Professor Peter B. "Bo"Rutledge will deliver a talk titled "The Arbitration Fairness Act" to the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution in April.
Professor Donald E. Wilkes Jr. will deliver a talk titled "Retreat From Rights And Remedies: The Criminal Procedure Counterrevolution" at the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention in April.
The University of Georgia will recognize top student scholars, superior teachers and outstanding faculty advisors and mentors at the annual Honors Day program April 22. The program will be in Hugh Hodgson Hall in the UGA Performing Arts Center beginning at 2 p.m. Undergraduate classes scheduled for sixth, seventh and eighth periods (1:25-4:25 p.m.) will be dismissed so students and faculty can attend. The East Campus parking deck (E04) will be open without charge for public parking for the ceremony.
The University of Georgia School of Law recently swept the Intrastate Moot Court Competition, which has teams from all five of the state's law schools vying for the top trophy. Second-year law students S. Aliya Charlery, Alison L. Lee and Jonathan D. Parente won the Best Brief Award and defeated Georgia State University in the final round to take first place, while a second team from Georgia Law, composed of second-year students Sean P. Kane, Marie E. Greene and Elizabeth R. Story, finished as semi-finalists. Greene was named the competition's best oralist.
Professor Thomas A. Eaton's article "The Contours of a New FRCP, Rule 68.1: A Proposed Two-Way Offer of Settlement Provision for Federal Fee-Shifting Cases" (252 F.R.D. 551 (2008) (with H. Lewis)) has been selected for special recognition at this summer's Southeastern Association of Law Schools conference.