Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Wilson Associate Professor in Business Law Laura Phillips-Sawyer was featured in Wired magazine regarding recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions. The article titled "The US Supreme Court Has Handed Big Tech a Big Gift" was written by Jordan Pearson and published 7/1/24.
Clinical Assistant Professor & Prosecutorial Justice Program Director Melissa D. Redmon was featured on PolitiFact regarding the 2020 election interference case. The article titled "What Supreme Court’s immunity ruling means for Trump’s cases and, potentially, future presidents" was written by Louis Jacobson and Amy Sherman and was published 7/1/24. The article was republished by other media outlets including PBS News and The Dallas Morning News.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Hosch Professor Kent Barnett was featured on CNN regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's Chevron deference doctrine decision. The article titled "How the Supreme Court’s blockbuster ‘Chevron’ ruling puts countless regulations in jeopardy" was written by Tierney Sneed, Jeanne Sahadi, Tami Luhby, Brian Fung, Ella Nilsen, Jen Christensen and Katie Lobosco and was published 6/30/24.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Hosch Professor Kent Barnett's articles "Chevron and Stare Decisis" (31 George Mason Law Review 475 (2024) (with C.J. Walker)) and "Administrative Law's Political Dynamics" (71 Vanderbilt Law Review 1463 (2018) (with C.L. Boyd and C.J. Walker)) were cited by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan in her dissenting opinion in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in Raw Story regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's Harrington v. Purdue Pharma decision. The article titled "Legal analysts shocked to see MAGA Supreme Court justices agree with Biden on opioids" was written by Sarah K. Burris and published 6/27/24.