Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein's treatise State Taxation was cited by the Wisconsin Court of Appeals regarding federal Public Law 86-262.
This fall, the School of Law will proudly welcome four new faculty members - Chaffin Chair of Fiduciary Law Victoria J. Haneman, Alston Chair in Corporate Law Anne M. Tucker, Professor William Ortman and Assistant Professor Eileen R. Prescott. Hanenman will lead classes in the areas of trusts and estates and securities litigation, while Tucker will teach Corporations and Corporate Governance. Ortman will teach Evidence, and Prescott will instruct in the area of criminal law.
Regents' Professor of International Law & Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann published “Inge Viermetz, Woman Acquitted at Nuremberg” in 19 FIU Law Review 487 (2025).
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West presented as part of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights Comparative Media Law Workshop at the University of Oxford.
Regents' Professor of International Law & Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann presented “Justice for Child-Taking and Other Crimes against and affecting Children” online as part of the 24th Specialization Course in International Criminal Law for Young Penalists held at the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights in Italy during May.
Congratulations to Foreign and International Law Librarian Anne Burnett for receiving the 2025 Daniel L. Wade Outstanding Service Award from the American Association of Law Libraries Foreign, Comparative and International Law Special Interest Section, honoring her outstanding leadership, notable service and encouragement of others in the field.
Clinical Associate Professor & Business Law Clinic Director Willow Tracy published “Values-Ambiguous Clinics” in 31 Clinical Law Review 379 (2025).
Assistant Professor Thomas E. Kadri co-authored “Evaluating and Extending Techniques for Fine-Grained Text-Topic Prediction for Digital Forensic Data” which was published in Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime (Springer, 2025).
Emerging Scholar Shanée Brown published “What’s in a Name? Policing, Juliet” in 78 SMU Law Review Forum 38 (2025).
Post Professor Pamela Foohey presented “The Chapter 13 Storybook” (forthcoming) as part of a panel titled “Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Place” at the Law and Society Association Annual Meeting in Chicago during May.
Congratulations to Associate Director for Research Services Sarah C. Slinger on being awarded the 2025 Joseph L. Andrews Legal Literature Award by the American Association of Law Libraries for Complete Periodical Literature of Law Librarianship (with M.J. Slinger). This award honors original works that represent “meaningful advancement of law librarianship.”
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz presented “Artificial Intelligence and Taxpayer Entity” at the Law and Society Association Annual Meeting in Chicago during May. Additionally, he chaired a panel on local governments and tax benefits.
Twenty students are studying abroad this summer as part of the Dean Rusk International Law Center’s Global Governance Summer School with 15 of the participants being part of the School of Law’s J.D. program. The focus of this year’s for-credit program, operated in partnership with the Leuven Centre for Global Governance, is comparative constitutional law. Site visits will include NATO, the European Parliament, the European Commission, the International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice and other international governance offices.
This summer, 24 School of Law students are gaining global practice experience with the Global Externships Overseas program through the school’s Dean Rusk International Law Center. They will enhance their legal studies by working in a variety of private and public legal settings with placements based in Asia, Australasia, Europe and the Americas.
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz was featured in Newsweek regarding state taxes in Michigan. The article titled “Property Taxes Could Be Scrapped For Senior Citizens in Michigan” was written by Giulia Carbonaro and published 5/16/25.
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz presented “Global Tax Wars in the Digital Era” (forthcoming in the American University Law Review) virtually as part of the American Society of International Law International Economic Law Biennial Conference during May.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein presented “Overview of U.S. Federal Income Tax Reporting Regulations for Brokers of Crypto-Assets” at a meeting of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Working Party No. 9 on Consumption Taxes in Paris, France, during May.
Dean Usha R. Rodrigues was featured in the Marietta Daily Journal regarding the School of Law’s Rajesh “Raj” Mehta Memorial Endowment for Family Justice. The article titled "`Be Like Raj’: Courtroom Dedicated to Murdered Cobb Attorney" was written by Isabella Manders and published 5/12/25.
Regents' Professor of International Law & Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann presented as part of a panel titled “Increasing Visibility of Crimes Affecting Children and New Crimes Against Children” at the Conference on Advancing Child Justice in the New Crimes Against Humanity Treaty at Columbia University during May.
Clinical Associate Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured in Capital B News regarding issues related to the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial. The article titled "Diddy Faces Trial Amid Abuse Claims and Years of Industry Silence" was written by Bethonie Butler and published 5/12/25.