Post Professor Pamela Foohey was featured in Newsweek regarding increasing numbers of individuals filing for bankruptcy. The article titled “Map shows Where Bankruptcies Are Soaring” was written by Hugh Cameron and published 5/27/26.
Hosch Professor & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand published “America at 250: Civic hygiene can save election integrity in Ga. and beyond” in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on 5/22/26.
Last month, Community Health Law Partnership Clinic students delivered four presentations, in both English and Spanish, at partner sites Bethany Christian Services and U-Lead Athens. Third-year student Rosalie J. Vendrell and second-year students Annie L. Bordeaux, Meghan Brockman, Mackenzie G. Case, Elisa C. Lara and Yamileth Palacios Piedra provided members of the local community with important legal information.
Associate Professor Christian Turner recently visited the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs in Tbilisi, Georgia, to train faculty and staff in artificial intelligence and assist with the development of a framework to govern AI policy and usage at the university. The week-long trip was part of an international exchange supported by the American Councils for International Education.
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz was featured in Newsweek regarding state property taxes. The article titled “Why Property Tax Reforms Are Stalling Across US” was written by Giulia Carbonaro and published 5/22/26.
Congratulations to recent graduates Dustin M. Batchelor (J.D.’26) and Maya E.M. Davis (J.D.’26) on being named Academic All-American Advocates by the National Association of Legal Advocacy Educators. Fewer than 30 students nationwide received the honor, which recognizes students who have had exemplary success in courtroom advocacy competitions, modeled good leadership and fellowship within the law school community and excelled academically.
Post Professor Pamela Foohey was featured by USA Today regarding the history of the Dodd-Frank Act. The article titled “Dodd-Frank was meant to keep the financial system safe. Did it?" was written by Andrea Riquier and published 5/20/26.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured by C-SPAN2 regarding her new book, The Pain Brokers: How Con Men, Call Centers, and Rogue Doctors Fuel America’s Lawsuit Factory (Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2026). The segment titled “The Pain Brokers” aired as part of “Book-TV” and was broadcast 5/17/26.
Talmadge Chair Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge published “International Arbitration and Conflicts of Law: Three Hard Questions for Symeon” in 60 Willamette Law Review 805 (2025).
The University of Georgia School of Law was named the ninth-best mock trial program in the country by Gavel Rankings, which seeks to recognize trial competition results and acknowledge schools winning “the toughest competitions.”
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch presented her book The Pain Brokers: How Con Men, Call Centers, and Rogue Doctors Fuel America’s Lawsuit Factory (Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2026) at the Yeshiva University Cardozo School of Law during April.
Hosch Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies Logan E. Sawyer III published “Gienapp’s Big Book: Conceptual Rupture, Modernism, and the End of Originalism” in 36 Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities 462 (2026).
Congratulations to third-year law students Adoris M. Gibbs and Samantha R. “Sam” Motley who were named Equal Justice Works Fellows through the Design-Your-Own Fellowship program. This fellowship “seeks to create opportunities for lawyers to transform their passion for equal justice into a lifelong commitment to public service.”
Congratulations to third-year law student Mason C. Favro who was named a Merit Distinction Finalist for the 2026 NALP PSJD Pro Bono Publico Award, which recognizes law students whose “extraordinary commitment to law-related public service work contributes to the overall growth of pro bono culture within their law school and their broader community.”
Congratulations to third-year law student Emily W. Munger who was named the recipient of the 2026 NALP PSJD Pro Bono Publico Award, which recognizes law students whose “extraordinary commitment to law-related public service work contributes to the overall growth of pro bono culture within their law school and their broader community.”
Congratulations to first-year law student Aryan V. Patel who was named a recipient of the 2026 Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association Digumarthi Public Interest Scholarship, which supports law students who have accepted unpaid summer internships with public interest organizations.
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson's book Carlson on Evidence (with M. Carlson) was recently cited by the Georgia Court of Appeals regarding guidelines for expert witnesses in Duerfeldt v. State. This citation brings the total to 85 times that this text has been used by Georgia appellate courts to resolve evidentiary issues.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch published “Adequate Representation in Group Litigation” in 86 Louisiana Law Review 433 (2025).
This summer, 12 students are studying abroad as part of the Dean Rusk International Law Center’s Global Governance Summer School with 11 of the participants being part of the School of Law’s J.D. program. The focus of this year’s for-credit program, operated in partnership with the Leuven Centre for Global Governance, is comparative environmental law and sustainability. Site visits will include NATO, the European Council, the International Court of Justice, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, and a number of other law firms, NGOs, international courts, and embassies.
Congratulations to Research Services Librarian Brandy Ellis on receiving the AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers Award from the American Association of Law Libraries for her co-authored paper “Generative Artificial Intelligence: A Primer for Sounding Smart at Company Cocktail Parties” (with J. Tubinis). The award seeks to honor “scholarship of interest to the profession of law librarianship.”