Hosch Professor & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding historic tendencies of potential U.S. Supreme Court justices. The article titled "James Ho’s Post-Election Remarks Fuel Supreme Court Speculation" was written by Jacqueline Thomsen and published 12/17/24.
Congratulations to Associate Director of Student Services and First Start Coordinator Amanda Fox, who was selected for the 2024 Emma Terrell Distinguished Employee Award. Presented annually by the Law School Staff Representative Group, the award recognizes “individuals who have demonstrated a strong work ethic, commitment to service, and exceptional job performance as well as the cooperation needed to ensure the School of Law meets and exceeds its goals.”
Clinical Assistant Professor & Prosecutorial Justice Program Director Melissa D. Redmon was featured in USA Today regarding prosecutorial strategy. The article titled “Judge upholds guilty plea of Trump co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro in Georgia election case” was written by Josh Meyer and published 12/13/24.
Professor Pamela Foohey presented Debt’s Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy (forthcoming by the University of California Press) at the State Bar of Georgia Consumer and Business Bankruptcy Institute in December.
Associate Dean, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues published "Intermediaries and Differentiated Voting” in 26 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law 1180 (2024).
Assistant Professor Desirée LeClercq's article "Labor Strife And Peace"(forthcoming in the UC Irvine Law Review) was reviewed by Joseph Slater in JOTWELL (Dec. 10, 2024). In "Strife, Labor , Peace, and Returning NLRA Section 7 Law to its Original Purpose," Slater says LeClercq's article is "impressive, thorough, original, and convincing."
Regents' Professor of International Law & Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann presented “Child-Taking Justice and Forced Residential-Schooling of Indigenous Peoples” hosted by the Centre for Human Rights at Queen’s University Belfast School of Law in Northern Ireland during November.
Cleveland Distinguished Chair Nathan S. Chapman was featured in Columns regarding his research into civil religion and the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The article titled "Law professor preaches the merits of mutual respect" was written by Adam W. Wynn and published 12/8/24.
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner was featured on Law360 regarding opportunities for international law firms amid shifting geopolitical landscapes. The article titled "What’s Next For The Global Legal Market In 2025?" was written by Cara Bayles and published 12/5/24.
Assistant Professor Desirée LeClercq publishes “Enforcement of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Rapid Response Mechanism: Views From Mexican Auto Sector Workers" (Cornell University Center of Applied Research on Work, 2024) (with A Covarrubias-V and C. Quintero Ramírez).
A group of alumnae recently joined forces to endow a fund in support of the Georgia Association of Women Lawyers chapter at the University of Georgia School of Law. It will assist the organization formerly known as the Women Law Students Association with programming and activities for its members and the greater law school community.
Assistant Professor Desirée LeClercq was featured on Inside U.S. Trade regarding her recent study of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s rapid-response mechanism. The article titled "Under Trump, hope – and recommendations – for the stronger use of RRM" was written by Margaret Spiegelman and published 12/5/24.
Sibley Professor in Corporate and Business Law Larry D. Thompson published Quiet Counsel: Looking Back on a Life of Service to the Law (Disruption Books, 2024).
Hosch Professor & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand’s book Supreme Bias: Gender and Race in U.S. Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings (Stanford University Press, 2023) (with C.L. Boyd and P.M. Collins) was named a 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic Title. This prestigious list "reflects the best scholarly titles reviewed by Choice during the previous calendar year, as chosen by the editors." The book also received a Pritchett Award earlier this year.
Awards and initiates were recognized at the university’s annual Tucker Dorsey Blue Key Alumni Banquet on Nov. 22 at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education & Hotel. Bo Rutledge and Kathy Pharr were awarded the 2024 faculty Blue Key Service Awards. Rutledge is the dean of the UGA School of Law and holds the Talmadge Chair of Law. Pharr is the vice president for marketing and communications and chief of staff to the president of the university.
Clinical Associate Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured in USA Today regarding parental rights. The article titled “Mom arrested after her 10-year-old son went on a walk alone” was written by Jeanine Santucci and published 11/27/24.
Congratulations to Clinical Professor Emerita Eleanor Crosby Lanier for receiving the 2024 Chief Justice Harold G. Clarke Award from the Supreme Court of Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution and the Dispute Resolution Section of the State Bar of Georgia. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to alternative dispute resolution in Georgia, and Lanier was honored for her lifelong commitment to the field.
Regents' Professor of International Law & Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann presented “Bearing Witness in the Nuremberg Era: ‘An Irish Governess, Miss Mary O’Shaughnessy’” as part of the International Law Seminar Series at the Trinity College Dublin School of Law in Ireland during November.
UGA Associate Provost & Kirbo Chair Elizabeth Weeks published “What I Talk about When I Talk about Charity Scott” in 52 Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 284 (2024).
Regents' Professor of International Law & Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann presented “Child-Taking Justice and Forced Residential-Schooling of Indigenous Peoples” at the Trinity Centre for Constitutional Law and Governance as part of the TriCON Seminar series in Dublin, Ireland, during November.