Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner presented his new book, The Corporation as Technology: Re-Calibrating Corporate Governance for a Sustainable Future (Oxford University Press, 2022), at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, during July.
Regents' Professor of International Law & Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann published "Ukraine Settlement Options Paper: Children" as part of the Ukraine Settlement Peace Project of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge. The project includes invited articles by experts from around the world on peace-settlement issues ranging from land claims to detainee release. A summary of the article was published on Opinio Juris under the title “Options for a Peace Settlement in Ukraine: Options Paper IX – Children” on 7/1/22.
The Appellate Litigation Clinic recently achieved a partial win for its client from the Georgia Court of Appeals in the case Williams v. DeKalb County. The clinic’s client is challenging the county commission’s ability to give itself a pay increase and the commission’s compliance with the Open Meetings Act when passing the increase. In the ruling, the Court of Appeals remanded the Open Meetings Act claim but found that Williams did not have standing to challenge the pay increase.
Clinical Assistant Professor & First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins was featured in the Georgia Recorder regarding the clinic's amicus brief in the Georgia Supreme Court case involving Camden County’s spaceport project. The article titled “Georgia Supreme Court’s spaceport case pits 1st Amendment vs. county home rule” was written by Stanley Dunlap and published 7/6/22.
The Jane W. Wilson Family Justice Clinic, which provides survivors of domestic violence with direct representation as well as legal and extra-legal support – is on pace to assist more individuals than ever before in a calendar year. Through June 30, the clinic has taken calls from 209 distinct individuals and has provided representation in 27 protective order cases and 20 other pieces of domestic relations litigation for survivors of domestic violence and stalking.
Congratulations to Associate Professor Laura Phillips Sawyer and Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West for receiving the law school's 2022 Faculty Research Awards, which recognize pathbreaking, innovative faculty scholarship in public and private law. Phillips Sawyer was chosen for her work in the area of private law, while West won for her public law scholarship.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in The New York Times regarding a recent U.S. District Court ruling involving opioid drug distributors. The article titled "Judge Clears Distributors of Blame for Opioid Crisis in Hard Hit County" was written by Jan Hoffman and published 7/5/22.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Hosch Professor Kent Barnett was featured in a Reuters article regarding the implications the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in West Virginia v. EPA may have on federal agencies. The article titled "U.S. Supreme Court just gave federal agencies a big reason to worry" was written by Alison Frankel and published 6/30/22.
Congratulations to second-year students Jonah C. Griego, Kathleen M. “Kit” McGean and Copelenn C. McMahon who were selected for 2022 Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowships. The fellowship program provides grants to enable law students at participating law schools to work in unpaid public interest summer law positions. Griego is working for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund in Washington, D.C.; McGean is working at the Western District of Texas Office of the Federal Public Defender in the Capital Habeas Unit located in Austin; and McMahon is working at the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law in Washington, D.C.
Assistant Professor Adam D. Orford was featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution regarding the implications the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in West Virginia v. EPA may have on federal agencies. The article titled "Supreme Court ruling tees up new legal fights over environmental regs" was written by Drew Kann and published 6/30/22.
Clinical Assistant Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington and 2022 graduate Hannah Elias Sbaity published "CSES Treatment Courts: An Opportunity for Positive, Trauma-Informed, and Therapeutic Systems Responses in Family and Juvenile Courts" in 43 Mitchell Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy and Practice 200 (2022) (with A. Dunnigan).
Three law students served as Georgia Sea Grant Legal Fellows during the spring 2022 semester addressing legal and policy questions from Georgia coastal communities, regional organizations, state agencies and others relating to environmental, economic and social concerns affecting coastal Georgia. Recent graduates Sydney Brogden and Robert L. “Rob” Hillyer assisted with research and panel moderation regarding a regional salt marsh restoration initiative, while rising third-year student Scott A. Luis is continuing his work this summer with military adjacent communities and resilience.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in a Bloomberg News article regarding Juul and personal injury lawsuits. The article titled "Juul and Its Courtroom Foes Stare Down FDA Ban as Trial Nears" was written by Malathi Nayak and published 6/28/22. The article was reprinted by other media outlets including Insurance Journal.
The Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic recently received a $72,000 Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children grant from the Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to strengthen the state's response against the sexual exploitation of youth. This is the second year in a row that the Wilbanks CEASE Clinic has been awarded funding from the council.
Associate Dean for International Programs & Post Professor Melissa J. "MJ" Durkee presented as part of the “International Law, National Security, and Corporate Law” plenary session at the National Business Law Scholars Conference held at the University of Oklahoma College of Law in June.
Hosch Professor & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand was featured in Maine's Portland Press Herald regarding U.S. Supreme Court precedents. The article titled "Sen. Collins, facing backlash, calls Supreme Court decision 'a sudden and radical jolt' was written by Colin Woodard and published 6/24/22.
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson was featured in the Augusta Chronicle regarding the fate of Georgia's "heartbeat law" following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson. The article titled "Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision means Georgia's abortion law can take effect quickly" was written by Abraham Kenmore and published 6/24/22.
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson was featured on Kaiser Health News regarding the fate of Georgia's "heartbeat law" following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson. The article titled "A Post-'Roe' World in Georgia Will Mean More Restrictions - And More Political Battles" was written by Sam Whitehead and published 6/24/22. The article was republished by media outlets across the country, including Yahoo! News, the Denver Gazette and Connecticut's Journal Inquirer.
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson was featured on WUGA-FM regarding the fate of Georgia's "heartbeat law" following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson. The segment titled "Supreme Court Ruling Returns Abortion Law to States: What is Next for Georgia" was produced by Kate Regan and published 6/24/22.
Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in a Bloomberg article regarding the future of special purpose acquisition companies. The article titled "The SPAC Era Comes to a Whimpering End" was written by Bailey Lipschultz and Katherine Burton and was published 6/24/22.