The School of Law regretfully shares the news of the passing of Katelyn M. Brooks in March 2022. While she was a member of the Class of 2023, Katelyn was not currently enrolled during the Spring 2022 term. The school has been in contact with her family, and we ask that you keep them in your thoughts and prayers over the coming weeks. If you’d like to write a sympathy card, please feel free to drop it by the Dean’s Office, and we will be sure to share them with the family.
Clinical Assistant Professor & Jane W. Wilson Family Justice Clinic Director Christine M. Scartz was featured in an Australia Broadcasting Corporation article regarding domestic violence and the stereotypes of victimhood. The article titled "Johnny Depp v Amber Heard is a defamation case. But it could have a chilling effect on domestic violence survivors" was written by Peter Jones and Joanna Robin and was published 5/28/22.
Congratulations to the University of Georgia School of Law graduates who took the Georgia bar exam for the first time at the February 2022 sitting. Collectively, they posted the highest passage rate (88.9%), exceeding the rates of grads from other Peach State law schools and more than seven points of the average.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Hosch Professor Kent Barnett was featured on Law360 regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruling in Jarkesy v. SEC. The article titled "5th Circ. SEC Decision Could Affect NLRB Judges" was written by Tim Ryan and published 5/25/22.
Third-year student Alexandria H. “Alex” Clark received the School of Law’s Clinical Legal Education Association Award for Outstanding Externship Student, while third-year student Paige Medley and second-year students Jack K. Mahon and Brianna Yates teamed up to win the Outstanding Clinic Team Award for their work in the school’s First Amendment Clinic.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Hosch Professor Kent Barnett was featured in a Reuters article regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruling in Jarkesy v. SEC. The article titled "Ruling on SEC judges could have broad impact" was written by Jody Godoy and published 5/20/22.
Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in a Bloomberg article regarding special purpose acquisition companies. The article titled "Mega-SPAC Mints a $21 Billion Fortune That Collapses in Minutes" was written by Tom Maloney and published 5/24/22.
Brock Associate Professor in Professional Responsibility Nathan S. Chapman was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding religious accommodations. The article titled "Workplace Vaccine Mandate Exemption Lawsuits Falter in Court" was written by Robert Iafolla and published 5/19/22.
Associate Dean and Martin Chair of Law Andrea L. Dennis and her work were featured on Courthouse News regarding the use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal trials. The article titled "First Amendment advocates slam use of rap lyrics as evidence" was written by Megan Butler and published 5/23/22.
Assistant Professor Thomas E. Kadri testified before a U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce at the subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing on "Strengthening Our Communications Networks: Legislation to Connect and Protect" on 5/24/22.
Appellate Litigation Clinic participant and third-year student Tinsley J. Stokes argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Smith v. Dewberry, a 1983 case where the clinic's client was stabbed two hours after warning prison officials that his eventual attacker had threatened him with a knife. Third-year student Mark L. Bailey helped Stokes prepare for the argument.
Carter Chair in Tort and Insurance Law Michael L. Wells published "European Union Law in the Member State Courts: A Comparative Review" in 30 Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law 109 (2022).
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein's articles “State Taxation of Corporate Income from Intangibles: Allied Signal and Beyond” (48 Tax L. Rev. 739 (1993)) and “Substance and Form in Jurisdictional Analysis: Corrigan v. Testa” (80 State Tax Notes 849 (2016)) were cited and quoted extensively in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court opinion in VAS Holdings and Investments LLC v. Commissioner of Revenue (May 16, 2022).
Eleven School of Law students will gain global practice experience this summer through the Global Externship Overseas initiative of the school's Dean Rusk International Law Center. They will enhance their legal studies by working for law firms, in-house legal departments and nongovernmental organizations throughout the globe with placements based in Asia, Europe and the Americas. Practice areas include dispute resolution, data privacy, corporate law, refugee law, cultural heritage law, international human rights law and international criminal law.
Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Gregg D. Polsky presented on "Fixing The Qualified Small Business Stock Exclusion" as part of the University of Florida Tax Policy Colloquium during April.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch presented on "Best Practices in Resolution and the Search for Closure" as part of the Contemporary Issues in Complex Litigation Virtual Conference hosted by the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law during April.
Regents' Professor of International Law & Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann presented as part of the “Legal Challenges Posed by the Large-Scale Russian Invasion of Ukraine” conference co-sponsored by the University of Notre Dame Law School and the Ukrainian Catholic University Law School and held during May.
Brock Associate Professor in Professional Responsibility Nathan S. Chapman presented “The Doctrine of Qualified Immunity” and “Judicial Review in the US as a Tradition of Moral Reasoning” as part of the Oxford University Faculty of Law's Programme on Foundations of Law and Constitutional Government during April.
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 in the case Interest of A. G. regarding the introduction of evidence of a victim's past violent misconduct. This citation brings the total to 63 times that this text has been used by Georgia appellate courts to resolve evidentiary issues.
Brock Associate Professor in Professional Responsibility Nathan S. Chapman's scholarship was recently cited in three U.S. Supreme Court opinions. His 2012 Yale Law Journal article titled “Due Process as Separation of Powers” was cited in Wooden v. United States and in United States v. Vaello-Madero, while his 2017 Washington Law Review article titled "Adjudicating Religious Sincerity" was cited in Ramirez v. Collier.