Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Instructor Rob McNiff was featured on Global Atlanta regarding the practice of mediation and the law school's Mediation Practicum. The article titled "UGA Law Dean: New U.N. Treaty on Mediation Holds Promise for Georgia" was written by Trevor Williams and published 9/10/19.
Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge was featured on Global Atlanta regarding his thoughts on the Singapore Convention on Mediation. The article titled "UGA Law Dean: New U.N. Treaty on Mediation Holds Promise for Georgia" was written by Trevor Williams and published 9/10/19.
Assistant Clinical Professor and Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington published "Access to the civil court system for survivors of child sexual abuse in Georgia: Observations and recommendations from the clinical legal education experience" in 53 Georgia Law Review Online 35 (2019) (with M. Nunnally (J.D.'19)).
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding the Mallinckrodt opioid settlement. The article titled "Company to pay $24 million and donate $6 million in products" was written by Chris Dolmetsch, Jef Feeley and Riley Griffin and was published 9/6/19.
University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in Law360 regarding the duty of a board of directors to monitor a company's activities. The article titled "Why Opioid Suits Avoid GCs - And Why That Could Change" was written by Michele Gorman and published 9/6/19.