Contents
Challenging poverty through law: Exploring ways to make a difference pgs. 2-3
Georgia Law students organize a comprehensive public interest law conference, believed to be the
first of its kind in the Southeast.Restoring the American dream:
Restoring the American dream: Fighting poverty and expanding the middle class pgs. 4-6
Excerpts from former U.S. Sen. John Edwards' keynote address delivered at the Working in the Public Interest conference.
2006 WIPI Conference Keynote Address
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U.S. Sen. John Edwards' keynote address at the 2006 Working in the
Public Interest law conference. (You must have RealPlayer to play audio.)
Defending the right to self-representation: An empirical look at the pro se felony defendant pgs. 7-11
Assistant Professor Erica Hashimoto outlines her research on why felony
defendants should continue to have the constitutional right to
represent themselves.
Drawing the line: One taxpayer's economic development incentive is often another's discriminatory tax pgs. 12-15
Shackelford Professor Walter Hellerstein shares his opinions regarding
Congress' need to define more clearly what types of state and local tax
incentives are legal.
Headlines pgs. 16-19
Top news from Georgia Law.
New fellowship to help fill legal services void pg. 17
The School of Law has established the Cousins Public Interest
Fellowship to improve civil legal services provided to indigent
Georgians, while enhancing clinical experiences for law students.
Hirsch
Hall Highlights pgs. 20-23
Key events and institutional
briefs.
Renowned scholar Stanley Fish discusses the interpretation of text pg. 20
Literary and legal scholar Stanley Fish delivers the 101st Sibley
Lecture titled "There Is No Textualist Position: Why a Text Can Only
Mean What Its Author Intends."
Sarah Weddington: Legal education teaches critical skills pg. 21
The winning lawyer in the historic U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade
delivers the 24th Edith House Lecture titled Some Leaders Are Born
Women."
Faculty
Accomplishments pgs. 24-27
The latest on faculty achievements
and scholarship.
Brown, Coenen and Dupre recognized by students pg. 27
Professors Lonnie Brown, Dan Coenen and Anne Dupre (J.D.'88) are selected by the students as the school's top teachers.
Student
Briefs pgs. 28-35
Student activities,
accomplishments and profiles
Class of 2006 Commencement pgs. 28-29
A photo essay of this special day and excerpts from ceremony guest speaker U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson's speech.
Advocacy program records stellar year pg. 30
Georgia
Law's advocacy program once again illustrated its dominance in moot
court and mock trial competitions by winning three national titles this
academic year.
Alumni
Activities pgs. 36-39
Messages from alumni leaders and
alumni news.
Class
Notes pgs 40-45
Reports from your classmates and
alumni profiles.
In Memoriam
pg. 45
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