Metadata Services & Special Collections Librarian Rachel Evans presented "Outreach from Your Laptop: Virtual and Hybrid Law Library Orientations" at the NELLCO Symposium during March. NELLCO is an international law library consortium with more than 125 member institutions.
Georgia Athletic Association Professor David E. Shipley published "Protecting the Public Domain and the Right to Use Copyrighted Works: Four Decades of the Eleventh Circuit's Copyright Law Jurisprudence" in 29 Journal of Intellectual Property Law 67 (2021).
Assistant Professor Lindsey Simon was featured on NPR's "Morning Edition" regarding companies using bankruptcy as a way to combat lawsuits. The segment titled "Companies are using bankruptcy courts to thwart lawsuits" was hosted by Brian Mann and aired 3/31/22.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West was featured on WABE, Atlanta's National Public Radio affiliate, regarding Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings. The segment titled "Local professors discuss Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearings; Candace Doby talks about courage and her latest book" aired as part of "Closer Look with Rose Scott" on 3/30/22.
Associate Dean and Martin Chair of Law Andrea L. Dennis' research was featured in The New York Times regarding rap lyrics being used as evidence in criminal trials. The article titled "He Wrote a Rap Song. It Helped Put Him in Prison for Life." was written by Jaeah Lee and published 3/30/22.
The latest U.S. News & World Report rankings validate the University of Georgia School of Law’s vision of being one of the best returns on investment in legal education. "Coupled with our position as the #1 or #2 best value law school for the past five years, these most recent U.S. News rankings reaffirm UGA as Georgia’s highest-ranked law school, drawing on our strengths as a national leader in job placement, bar passage and low debt, including a guarantee of financial aid to all enrolled first-generation college graduates and veterans," Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge said.
Each year we look forward to Awards Day and the occasion it provides to celebrate the many accomplishments of our students and faculty. The hard work of those selected certainly deserves recognition, credit and acknowledgment of a job well done. Congratulations to all!
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein's treatise State Taxation was cited by the Texas Supreme Court in Sirius XM Radio, Inc. v. Hegar (March 25, 2022) regarding how to assign a radio programming company’s receipts from its subscribers.
Smith Professor Hillel Y. Levin was featured in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution regarding a school board transparency bill. The article titled "Georgia House passes school board transparency bill" was written by Ty Tagami and published 3/28/22
Clinical Professor & Business Law and Ethics Program Director Carol Morgan was featured in Columns regarding the school's Business Law and Ethics Program. The article titled "Director builds Business Law and Ethics Program" was written by Lona Panter and published 3/25/22.
Assistant Professor Lindsey Simon presented on "Examining the Economics, Purposes, and Structure of Bankruptcy Law in Light of Developments in Congress and the Courts" as part of a virtual Bankruptcy and Mass Torts panel held by the Antonin Scalia Law School's Law & Economics Center during March.
Associate Dean & Community Health Law Partnership Clinic Director Jason A. Cade was featured in the Athens Banner-Herald regarding a grant he is part of that will support an interdisciplinary health center at Clarke Middle School in Athens. The article titled "Augusta University/UGA Medical Partnership launching Clarke Middle School health center" was written by Lindsey Derrick and published 3/23/22.
Georgia Athletic Association Professor David E. Shipley presented on "The impact of sports betting legislation and conference realignment on college sports" as part of the Southeastern Conference Law Schools' A Series of Conversations on Name, Image and Likeness and the Future of Intercollegiate Athletics during March.
Hosch Professor & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand was featured in The New York Times regarding U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown. The article titled "Confirmation Hearings, Once Focused on Law, Are Now Mired in Politics" was written by Adam Liptak and published 3/23/22. Of note, one of her quotes was included in the newspaper's 3/24 e-news briefing.
Hosch Professor & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding her research on U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings and questioning tendencies. The article titled "Spars with Graham, Cruz leave Jackson with similar hurdles as past minorities" was written by Kelsey Butler and published 3/23/22.
Hosch Professor & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding her research on U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings and questioning tendencies. The article titled "Jackson Hearing Dominated by GOP Senators' Questions on Crime" was written by Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Madison Alder and Jordan S. Rubin and was published 3/23/22.
The School of Law and the Dean Rusk International Law Center were featured on Global Atlanta regarding the hosting of the "Understanding Ukraine" cross-disciplinary forum hosted during March. The article was written by Trevor Williams and published 3/23/22.
Hosch Professor & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding her research on U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings and questioning tendencies. The article titled "In Cruz Battle, Jackson Sees Similar Hurdles as Past Minorities" was written by Kelsey Butler and published 3/22/22.
Legal Writing Instructor Travis M. Trimble published "Environmental Law" in 72 Mercer Law Review 1135 (2021).
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch's article "Information for the Common Good in Mass Torts" (70 DePaul Law Review 345 (2021) with A.D. Lahav) was reviewed by Nora Freeman Enstrom in JOTWELL (Mar. 22, 2022). In the review titled "Facilitating the Information-forcing Function of Tort Law," Enstrom says Burch and her coauthor argue that "besides damages, tort law very often involves the transfer of something just as valuable if less quantifiable: information."