Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding the Johnson & Johnson Oklahoma opioid settlement. The article titled "Judge orders $572 million in damages for public nuisance" was written by Jef Feeley and Riley Griffin and was published 8/27/19. The story appeared in Time and Fortune magazines and other media outlets across the country.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on National Public Radio regarding the Johnson & Johnson Oklahoma opioid settlement. The show titled "Oklahoma is successful in its suit against opioid manufacturer" by Jackie Fortier aired 8/27/19.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on the BBC regarding the Johnson & Johnson Oklahoma opioid settlement. The show titled "Johnson & Johnson fined for being a public nuisance" aired 8/27/19.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in the Financial Times regarding the Johnson & Johnson opioid litigation in Oklahoma. The article titled "Johnson & Johnson faces court judgment over opioids crisis" was written by Hannah Kuchler and published 8/25/19.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding the Johnson & Johnson opioid litigation in Oklahoma. The article titled "J&J's Oklahoma Opioid Fight May Signal Drug Industry Liability" was written by Jef Feeley and published 8/26/19.
Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge and third-year student Katherine M. Larsen published "Singapore Convention Presents an Opportunity for Georgia in Mediation" in the Daily Report on 8/22/19.
Georgia Athletic Association Professor David E. Shipley was featured in U.S. News & World Report regarding copyright protection for annotations to state statutes like the OCGA. The article titled "Can States Copyright Annotations to Their Own Laws?" was written by Adina Solomon and published 8/22/19.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in Physician's Weekly regarding the potential Bayer AG/Roundup settlement. The article titled "Explainer: What are the obstacles to Bayer settling Roundup lawsuits?" was written by Tina Bellon and published 8/22/19.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in Legal NewsLine regarding repeat-player lawyers in multidistrict litigation. The article titled "Major plaintiffs firms that snagged states as opioid clients have been shut out of settlement talks by judge" was written by Daniel Fisher and published 8/20/19.
Civil Externship Program and Public Interest Practicum Director Elizabeth M. Grant published "Towards a jurisprudence (and pedagogy) of access: A reflection on 25 years of the Public Interest Practicum" in 53 Georgia Law Review Online 1 (2018) (with A.W. Scherr and G. Goldberg).
Associate Professor & Veterans Legal Clinic Director Alexander W. Scherr published "Towards a jurisprudence (and pedagogy) of access: A reflection on 25 years of the Public Interest Practicum" in 53 Georgia Law Review Online 1 (2018) (with E.M. Grant and G. Goldberg).
Clinical Professor & Business Law and Ethics Program Director Carol Morgan published "Learning to be more than a lawyer" in 53 Georgia Law Review Online 26 (2019).
The School of Law proudly welcomes approximately 225 students who are starting work on their Juris Doctor, Master of Laws and Master in the Study of Law degrees. The School of Law prides itself on providing a first-rate legal education and being counted among the best returns on investment in legal education today.
Twenty-six proposals have been funded through the second round of the New Approaches to Promote Diversity and Inclusion grants program, which was announced in January 2019 by UGA President Jere W. Morehead. Among those to be funded is the School of Law's Robinson Scholars Program. All of the initiatives selected are dedicated to serving underrepresented, underserved and first-generation students at UGA.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein's article "Is 'Internal Consistency' Dead?: Reflections on an Evolving Commerce Clause Restraint on State Taxation" (61 Tax Law Review 1 (2007)) was cited by the Utah Supreme Court in Steiner v. Utah State Tax Commission, a case involving a taxpayer's claim of a constitutional right to a credit against state personal income taxes for payments of foreign income taxes.
Associate Professor & Practicum in Animal Welfare Skills Director Lisa Milot published "Special Considerations in Transfers to Minor Beneficiaries Born as a Result of Reproductive Technologies" in Tax, Estate, and Lifetime Planning for Minors, 2d ed. (C.Y. D'Aversa ed.) (American Bar Association, 2019) (with T. Striepe).
Associate Director for Research Services Thomas "T.J." Striepe published "Special Considerations in Transfers to Minor Beneficiaries Born as a Result of Reproductive Technologies" in Tax, Estate, and Lifetime Planning for Minors, 2d ed. (C.Y. D'Aversa ed.) (American Bar Association, 2019) (with L. Milot).
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in Legal NewsLine regarding U.S. District Court Judge Dan Polster and the current opioid litigation. The article titled "'Nobody's sure if it will work or how': A review of how a Cleveland judge is handling 2,000 opioid lawsuits" was written by Dan Fisher and published 8/14/19.
Director of the Law Library Carol A. Watson presented as part of the Providing Non-Traditional Library Services: A Bridge Too Far or Part of a Responsive Relationship panel at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting during August.
Associate Dean for Faculty Development & Hosch Professor Elizabeth Weeks presented on health care rights as part of a state constitutional law panel and on Affordable Care Act litigation in Texas v. United States before the Fifth Circuit as part of a health care year in review panel at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting during July.