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Assistant Professor Lindsey Simon was featured in a Bloomberg article regarding the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan. The article titled "Purdue Pharma Tests Limits of Liability Shields in Bankruptcy" was written by Daniel Gill and published 8/30/21.

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The University of Georgia School of Law has named its iconic rotunda after its first Black graduate, Chester C. Davenport. A portrait of Davenport is being commissioned and will eventually hang in the space located at the main entrance to the law school. Davenport, who passed away in August 2020, was a monumental figure in the School of Law’s history. He was the law school’s first Black student and remained its only Black student during his law school career. He earned his law degree in 1966, finishing in the top 5% of his class and serving as a founding member of the editorial board of the Georgia Law Review.

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Legal Writing Instructor Jean Mangan was named a 2021-22 UGA Service-Learning Fellow. The Service-Learning Fellows Program is a year-long faculty development program that provides an opportunity for selected faculty members to learn best practices in service-learning and community engagement, and to integrate service-learning into their teaching, research and public service work.

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The Alexander Campbell King Law Library has received a Digital Library of Georgia grant to digitize and describe a collection of photographs encompassing 50 years of legal and political history. The law library was one of eight institutions (and nine projects) that are recipients of the ninth set of service grants awarded in a program intended to broaden partner participation in the DLG and engage with diverse institutions across the state of Georgia.

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Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West's research was featured in The Economist regarding her thoughts on libel suits against news organizations. The article titled "Two Supreme Court justices want to revisit a landmark free-press decision" was published 8/21/21.

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Four University of Georgia faculty members have been named Fellows of the 2021-2022 Southeastern Conference Academic Leadership Development Program, including the School of Law's Elizabeth Weeks. Throughout the fellowship year, participants deepen their knowledge of topics such as budgeting, accreditation, student affairs, and diversity and inclusion while learning how UGA and other SEC institutions navigate the challenges and opportunities of contemporary higher education.

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The University of Georgia School of Law is pleased to announce the establishment of the Justice Robert Benham Scholars Program Fund, an endowed fund that will support those who have overcome significant adversity and who have a demonstrated connection with or intent to return to and serve rural or legally underserved communities. This fund – named for retired Georgia Supreme Court Justice Robert Benham who became the law school’s second African-American graduate in 1970 – provides permanent funding for the school’s scholars program named in the jurist’s honor.

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University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured on Bloomberg regarding special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) being considered investment companies. The article titled "SPAC Suit Leads to SPARCs" was written by Matt Levine and published 8/23/21.

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Hosch Professor Emeritus Thomas A. Eaton published "Self-Defense to Cyber Force: Combatting the Notion of 'Scale and Effect'" in 36 American University International Law Review 697 (2021).

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University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in The New York Times regarding her research relating to special purpose acquisition companies and their investors redeeming their shares. The "SPACs' redeeming qualities" story was published as part of the article titled "Big Tech and the Taliban" and was published 8/19/21. 

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University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured on Bloomberg regarding special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) being considered investment companies. The article titled "Ackman SPAC hit with investor suit questioning its legality" was written by Bre Bradham and Scott Deveau and was published 8/17/21.

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Alumnus Joey M. Loudermilk and his wife, Ramona, have established a premier scholarship to honor former Associate Dean Paul M. Kurtz at the University of Georgia School of Law. Distinguished Law Fellowships provide some of the school’s brightest students unparalleled offerings while they earn their law degrees. In addition to financial aid, students receive an educational experience that may include domestic and international externships, guided research experiences as well as opportunities to meet some of the country’s top legal, business and government leaders.

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Congratulations to the eight School of Law faculty members who have earned new titles. They are: Joseph S. Miller, who was awarded the Ernest P. Rogers Chair of Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition Law; Logan E. Sawyer III, who was promoted to the rank of full professor and named a J. Alton Hosch Professor of Law; Elizabeth Taxel, who now serves as a clinical assistant professor and director of the Criminal Defense Practicum; Rob McNiff, who has been named a clinical assistant professor; and Anna White Howard, who has become a full-time instructor. Additionally, the Alexander Campbell King Law Library's Stephen Wolfson has been named the associate director for research and copyright services, and Rachel Evans and Geraldine Kalim have been promoted to Librarian II. 

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The School of Law is pleased to welcome two new faculty members this fall – Assistant Professors Zohra Ahmed and Adam D. Orford. Ahmed will teach Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law and a seminar titled Crime and Punishment, while Orford will teach Environmental Law, Renewal Energy Law and Policy, and a Climate Law seminar.

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Wilner/UGA Foundation Professor in International Law Harlan G. Cohen published "Are We (Americans) All International Realists Now?" in Whither the West? Concepts on International Law in Europe and the United States (C. Giorgetti and G. Verdirame, eds.) (Cambridge University Press, 2021).

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Associate Professor Matthew I. Hall published "Cocurricular Learning in Management Education: Lessons From Legal Education’s Use of Student-Edited Journals" in the Journal of Management Education (2021) (with M. Theeke).

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Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in a Reuters article regarding findings from her survey of multidistrict litigation women plaintiffs involving personal injury cases. The article titled "First-ever survey of MDL plaintiffs suggests deep flaws in mass tort system" was written by Alison Frankel and published 8/9/21.

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Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in a Reuters article regarding the impact of a cap on attorney fees related to an opioid litigation settlement. The article titled "Lawyers' fees from $26 bln opioid settlement capped at 15%, judge rules" was written by Nate Raymond and published 8/9/21.

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Metadata Services and Special Collections Librarian Rachel Evans presented "Beyond Scholarship: Innovative Institutional Repository Collections" (with S. Nolan), "Cool Tools Cafe: Website Change Detection Tools," "Prescient Privacy at Play: A Spectrum of Terminology and Tools for Administering and Teaching Legal Technology" (with J. Tubinis) and "Tour of the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft & Magick" as part of the 2021 American Association of Law Libraries conference during July.

Rising second-year student Frank G. Lumpkin IV was featured in the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer regarding his work on the proposed Interstate 14 that would connect west Texas to Augusta, Georgia. The article titled "New interstate connecting Columbus, Macon one step closer to reality with this bill" was written by Nick Wooten and published 8/5/21.