Congratulations to Event Coordinator Jessica Kilby, who was selected for the 2025 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.”
Hosch Professor & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand was featured by Civic Media, a Wisconsin radio network, regarding 2020 election prosecutions. The story titled " Wisconsin prosecution of 2020 fake elector scheme moves ahead as other state efforts falter" was produced by Brittany Carloni and published 12/15/25.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West presented "The Trump Defamation Blitz" as part of a Zoom Series for the Media Law Resource Center during December.
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner was featured on Law360 regarding the evolving global footprint of large US law firms. The article titled “How BigLaw Is Redrawing Its Global Map For 2026” was written by Ryan Boysen and published 12/10/25.
Post Professor Pamela Foohey's book Debt’s Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy (University of California Press, 2025) was reviewed by Nicholas G. Glover in the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal's December issue.
Alston Chair in Corporate Law Anne M. Tucker presented "Nudging as Judging: An Empirical Portrait of Rule 16" and "Control Rights or Wrongs? Active versus Index Governance" at the 2025 Conference on Empirical Legal Studies at the Georgetown University Law Center.
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson published Carlsons' Guide to Evidence Authentication: Essential Foundations for Georgia Advocates, 2026 ed. (LexisNexis, 2025) (with M. Carlson).
Congratulations to the 14 Law Dawgs and their businesses selected for the 2026 Bulldog 100, a list of the fastest-growing businesses owned or led by UGA graduates. School of Law alumni being celebrated are: Carson Alexander (J.D.’17), Wil Alexander (J.D.’16), Brandon Barron (J.D.’99), Lindsey Cambardella (J.D.’12), Tom Conger (J.D.’80), Ben Hancock (J.D.’22), R. Lawton Jordan (J.D.’00), J.L. King (J.D.’05), John Manly (J.D.’08), Benjamin Osorio (J.D.’11), Veronica Richardson (J.D.’06), Greg Smith (J.D.’09), Maggie Rentz Smith (J.D.’06) and Jeremy Stallman (J.D.’09).
Clinical Associate Professor & First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins was featured by The Center Square regarding public access to government financial records. The article titled "One of Georgia’s top cities can’t (or won’t) produce basic personnel data" was written by Johnny Edwards and published 12/9/25. This article has been republished by other media outlets including Yahoo! News.
Regents' Professor of International Law & Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann published “Child-Taking Justice and the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative” in 119 American Journal of International Law 629 (2025).
Professor William Ortman published “Plea Bargaining Abolitionism: A History” in 22 Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law 1 (2025).
For approximately 10 years, University of Georgia School of Law students have been working with UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant to provide legal and policy expertise to help improve the environmental, social and economic health of the Georgia coast through research, education and extension.
Post Professor Pamela Foohey was featured by Newsweek regarding the increasing numbers of people and businesses filing for bankruptcy. The article titled “U.S. Bankruptcy Filings Surge" was written by Hugh Cameron and was published 12/2/25.
The University of Georgia School of Law was recently highlighted as the best return on investment in legal education based on a ranking by LawCrossing. The ABA Journal article titled “These law schools have the best return on investment, analysis says” was written by Debra Cassens Weiss and published 12/2/25.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West was featured by Fortune regarding the difficulties of high-profile defamation suits. The article titled “Inside the economics of Candace Owens’s media empire and the Macron lawsuit threatening to unravel it" was written by Lily Mae Lazarus and was published 12/2/25.
Smith Professor Hillel Y. Levin published “A Primer on the Proximate Cause Requirement of PLCAA’s Predicate Exception: Holding Firearm Manufacturers Liable for Third-Party Criminal Misuse of Their Products” in 73 Buffalo Law Review 633 (2025) (with T.D. Lytton).
Associate Director of Career Development, Public Interest and Government Employment Specialist Sharon R. Gamble was featured by UGA Today regarding fellowship with colleagues from across campus at the University of Georgia 2025 Fall Staff Appreciation Reception. The article titled “UGA staff members celebrated during 2025 Fall Staff Appreciation Reception” was published 11/26/25.
Wilson Associate Professor in Business Law Laura Phillips-Sawyer published a chapter titled “The Problem of Market Power in Postwar America: Antitrust Law, Accountability, and Changing Ideas of Market Power” in Can Democracy and Capitalism Be Reconciled (S. Miller and S. Milkis ed.) (Oxford University Press, 2025).
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner published a chapter titled “Corporate Governance and Sustainability Incentives” in Global Corporations and Sustainability: Rethinking Legal and Economic Frameworks (B. Choudhury ed.) (Edward Elgar, 2025).
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein published “A State Tax Perspective on Proposed Federal Cryptoasset Guidance” in 118 Tax Notes State 539 (2025) (with A. Appleby).