Faculty Highlights
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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Awlaki death rekindles legal debate on targeting Americans Monday, October 3, 2011 Woodruff Chair Diane Marie Amann was quoted in the Los Angeles Times regarding the legality of the killing of Anwar Awlaki, a U.S. citizen who was believed to be a leader of external operations for Al Qaeda. The article was written by Carol J. Williams and appeared on 9/30/11. |
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Bar committee OKs rule change Tuesday, September 27, 2011 Criminal Defense Clinic Director Russell C. Gabriel was quoted in the Fulton County Daily Report regarding an amendment to the State Bar of Georgia's Disciplinary Rules and Procedures that would allow public defenders in the same circuit to represent co-defendants, contingent on the absence of conflicts of interest. The article was written by Kathleen Baydala Joyner and appeared on 9/23/11. |
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Diane Amann participates in roundtable discussion Tuesday, September 27, 2011 Woodruff Chair Diane Marie Amann participated in "Legal Responses to 9-11," a criminal justice roundtable sponsored by Vanderbilt University Law School, during September. |
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Legal experts shed light on Davis' path to chamber Tuesday, September 27, 2011 Professor Donald E. Wilkes Jr. was quoted in the Fulton County Daily Report regarding the Troy Davis execution case and Davis' attorneys' failure to present Sylvester Coles after asserting that he was responsible for the shooting death of Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail. The article was written by Allen G. Breed and Russ Bynum and appeared on 9/23/11. |
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Walter Hellerstein delivers talk on U.S. sales tax principles Tuesday, September 27, 2011 Distinguished Research Professor and Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Walter Hellerstein presented "Comparison of U.S. Sales Tax Principles with VAT Principles" at the Sales Tax Symposium of the Institute for Tax Professionals in Orlando, Fla., during September. |