Assistant Professor Desirée LeClercq was featured by Inside U.S. Trade regarding a recent U.S. Trade Representative Report in Section 301 Investigations. The article titled "Former USTR official: Forced-labor probe undermines labor advocacy in trade" was written by Margaret Spiegelman and published 6/17/26.
Hosch Professor & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand was featured by Raw Story regarding judicial confirmation hearings. The article titled "Trump lawyer barreling toward lifetime bench seat despite 'disturbing' red flags: experts" was written by Alexandria Jacobson and published 6/13/26.
The School of Law's advocacy program is counted among the best in the nation and helps to prepare our students to be effective advocates in and out of the courtroom. Recent rankings have UGA listed as #9 in the nation for both moot court and mock trial. Furthermore, over the past five years, UGA has captured 12 national championships, 18 regional titles and 2 state trophies!
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West presented as part of the "Journalism in the Age of AI" panel at the Holding the Line: Authentication, Verification, and the Fight for Facts in the AI Age workshop sponsored by New York University and Princeton University during June.
The Appellate Litigation Clinic argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Shaw v. Foreman resulted in a reversal and remand. The case was presented by third-year students Chandler S.K. “Chan” Creswell and Emma Rose Bagwell.
Hosch Professor & Community Health Law Partnership Clinic Director Jason A. Cade and his Yale Law Journal Forum article regarding the Board of Immigration Appeals were featured by MinnPost. The article titled "Asylum approvals plummet at Fort Snelling immigration court as case numbers soar" was written by Shadi Bushra and published 5/26/26.
Senior Lecturer Travis M. Trimble published "Environmental Law" in 77 Mercer Law Review 1509 (2026).
Alston Chair in Corporate Law Anne M. Tucker has been inducted as an American Bar Foundation Fellow. This global honorary society is composed of "attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession."
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West was featured in The New York Times regarding defamation lawsuits against media companies and commentators. The article titled "Kash Patel Keeps Suing the Press" was written by Erik Wemple and published 6/14/26. The article was republished by other media outlets.
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz was featured by Newsweek regarding property taxes. The article titled “Secret Home Sales May Be Driving Up Your Property Taxes” was written by Giulia Carbonaro and published 6/12/26.
Congratulations to recent graduate Rosalie J. Vendrell (J.D.’26) on being named an Outstanding Law Student Award recipient by the National Association of Women Lawyers, which is presented to law students who “promoted issues and concerns of women in the legal profession.”
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West published a co-authored chapter titled “The work of the press clause” (with R.A. Jones) in The Elgar Companion to Freedom of Speech and Expression (A. Bhagwat and A.K. Chen ed.) (Edward Elgar, 2026).
Assistant Professor Desirée LeClercq was featured by Foreign Policy regarding international trade and labor law. The article titled "Trump’s New ‘Forced Labor’ Tariffs Are a Fig Leaf" was written by Keith Johnson and published 6/4/26.
Associate Professor Thomas E. Kadri’s co-authored article “Safe Sex in the Age of Big Tech Feminism” (with B. Dvoskin) in the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology was reviewed by Aya Gruber in JOTWELL (May 21, 2026). In “Sex and Tech,” Gruber says Kadri’s article “puts a much-needed spotlight on a legal juggernaut.”
Assistant Professor Desirée LeClercq was featured by CNBC regarding international trade and labor law. The article titled "Trump’s trade war has a new target: forced labor. The case behind it is far from simple" was written by Paxton Honerkamp and published 6/9/26.
Hosch Professor & Community Health Law Partnership Clinic Director Jason A. Cade was featured by NBC News regarding Board of Immigration Appeals decisions. The article titled “Meet the judges powering Trump’s deportation machine” was written by Suzanne Gamboa and published 6/8/26.
Congratulations to Clinical Professor Emeritus Alexander W. Scherr on receiving the Founder’s Vision Award from the National Law School Veterans Clinic Consortium for his work with the law school’s Veterans Legal Clinic. The award seeks to honor “a professor or staff attorney of a member veterans clinic who has made significant contributions to the veterans clinic community.”
The University of Georgia School of Law was named one of the top 30 sports law programs in the country by Sports Law Expert. The article titled “Hackney Publications Recognizes the Top Thirty U.S. Sports Law Programs in 2026” was written by Oliver Canning and published 6/1/26.
Congratulations to recent Class of 2026 graduate Kellianne E. Elliott, along with rising third-year students Nicholas J. “Nick” Ames and Jordan Elwarner, on receiving the Outstanding Clinic Team Award from the Clinical Legal Education Association for their work as part of the First Amendment Clinic. The award honors “excellence in the fieldwork” and efficient collaboration among the students on a clinical team.
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz presented his article “Toward a Theory of Tax Sovereignty” as part of the panel titled “Tax Sovereignty, History, and Constitutional Structure” at the Law & Society Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco during May.