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

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Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson was featured on Business Insider regarding the latest legal developments relating to the grand jury investigating the 2020 election. The article titled "Atlanta DA doesn't want the public to see the special grand jury report into Trump's efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 vote" was written by Jacob Shamsian and published 1/24/23. The article was republished by other media outlets like Yahoo! 

 

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Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Lindsey Simon was featured in The New York Times regarding bankruptcy proceedings. The article titled "The Unknown Hedge Fund That Got $400 Million From Sam Bankman-Fried" was written by David Yaffe-Bellany, Matthew Goldstein and Royston Jones Jr. and was published 1/24/23. The article was reprinted by other media outlets.

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Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson's book Carlson on Evidence (with M. Carlson) was recently cited by the Georgia Court of Appeals in the case Mulkey v. The State to help adjudicate the admissibility of a defendant’s prior sex offenses in a sex crime prosecution. This citation brings the total to 67 times that this text has been used by Georgia appellate courts to resolve evidentiary issues. 

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Louis B. Sohn spent his life promoting international law and peace. Considered one of the world’s most eminent international and legal scholars, Sohn was the inaugural holder of the Woodruff Chair in International Law at the School of Law for a decade – teaching and mentoring students, many who then spent their legal careers leading international humanitarian efforts, combating human trafficking, and helping to maintain peace and security throughout the world. Sohn is the subject of a Georgia Groundbreakers article produced by UGA Marketing and Communications that was published 1/22/23. 

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Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge and UGA student Sawyer M. Bradford published "First Circuit's Ruling in Immediato Glosses Meaning of 'Engaged in Interstate Commerce'" in the Daily Report on 1/23/23.