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J. Randy Beck
Professor of Law
B.A., Baker University
J.D., Southern Methodist University
Courses
Property
Trusts and Estates I
Constitutional Law
Christian Perspectives on Legal Thought
Biographical Information
J. Randy Beck joined the faculty of the University of Georgia School of Law in 1997. He teaches Property, Trusts and Estates, Christian Perspectives on Legal Thought, and Constitutional Law.
His recent scholarship includes: "Gonzales, Casey and the Viability Rule" in the Northwestern University Law Review (2009), "Christian Faith and Political Life: A Dialogue" in the Georgia Law Review (2006) (with Jason Carter) and "The Heart of Federalism: Pretext Review of Means-End Relationships" in the University of California at Davis Law Review (2003).
A dedicated teacher as well as scholar, Beck has been honored by the graduating class on four occasions as the recipient of the Phi Delta Phi John C. O'Byrne Memorial Faculty Award for Furthering Student-Faculty Relations. He has also received the C. Ronald Ellington Award for Excellence in Teaching. Additionally, Beck serves as faculty adviser to the Christian Legal Society.
Prior to his law school appointment, Beck worked for more than five years as a general litigation associate with the law firm Perkins Coie in Seattle, Wash. He also has government experience from his year of service as an attorney-advisor in the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel.
Beck has served as a judicial clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. He graduated first in his class at Southern Methodist University School of Law and earned his undergraduate degree from Baker University.
ARTICLES
Gonzales, Casey and the Viability Rule, 103 Nw. U.L. Rev. 249 (2009).
The Essential Holding of Casey: Rethinking Viability, 75 UMKC L. Rev. 713 (2007).
Christian Faith and Political Life: A Dialogue, 41 Ga. L. Rev. 65 (2006) (with Jason Carter).
Relaciones de medios y fines y el Poder Legislativo: Una perspectiva desde los Estados Unidos, La Ley Supplemento Actualidad, p.2 (Oct. 7, 2004) (Argentine Law Journal) (discussing U.S. Supreme Court's use of means-end scrutiny to restrict legislative power; translated into Spanish by D. Latimer, M. Rojo and P. Esteban).
Race and the Georgia Courts: Implications of the Georgia Public Trust and Confidence Survey for Batson v. Kentucky and Its Progeny, 37 Ga. L. Rev. 1021 (2003) (with George Dougherty and Mark Bradbury).
The Heart of Federalism: Pretext Review of Means - End Relationships, 36 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 407 (2003).
The New Jurisprudence of the Necessary and Proper Clause, 2002 U. Ill. L. Rev. 581 (2002).
The False Claims Act and the English Eradication of Qui Tam Legislation, 78 N.C. L. Rev. 539 (2000).
BOOK REVIEWS
Presidential Defiance of "Unconstitutional" Laws: Reviving the Royal Prerogative, 16 Const. Comment. 419 (1999).
CHAPTERS
"The False Claims Act and the English Eradication of Qui Tam Legislation" in The Civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam Enforcement (ABA-CLE Publications, 2001).
OTHER
Case Selection in Three Supreme Courts: A Comparative Perspective (International Research & Exchanges Board, 2006) (with A. Nagaeva) (White Paper). Excerpt published in 41 Advocate 3 (Fall 2006/Winter 2007) .
Contact Information
University of Georgia
School of Law
307A Hirsch Hall
Athens, GA 30602
Phone: (706) 542-5216
Fax: (706) 542-5556
Email: rbeck@uga.edu
Administrative Support
Cindy Wentworth
Phone: (706) 542-5173
Email: cwent@uga.edu
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