Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:

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Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured by Deseret News regarding legal advertisements. The article titled “‘You may be entitled to compensation’ — inside the rush to recruit parents to sue social media companies” was written by Jennifer Graham and published 7/23/26. 

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Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West was featured by Newsweek regarding defamation cases. The article titled "Trump’s Family, Inner Circle Face Subpoenas After Judge Ruling" was written by Hannah Parry and Giulia Carbonaro and published 7/23/26.

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Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner was featured by Bloomberg Law Delaware’s proposal to create a new form of company managed entirely by artificial intelligence. The article titled "AI-Run Companies Are Coming. Delaware Wants to Get Ahead of Them" was written by Mike Leonard and published 7/23/26.

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Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz presented his article “The New Tax Sovereignty” at the Tenth International Roundtable on Taxation and Tax Policy hosted by the Netanya Academic College School of Law in Netanya, Israel, during July. 

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Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West published "Press Freedom’s History and Tradition" in 58 Connecticut Law Review 1035 (2026) (with R.A. Jones).