Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein's treatise, State Taxation, was cited by the Minnesota Tax Court in Cities Management, Inc. v. Commissioner of Revenue, Minn. Tax Ct. (Dec. 20, 2022).
Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured on Grid regarding her thoughts on the impact of stock sell-offs. The article titled "While Elon Musk is distracted running Twitter, Tesla's stock has taken a nosedive. Investors are starting to freak out." was written by Benjamin Powers and published 12/21/22.
The School of Law’s Appellate Litigation Clinic has afforded participating students the opportunity to present oral argument in six federal appellate courts over the last five years. This includes the D.C., Second, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits. Its students were also the first law students to argue before both the Georgia Supreme Court and Georgia Court of Appeals. The clinic was founded in 2010, which makes it one of the older appellate clinics in the country.
Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Staff Attorney Brian Atkinson presented on "Trauma-Informed Representation for Crossover Youth" at The Summit 2022: Georgia’s Child Welfare Conference during December.
Clinical Associate Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington presented "Exploring Careers in Child Protection Law" at The Summit 2022: Georgia’s Child Welfare Conference during December. At the conference, the "HOPE for Victims" video debuted, it features Hetherington and second-year student Jessica L. Davis. The Wilbanks CEASE Clinic provides legal representation in the HOPE Court for child participants who are confirmed or suspected to be victims of commercial and sexual exploitation and who are in foster care.
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson was featured in Business Insider regarding the latest legal developments relating to the grand jury investigating the 2020 election. The article titled "Prosecutors in Georgia are fast approaching a decision on whether to charge Trump. Here's how it would go down." was written by Jacob Shamsian and published 12/18/22.
First Amendment Clinic Legal Fellow Lindsey M. Floyd and second-year student Hanna M. Esserman were featured in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph and the Valdosta Times regarding the First Amendment and the right to protest. The article titled "Protest bills fall short, but First Amendment group ready to fight revival" was written by Asia Ashley and published 12/19/22. It was based on a First Amendment Clinic webinar presented by Floyd, Esserman and third-year student Aradhana Chandra.
Clinical Associate Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington presented "Integrating Evaluations in Practice: Lessons Learned from Representing Survivors of CSEC" for the National Association of Counsel for Children during December. She also published "Measuring Therapeutic Outcomes for Survivors of CSEC" in 44 The Guardian 17 (2022).
Congratulations to Paula McBride, winner of the 2022 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.”
Assistant Professor Thomas E. Kadri presented “A Socio-Technical Framework for Handling Digital Evidence with Security and Privacy Assurances” at the "Smart Compliance Systems in the AI Era: Combining Criminal and Administrative Measures” conference hosted by Bar-Ilan University in Israel during December.
Hosch Professor Logan E. Sawyer III presented “Government by Judiciary: Originalism and the Politics of Principle inside the Reagan Administration” at a University of Pennsylvania Law School Legal History Workshop during December.
Hosch Professor & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand was featured on Georgia Public Broadcasting's "Political Rewind" regarding current U.S. Supreme Court cases. The segment titled "Cases on serving same-sex couples, independent legislatures before Supreme Court" was hosted Bill Nigut and aired 12/9/22.
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner presented on “Corporate Risk, Shareholder Liability, and the Role of Intermediaries” at The Risks of Unsustainability Conference hosted by the University of Oslo Faculty of Law during December.
Assistant Professor Thomas E. Kadri presented "Interoperable Obscurity” at the Southeastern Junior/Senior Legal Scholars Conference during December.
Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues presented "Why SPACs?" at Yale Law School’s 2022-2023 Weil, Gotshal & Manges Roundtable during December.
Appellate Litigation Clinic participant and third-year student Jack K. Mahon recently presented oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The clinic's clients were class action plaintiffs suing multiple law enforcement agencies based on how those agencies respond to protests by people of color. The issues on interlocutory appeal are whether the superintendent of the Louisiana State Police has Eleventh Amendment immunity and whether the court can exercise pendent jurisdiction to review our clients’ standing during interlocutory review. Third-year students Noah C. Nix and Roby H. Jernigan helped him prepare, and second-year students Sian A. Mason and Anna E. Von Spakovsky assisted with the briefs.
Associate Professor Jonathan Peters was featured in Vanity Fair regarding the Dominion Voting Systems/Fox News litigation. The article titled "Rupert Murdoch will have to answer for Fox News' 2020 coverage in Dominion lawsuit" was written by Caleb Ecarma and published 12/6/22.
Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in The New York Times regarding Chamath Palihapitiya and special purposes acquisition companies. The article titled "The 'SPAC King' Is Over It" was written by Maureen Farrell and published 12/7/22.
Recently a U.S. District Court judge granted a contested motion filed by the First Amendment Clinic, the Community Health Law Partnership Clinic and co-counsel to add two additional named plaintiffs to Oldaker v. Giles, a putative class action currently pending in the Middle District of Georgia. The lawsuit seeks redress for women who were subjected to retaliation after speaking out about medical abuse while in the custody of U.S. Immigration Customs & Enforcement. Along with Associate Dean Jason A. Cade, Clinical Assistant Professor Clare R. Norins, Staff Attorney Kristen Shepherd and Legal Fellow Lindsey M. Floyd, numerous law students from both clinics have been involved in various aspects of the years-long advocacy on behalf of women detained at the Georgia detention center.
Associate Dean and Martin Chair of Law Andrea L. Dennis published "Remarks" in 55 University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 759 (2022).