Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein’s treatise State Taxation was extensively quoted in a concurring opinion in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision in Zilka v. Tax Review Board City of Philadelphia (Nov. 22, 2023) regarding Commerce Clause restraints on the state taxation of the personal income of residents working and taxed in local jurisdictions in other states.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West presented at the "The Press Clause: The Forgotten First Amendment Value" workshop hosted by the Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression at Yale Law School.
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner published A Research Agenda for Corporate Law (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023) (co-edited with M. Moore).
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West presented as part of the "The Supreme Court and the First Amendment" panel at the Practicing Law Institute's "Communications Law in the Digital Age 2023" conference during November.
Georgia Athletic Association Professor David E. Shipley was recently honored by the National Football Foundation. The group is recognizing 16 faculty athletics representatives from schools across the country that have a member included in the 2023 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class. Shipley will be joined by wide receiver Ladd McConkey, UGA's scholar-athlete. The honor recognizes the significant role faculty athletics representatives play in the "overall educational experience" of student-athletes and ensuring their success on and off the field.