Congratulations to first-year law student Whitney T. Judson for winning the 2013 J. Ralph Beaird 1L Closing Argument Mock Trial Tournament. Congratulations also to runner-up George S. Ray and to all of the other competitors for a job well done.
Jere Morehead (J.D.'80), senior vice president for Academic Affairs and provost at the University of Georgia, was named as the 22nd president of UGA by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. Morehead will assume his new post on July 1, 2013.
Associate Professor Elizabeth Weeks Leonard has published "Employers United: An Empirical Analysis of Corporate Political Speech in the Wake of the Affordable Care Act" in 38 The Journal of Corporation Law 217 (2013).
Assistant Professor Christian Turner has published "State Action Problems" in 65 Florida Law Review 281 (2013).
Adjunct Professor Charles H. Kuck was quoted in the Athens Banner-Herald regarding some of the major issues facing Georgia and its undocumented immigrants. The article was written by and appeared on 2/2/13.