Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Associate Professor Jonathan Peters was featured on NPR regarding former Gov. Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against The New York Times. The segment titled "Judge to dismiss Sarah Palin's defamation suit against 'New York Times'" was hosted by David Folkenflik and published 2/14/22.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West was featured in The Washington Post regarding her thoughts on the court's role in cases involving journalists. The article titled "Palin judge will dismiss her libel case, finding no malice by New York Times" was written by Sarah Ellison and Elahe Izadi and published 2/15/22.
Associate Professor Laura Phillips Sawyer presented "Establishing the Extraterritorial Reach of American Antitrust, United States v. Alcoa (1945)" at the University of Utah Eccles School of Business during February.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in a Bloomberg article regarding the Purdue Pharma opioid settlement. The article titled "Purdue's Sacklers Said to Mull $1 Billion Opioid-Deal Boost" was written by Jef Feeley, Jeremy Fill and Malathi Nayak and was published 2/11/22. The article was republished by other media outlets throughout the country.
The School of Law proudly announces that dozens of alumni, alumnae, friends and colleagues have come together to honor Thomas A. “Tom” Eaton, Hosch Professor of Law Emeritus, with a scholarship bearing his name. The scholarship will benefit law students who have overcome significant adversity and who show great promise of making substantial contributions to the public good and the legal profession.