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

Martin Chair of Law Emeritus James C. Smith published Law of Neighbors 3d ed. (with D.J. Kochan) (Thomson Reuters, 2024).

Clinical Associate Professor and Washington, D.C., Semester in Practice Director Jessica L. Heywood published “Survey of Capital Cases in Georgia” in 76 Mercer Law Review 169 (2024).

Associate Dean & Martin Chair of Law Andrea L. Dennis published “Countries as Laboratories: Reflections on Sierra Leone’s Amended Anti-Human Trafficking Law” in 53 Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law 1 (2025).

Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz presented “Artificial Intelligence and Taxpayer Entity” at the Junior Tax Scholars Workshop held at the University of Colorado Boulder during June. Additionally, he participated in a panel discussing the paper “Tax Losses and Creative Works” (L. Maher).

Veterans Legal Clinic Director Alexander W. “Alex” Scherr published “Law School Veterans Clinics: Helping Veterans, Training Students, Improving the System” in 21 University of St. Thomas Law Journal 145 (2025) (with J. Morrell, J.A. Clausen, H. Wandler & M. MacIsaac-Bykowski).