Dean Usha R. Rodrigues was selected to the Diverse: Issues in Higher Education Top Women of 2025. This list honors 40 women who are “making a difference” in higher education. The article titled “Celebrating Leading Women in Higher Education” was published 3/6/25.
Marshall Chair of Constitutional Law Randy Beck published "Transunion, Vermont Agency, and Statutory Damages Under Article III" in 77 Florida Law Review 161 (2025).
Congratulations to second-year students Kerolls "Kero" Gadelrab and Taylor N. Hoying for winning their American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy regional competition. The pair will advance to the national tier of the tournament to be held during April. Third-year students Taylor L. Stablein and Garfield A. McIntyre Jr. served as student coaches, while Holly A. Pierson (J.D.'96) was the alumni coach.
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner participated in the “Navigating the Business-Tech Landscape” panel at the Richmond Journal of Law and Technology symposium titled “Balancing Innovation & Oversight: Navigating the Impact of Technology Across Industries” at the University of Richmond School of Law during February.
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz presented “Artificial Intelligence and Taxpayer Entity” at the Northeastern University School of Law as part of the Junior Scholars Conference during February.
Dean Usha R. Rodrigues was featured on Law360 Pulse regarding her journey to the deanship of the School of Law. The article titled “Ga. Law School Dean On Finding Path As Child Of Immigrants” was written by Emily Johnson and published 3/3/25.
The University of Georgia School of Law’s vision to redefine what it means to be a great national public law school – one that matches excellence with access – just took a huge step forward with the creation of the Hart Family Foundation First-Generation Scholarship Fund. Alumnus E. David Hart Jr. (J.D.’80) was instrumental in the $2-million-plus commitment that will now ensure an endowed one-quarter scholarship for all first-generation college graduates enrolled in the Juris Doctor program at the School of Law.
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner published “Corporate Personhood, Corporate Rights, and the Contingency of Corporate Law” in 16 Transnational Legal Theory (2025).
Congratulations to second-year students Dustin M. Batchelor, Grace K.S.Y. Johnson, F. Marion Kronauge, Morgan E. Pfohl and Ellis H.P. Schmitt for winning the East Coast regional of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. During the tournament, they beat teams from Harvard University and American University and will now advance to the international tier of the competition later this month. Third-year students Joseph M. "Joe" Colley and Brennan A. Rose served as student coaches, while J. Caleb Grant (J.D.'23) was the alumni coach.
Regents' Professor of International Law & Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann presented “Child-Taking Justice and Forced Residential Schooling of Indigenous Americans” as part of the International Law Colloquium at Washington University in St. Louis.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West presented "The Work of the Press Clause" at the Villanova Law Review symposium titled Journalism at a Crossroads: Legal Protections, Innovations and Democracy during February.
Congratulations to the Class of 2022 for posting an Ultimate Bar Passage rate of 98.95%, meaning approximately 99% of these graduates who sat for the bar exam within two years of graduation passed. This near perfect Ultimate Bar Passage rate and the school's position as one of the nation's best returns on investment in legal education are helping UGA Law to redefine what it means to be a great national public law school – one that offers a hands-on, purpose-driven educational experience that matches excellence with access.
Smith Professor Hillel Y. Levin offers insights on the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos: “I urge the U.S. Supreme Court not to adopt the defendants’ interpretation of proximate cause as it would radically redefine this concept. Doing so would have far-reaching and unpredictable consequences and could potentially make it impossible to hold industries accountable for their harms caused by their products.”
Congratulations to Dean Usha R. Rodrigues on being selected as a research member of the European Corporate Governance Institute, an international non-profit established to “improve corporate governance through fostering independent scientific research and related activities.”
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz was featured in Newsweek regarding state taxes in Florida. The article titled “Could Florida Eliminate Property Tax? It’s Complicated” was written by Giulia Carbonaro and published 2/24/25.
Congratulations to third-year students Daisy Gonzales and Robert J. “Bob” Anderson for finishing third in the ABA Law Student Tax Challenge, where J.D. students solved a complex business problem that might arise in every-day tax practice. Coached by Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz, the UGA team competed against 84 teams from around the country.
Stanton Distinguished Professor in Canine Welfare Law & Practicum in Animal Welfare Skills Director Lisa Milot testified before the Georgia Senate Higher Education Committee hearing on SB20, which would allow for student loan repayments for veterinarians who practice shelter medicine and in nonprofit pet sterilization clinics.
Congratulations to Carson Alexander (J.D.'17) and Wil Alexander (J.D.'16), who were the top-ranking School of Law graduates in the 2025 Bulldog 100 list. Their business, Alexander & Alexander Attorneys at Law, was ranked 27th in the UGA Alumni Association list of honorees. Other School of Law alums to make the list were Adrian Pandev (J.D.’16) with Pandev Law at 33, Lindsey Cambardella (J.D.’12) and Jeremy Stallman (J.D.’09) with Translation Station at 39, Benjamin Osorio (J.D.’11) with Murray Osorio at 49, Brandon Barron (J.D.’99) with Southern Commercial Roof Tech at 64, and Charlie Thompson (J.D.’03) with ASW Distillery at 92. The Bulldog 100 annually honors “the 100 fastest-growing businesses owned or led by UGA alums.”
Congratulations to second-year student Allison L. Brown for designing and training the first-place prompt in the inaugural MIT AI Negotiation Competition's Value Created category. Brown's prompt won against entries from more than 25 countries that engaged in an estimated 250,000 negotiations. The MIT AI Negotiation Competition is a project of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy that is incorporating Large Language Models into the field's history of computer-based tournaments. Brown and her fellow negotiation advocacy team members prepared for the tournament with Faculty Coach Daniel S. Serviansky.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West was featured in The Wall Street Journal regarding freedom of speech. The article titled "Trump’s Media Company Sues Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Over Censorship" was written by Alyssa Lukpat, Samantha Pearson and Isabella Simonetti and was published 2/19/25.