Associate Dean for International Programs & Post Professor Melissa J. "MJ" Durkee presented “The Technology of Inclusion in International Climate Law” and "The Logics of Inclusion and Exclusion in International Participatory Structures" as part of the “Just Energy Transition – the International Human Rights Law Perspective” and “International Organizations, Elites, and Masses: Perspectives on In/Exclusion” workshops, respectively, at the 17th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law: In/Ex-clusiveness of International Law.
Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured on Quartz regarding the status of the merger of Digital World Acquisition and the Trump Media and Technology Group. The article titled "Donald Trump's SPAC deal has a meme stock problem" was written by Scott Nover and published 9/7/22.
Associate Professor Tim Samples presented “Terms of Use Agreements and Social Platforms” at the "Algorithmic and Technological Modes of In-/Exclusion: International Legal Method and Critique" and "In/Ex-clusiveness through the Lens of International Business and Human Rights" workshops and "Investment Law’s Transparency Gap" as part of the “In/ex-cluding Civil Society in Investment Law-making and Arbitration" workshop at the 17th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law: In/Ex-clusiveness of International Law.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein’s treatise State Taxation (3d ed., 2022) was quoted by the Oregon Tax Court in Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co. v. Department of Revenue (Aug. 23, 2022) regarding states’ jurisdiction to tax out-of-state companies based on the in-state activities of independent contractors.
Associate Professor Jonathan Peters was featured on NPR.org regarding relevant fault standards. The article titled "Fox producer's warning against Jeanine Pirro surfaces in Dominion defamation suit" was written by David Folkenflik and published 9/6/22.
School of Law Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge was featured on Law.com regarding the law school's vision of being the best return on investment in legal education and redefining what it means to be a great national public law school - offering a world-class, hands-on, purpose-driven educational experience while never surrendering its commitment to accessibility. The article was written by Christine Charnosky and published 9/2/22.
Congratulations to third-year student Jonah D. Chadwick Griego and 2009 alumnus Michael Eshman for being recognized at the Georgia Hispanic Bar Association’s 2022 Cocktails Around Latin America event. Griego was named Law Student of the Year and Eshman was presented with the Diversity and Inclusion Champion Award.
Clinical Assistant Professor & Prosecutorial Justice Program Director Melissa D. Redmon was featured on Vice News regarding a Stand Your Ground case in South Georgia. The article titled "Black Man Who Claimed Self-Defense in Killing of White Teen Convicted of Manslaughter" was written by Trone Dowd and published 8/31/22.
Clinical Assistant Professor & Prosecutorial Justice Program Director Melissa D. Redmon was featured in The Washington Post regarding the latest legal developments relating to the grand jury investigating the 2020 election. The article titled "Judge delays Gov. Kemp's testimony in Ga. probe until after election" was written by Matthew Brown, Anne E. Marimow and Tom Hamburger and was published 8/29/22. The article was reprinted by other media outlets across the country including the Portland Press Herald.
Associate Professor Lindsey Simon was featured in a Reuters article regarding the latest developments in multidistrict/bankruptcy litigation relating to 3M earplugs and veterans. The article titled "Bankruptcy as MDL escape hatch? Not so fast, judge tells 3M in 'surprise' decision" was written by Alison Frankel and published 8/29/22.
Clinical Assistant Professor & First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins was featured on Yahoo! News regarding her thoughts on an appeal by Camden County officials who are challenging the validity of a referendum that is blocking the purchase of land for a spaceport. The article titled "Supreme Court postpones spaceport referendum appeal" was written by Gordon Jackson of The Brunswick News and published 8/30/22.
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson was featured in The Guardian regarding the latest legal developments relating to the 2020 presidential election. The article titled "Of all the legal threats Trump is facing, is this the one that could take him down?" was written by Chris McGreal and published 8/27/22. Portions of the article were republished by other media outlets.
Clinical Assistant Professor & Prosecutorial Justice Program Director Melissa D. Redmon was featured on Vice News regarding a Stand Your Ground case in South Georgia. The article titled "Black Man Charged With Murder of White Teen Says He Was Standing His Ground" was written by Trone Dowd and published 8/26/22.
Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in a Reuters article regarding corporate governance norms. The article titled "Analysis: Musk tests limits of governance by having children with aide" was written by Rachael Levy and published 8/26/22. The article was published by media outlets around the globe including International Business Times and Times of India.
Legal Writing Instructor Travis M. Trimble published "Environmental Law" in 73 Mercer Law Review 1193 (2022).
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson's book Carlson on Evidence (with M. Carlson) was recently cited by the Georgia Court of Appeals in the case Lawson v. State regarding disputed evidence law issues on appeal. This citation brings the total to 65 times that this text has been used by Georgia appellate courts to resolve evidentiary issues.
Xavier R. Brown and Jeremy T. Headrick have been recently promoted. Brown (who joined the law school staff in 2017) is now the assistant dean for admissions, diversity and inclusion & strategic initiatives, while Headrick (who has been with the law school since 2014) has become the senior director of law school advancement. Both lead offices of immense institutional importance and will help the School of Law realize its vision of being the best return on investment in legal education and achieve its goal of redefining what it means to be a great national public law school.
The University of Georgia School of Law has posted the #1 employment rate in the nation! More than 97% of the Class of 2021 has secured full-time, long-term jobs that require bar passage or where a J.D. provides an advantage. These High Value placements include many sectors – private practice, judicial clerkships, business and industry, education, government and public interest – and these recent graduates are working in 26 states and abroad. Name any law school in the country; we outpaced them and outplaced them (as long as one doesn’t count the law-school-funded jobs that some schools provide).
Associate Dean for International Programs & Post Professor Melissa J. "MJ" Durkee published "International Environmental Law at Its Semicentennial: The Stockholm Legacy" in 50 Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law 748 (2022).
Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung regarding special purpose acquisition companies. The article titled "Der große Spac-Kater" was written by Von Roland Linder and published 8/6/22.