Associate Professor Sonja R. West was quoted in an article by Bloomberg News regarding live broadcasts of U.S. Supreme Court hearings. The article was written by Seth Stern and was published 2/6/12.
Institute of Continuing Judicial Education Executive Director Richard D. Reaves was quoted in the Fulton County Daily Report regarding Georgia's judicial code of ethics. The article was written by R. Robin McDonald and appeared on 1/19/12.
Third-year law student Jennifer Newport-Nix was quoted in The Red and Black regarding "The Benefits of Diversity for White Students" lecture during February. The keynote speaker was Loyola Law School professor Robert Garda. The article was written by Yetunde Ogunsakin and appeared on 2/3/12.
Georgia Law's Sports and Entertainment Law Society has joined forces with UGA's Music Business Program and Nuçi's Space to host a conference on current music industry business and legal issues in addition to holding a free legal clinic for local musicians. The symposium will be held Feb. 23 from 3:00 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Melting Point in Downtown Athens, while the clinic will be held Feb. 24 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Nuçi's Space, near Downtown.
Distinguished Research Professor and Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Walter Hellerstein made a presentation on "Federal-State Tax Coordination: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly," at a conference on Tax Reform Beyond the Beltway, co-sponsored by the UCLA School of Law and the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, during February.