Congratulations to Cyndi Canup, winner of the 2018 Emma Terrell Distinguished Employee Award. Presented annually by the Law School Staff Representative Group, the honor recognizes staff members who have demonstrated "a strong work ethic, commitment to service, and exceptional job performance as well as the cooperation needed to ensure the School of Law meets and exceeds its goals."
Associate Professor & Veterans Legal Clinic Director Alexander W. Scherr was featured on UGA Today regarding his contributions to clinical legal education. The article titled "Faculty member helps develop clinical programs, experiential learning courses" was written by Lona Panter and published 1/4/19.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West presented as part of a panel titled "President Trump and Freedom of the Press: Two Years In" at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting during January.
Associate Professor & Practicum in Animal Welfare Skills Director Lisa Milot published "Backyard Breeding: Regulatory Nuisance, Crime Precursor" in 85 Tennessee Law Review 707 (2018). This article is the first academic look at the backyard breeding of dogs, including the direct and indirect costs of this common practice and a possible approach for jurisdictions to minimize the harms associated with it.
Hosch Associate Professor Kent Barnett published "Administrative Law's Political Dynamics" in 71 Vanderbilt Law Review 1463 (2018) (with C.L. Boyd and C.J. Walker).
Smith Professor Hillel Y. Levin published "Increasing Vaccination Rates Without Eliminating Nonmedical Exemptions" in The Regulatory Review (with T.D. Lytton) on 12/31/18.
Congratulations to Professors Elizabeth Chamblee Burch, Andrea L. Dennis and Melissa J. Durkee. These accomplished scholars assumed new titles as of Jan. 1. Burch now holds the Fuller E. Callaway Chair of Law, Dennis occupies the John Byrd Martin Chair of Law and Durkee is a J. Alton Hosch Associate Professor of Law.