have earned new titles. They are: Joseph S. Miller, who was awarded the Ernest P. Rogers Chair of Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition Law; Logan E. Sawyer III, who was promoted to the rank of full professor and named a J. Alton Hosch Professor of Law; Elizabeth Taxel, who now serves as a clinical assistant professor and director of the Criminal Defense Practicum; Rob McNiff, who has been named a clinical assistant professor; and Anna White Howard, who has become a full-time instructor. Additionally, the Alexander Campbell King Law Library's Stephen Wolfson has been named the associate director for research and copyright services, and Rachel Evans and Geraldine Kalim have been promoted to Librarian II.
The School of Law is pleased to welcome two new faculty members this fall – Assistant Professors Zohra Ahmed and Adam D. Orford. Ahmed will teach Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law and a seminar titled Crime and Punishment, while Orford will teach Environmental Law, Renewal Energy Law and Policy, and a Climate Law seminar.
Wilner/UGA Foundation Professor in International Law Harlan G. Cohen published "Are We (Americans) All International Realists Now?" in Whither the West? Concepts on International Law in Europe and the United States (C. Giorgetti and G. Verdirame, eds.) (Cambridge University Press, 2021).
Associate Professor Matthew I. Hall published "Cocurricular Learning in Management Education: Lessons From Legal Education’s Use of Student-Edited Journals" in the Journal of Management Education (2021) (with M. Theeke).
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in a Reuters article regarding findings from her survey of multidistrict litigation women plaintiffs involving personal injury cases. The article titled "First-ever survey of MDL plaintiffs suggests deep flaws in mass tort system" was written by Alison Frankel and published 8/9/21.