Carter Chair in Tort and Insurance Law Michael L. Wells published "Absolute Official Immunity in Constitutional Litigation" in 57 Georgia Law Review 919 (2023).
University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues presented as part of a Cambridge University Roundtable on Globally Competitive Capital Markets during June.
Associate Dean for International Programs & Post Professor Melissa J. "MJ" Durkee presented on the representation of business entities at international organizations as part of the Democratic Representation in and by International Organizations conference at the Collège de France in Paris during June.
Brock Associate Professor in Professional Responsibility Nathan S. Chapman provided three important takeaways from the U.S. Supreme Court's recently released decision in Groff v. DeJoy, which expanded the rights of employees against religious discrimination in the workplace.
Hosch Professor & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand, who is an election law expert, offers insight into the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Moore v. Harper decision. “The Supreme Court's recent decision in Moore v. Harper puts to rest some of the more extreme claims made in the 2020 presidential election. It also ensures that states, like Georgia, that protect elections and voting rights in their state constitutions can have confidence that decisions about what those provisions mean will continue to be decided by judges within the state, who are best situated to understand state law."
The Community Health Law Partnership Clinic successfully settled ALCEDO CIUDAD et al v. GARLAND et al., a lawsuit filed on behalf of two domestic violence survivors in 2023 against the Department of Homeland Security in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. The complaint was primarily drafted by second-year students Alexandra Smolyar and Jake R. Shatzer under the supervision of Associate Dean & Community HeLP Clinic Director Jason A. Cade and Staff Attorney Kristen Shepherd. Students assisting with the underlying immigration cases included Thomas A. Evans (J.D.'22), Ailen Data (LL.M.'22) and Luis G. Gomez Chavez (J.D.'22).
Regents' Professor of International Law and Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann presented “Child-Taking and the International Criminal Arrest Warrant” at the University College London Faculty of Laws during June.
Brock Associate Professor in Professional Responsibility Nathan S. Chapman published "'The Arc of the Moral Universe': Christian Eschatology and U.S. Constitutionalism" in 98 Notre Dame Law Review 1439 (2023).
Clinical Assistant Professor & First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins published “Campbell v. Reisch: The Dangers of the Campaign Loophole in Social-Media-Blocking Litigation” in 25 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law 146 (2023) with Mark L. Bailey (J.D.’22). The article has been cited in two U.S. Supreme Court amicus briefs filed in the case Lindke v. Freed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation & the Knight First Amendment Institute and by First Amendment Clinics, Citizens and Journalists.
Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Gregg D. Polsky published "A Critical Evaluation of the Qualified Small Business Stock Exclusion" in 42 Virginia Tax Review 353 (2023) (with E. Yale).
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner presented “Managing Fraud Risk in the Age of AI” at the Fraud and Risk in Commercial Law conference hosted by the EW Barker Centre for Law & Business at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law during June.
University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in a Bloomberg article regarding special purpose acquisition companies. The article titled "SPAC Auditor Crackdown Puts Pressure on Second Biggest Player" was written by Nicola M. White and published 6/22/23.
Regents' Professor of International Law and Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann presented “Children, as Subjects & Objects of Laws Promoting Human Rights & Banning Genocide” and “New Crimes / Old Crimes / New Bottles” as part of the 22nd Specialization Course in International Criminal Law titled “75 Years: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Genocide Convention” hosted by the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights in Italy during June.
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner published “Artificially Intelligent Boards and the Future of Delaware Corporate Law” in 22 Journal of Corporate Law Studies 783 (2022).
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch's research was featured on Law.com regarding lawyers involved in multidistrict litigation leadership teams. The article titled "Meet the Diverse 'New Faces and Voices' in Multidistrict Litigation" was written by Amanda Bronstad and published 6/20/23.
Metadata Services & Special Collections Librarian Rachel Evans presented "Hosting a Homeschool Happening: Outreach with Optimism" at the GALILEO 2023 Conference during June. GALILEO, known as Georgia's virtual library, is an initiative of the University System of Georgia.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West received the Stonecipher Award for Distinguished Research on Media Law and Policy for her co-authored article "The U.S. Supreme Court's Characterizations of the Press: An Empirical Study" in the North Carolina Law Review (with R.A. Jones). The award is presented annually by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication to recognize the "best mass communications law research" with preference "given to research with a strong theoretical component that demonstrates the potential to have a lasting influence on freedom of expression scholarship." Notably, West received the award in 2017 for her article "The ‘Press,’ Then & Now" in the Ohio State Law Journal.
Metadata Services & Special Collections Librarian Rachel Evans presented "The Building Blocks of Project Management Design" at the Best Practices Exchange (Un)Conference during June. Best Practices Exchange is an online community for librarians, archivists, records managers and other information professionals dedicated to managing digital information in government and non-government settings.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch published "MDL for the People" in 108 Iowa Law Review 1015 (2023).
Assistant Professor Thomas E. Kadri published "Brokered Abuse" in 3 Journal of Free Speech Law 137 (2023).