Clinical Associate Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured in The Imprint regarding legal defense for survivors of sexual abuse and trafficking. The article titled "Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse in Georgia Have a Rare Legal Champion" was written by Jordan Anderson and published 8/14/25.
The School of Law was recently ranked among the best law schools in the nation for quality of life (6th), classroom experience (6th) and professors (10th). The annual rankings produced by The Princeton Review are based on its survey of students and school-reported data.
Chaffin Chair of Fiduciary Law Victoria J. Haneman published "Tax Sheltering Death Care” in 2025 Wisconsin Law Review 623.
Clinical Services and Research Librarian Amy Taylor published "The Relevance of Natural Language Versus Terms and Connectors Searching in Westlaw and Lexis” in 117 Law Library Journal 311 (2025).
Law and Technology Librarian Jason Tubinis published "Advancing DEIB in Our Communities: How to Gain Leadership Experience at Work in a Non-Supervisory Role” (with H. Bakken, A. Abdullah and V. Horton) in 29 AALL Spectrum 38 (2025).
Congratulations to the five School of Law faculty members who have been promoted and awarded new titles. Willow Tracy was appointed associate dean for clinical programs and experiential learning and was promoted to full clinical professor. Thomas E. Kadri earned the rank of associate professor with tenure, while both Melissa D. Redmon and Elizabeth Taxel are now clinical associate professors. Clinical Services and Research Librarian Amy Taylor has been promoted to the rank of librarian III.
Clinical Associate Professor & Director of the Civil Externship Program and Public Interest Practicum Elizabeth M. Grant and third-year student Gordon C. Wayne published "Georgia Has a New Habitability Protection for Tenants, but What Does it Mean?” in 59 Georgia Law Review Online 1 (2025).
Post Professor Pamela Foohey presented her co-authored book Debt’s Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy (University of California Press, 2025) as part of the panel titled “Struggling to Survive: Pre-Bankruptcy Issues and Bankrupt Seniors” at the State Bar of Montana’s 2025 Bankruptcy Section Seminar.
Chaffin Chair of Fiduciary Law Victoria J. Haneman and her 2025 Boston College Law Review article “The Law of Digital Resurrection” were featured in The Register regarding the need to protect deceased people’s data from artificial intelligence systems. The article titled “The dead need rights to delete their data so they can’t be AI-ified, lawyer says” was written by Thomas Claburn and published 8/9/25. The Boston College Law Review article was also featured in PC Magazine.
Clinical Associate Professor & Prosecutorial Justice Program Director Melissa D. Redmon was featured in Columns regarding her role in educating future lawyers. The article titled "Former prosecutor teaches law students how to pursue justice" was written by Adam Wynn and published 8/8/25.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on Bloomberg regarding potential conflicts of interest in talc lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson. The article titled "J&J Talc Evidence Gets Review by Ex-Judge at Drugmaker Law Firm" was written by Jef Feeley and published 8/7/25. The article has been republished by other outlets.
The University of Georgia Alumni Association Board of Directors has elected its 79th president, Corey Dortch, and approved seven new board members, including Santhia L. Curtis (J.D.’91). Their terms began July 1. Additionally, alumni Yvette K. Daniels (J.D.’89) and Kevin A. Gooch (J.D.’04) concluded their terms on the board on June 30.
Director of Advocacy Kellie Casey was featured on Juris Education regarding the School of Law’s advocacy program. The article titled "Our Interview With Kellie Casey, Director of Advocacy At The University Of Georgia School Of Law" was published 7/31/25.
The University of Georgia School of Law has created a new admissions pathway for prospective students who earn a bachelor’s degree from University System of Georgia institutions. For the fall 2026 admissions cycle, students with qualifying academic credentials can apply for admission without taking the Law School Admission Test or Graduate Record Exam. Admitted students will automatically qualify for a $5,000 merit scholarship.
Post Professor Pamela Foohey published Debt’s Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy (University of California Press, 2025).
Congratulations to UGA President Jere W. Morehead (J.D.'80) for receiving the Distinguished Career Achievement Award from the Academy of Legal Studies in Business, honoring his leadership at UGA and his “exceptional career spanning more than four decades.”
Congratulations to Associate Professor Thomas E. Kadri for receiving the Haub Law Emerging Scholar Award in Women, Gender & Law from the Haub School of Law at Pace University, honoring his co-authored article “Safe Sex in the Age of Big Tech Feminism” (with B. Dvoskin) (forthcoming in the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology). The award is given annually to recognize “outstanding legal scholarship related to gender and the law” from full-time law professors with no more than five years of teaching experience.
Talmadge Chair Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge published “Whither Leviathan? The Seepage of Constitutional Law into Public-Private Arbitration in the United States” in The Comparative Constitutional Foundations of Private-Public Arbitration (S.W. Schill ed.) (Oxford University Press, 2025).
Athens, Ga. — The University of Georgia Foundation Board of Trustees, which oversees the foundation’s work, approved changes in leadership and board appointments. School of Law alums Natalie Schweers Coghill (J.D.'98) and Vernon E. "Trey" Googe III (J.D.'94) were elected as executive vice-chair and secretary respectively, with Steve C. Jones (J.D.'87) being elected as emeritus chair and Neal J. Quirk Sr. (J.D.'87) being granted emeritus status.
Assistant Professor Desirée LeClercq recently presented on the future of multilateralism, trade and worker rights for World Trade Organization officials and researchers in Switzerland.