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."
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.”
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.
Associate Professor Christian Turner has been selected as an AI and Society Fellow. As part of the Center for AI Safety fellowship, he will conduct research in AI governance and collaborate with academics in law, economics, international relations and adjacent fields for three months in San Francisco, California.
Congratulations to second-year law student McKay L. Powers on being named a Bergstrom Child Welfare Law Fellow. This fellowship “is committed to inspiring the best and brightest law students to pursue careers in child welfare law.”