UGA Associate Provost & Kirbo Chair Elizabeth Weeks was featured in Newsweek regarding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. The article titled “SNAP Benefits: Could the Constitution Block Healthy Food Rules?” was written by Shane Croucher and published 1/29/25.
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Meighan Parker on being selected for the University of Georgia Rural Engagement Workshop 2025 cohort. The program, which is limited to no more than 20 faculty members, supports collaborative research benefiting rural Georgia. Parker’s project will center around partnering with rural Black churches to establish telehealth spaces on church campuses to address possible healthcare gaps in their communities and legal hurdles related to these partnerships.
Regents' Professor of International Law & Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann published “What Figures Lurk on Madame Elysé’s Path? Reflections on Philippe Sands’ The Last Colony” in 38 Temple International & Comparative Law 91 (2024).
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner presented “A Political Economy of Corporate Sustainability Reform in the United States” at the Sustainability in Corporate Law Conference at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany during January.
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz was featured in Newsweek regarding the impact of an "all tariff policy." The article titled "Is Donald Trump Abolishing Income Tax? What We Know" was written by Giulia Carbonaro and published 1/28/25.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein presented as part of a panel on taxable persons and related issues in VAT law at the Court of Justice of the European Union Conference held at the Vienna University of Economics and Business in Austria during January.
Congratulations to third-year student Garfield A. McIntyre Jr. for being named the best advocate of the preliminary rounds at the Hicks Thomas LLP Moot Court National Championship. He and his classmates Hannah N. Ryninger and Emily C. Wood represented UGA Law as a team at the tournament and finished as semifinalists. This annual invitation-only tournament is reserved for the top 16 moot court programs from law schools across the country based on performances from the previous academic year. Cole Harper (J.D.'22) served as the alumni coach.
The School of Law’s initiatives to train lawyers who will work in areas where there is not adequate access to legal representation were featured in an article published by the National Jurist. Talmadge Chair Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge was quoted regarding the school’s multifaceted Georgia Honors Fellows Program. The article titled “Fighting the scarcity of rural lawyers” was written by Trevor Mason and published 1/23/25.
Assistant Professor John B. Meixner Jr. published “Shocking Sentences” in 100 Indiana Law Journal 137 (2024).
The University of Georgia will delay opening on Thursday, Jan. 23 until 10 a.m. The delayed start will provide campus operations teams with additional time to address isolated slick spots. Even with the delay, we realize that some members of our campus community may face unique challenges for travel depending upon their location. Employees are encouraged to contact their direct supervisors to discuss flexible arrangements in these circumstances; likewise, students should contact their professors.
Regents' Professor of International Law & Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann presented “Child-Taking Justice and Forced Residential Schooling of Indigenous Peoples” as part of the “Bonavero Perspectives” workshop series at the University of Oxford Faculty of Law Bonavero Institute of Human Rights.
The University of Georgia continues to monitor the development of the winter storm. UGA will be Closed and on Modified Operations for January 21 and January 22. With the safety and security of our faculty, staff and students foremost in our minds, all in-person classes, campus events and activities will be canceled. Further updates will be sent as they become available
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West was featured in The Wall Street Journal regarding a recent settlement by CNN. The article titled "CNN Settles Defamation Suit After Jury Found It Liable for Smearing Navy Veteran in Afghanistan Evacuation Story" was written by Jacob Gershman and Isabella Simonetti and was published 1/17/25.
Professor Emeritus Michael L. Wells published "Compensatory Damages and Dignitary Harm in the Upcoming Restatement of Constitutional Torts" in 62 Houston Law Review 115 (2024).
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein published a revised edition of his treatise, State Taxation vols. I-III, 3d ed. (Thomson Reuters, 2024) (co-authored with his late father J. Hellerstein and A. Appleby).
Regents' Professor of International Law & Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann published "A Nuremberg Woman and the Hague Academy" in 35 European Journal of International Law 813 (2024).
Assistant Professor Desirée LeClercq presented as part of “The Many New (and Newer) Voices of Constitutional Law” panel at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting during January.
Clinical Associate Professor & First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins facilitated the “Identifying and Addressing Current Threats to Journalism” panel at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting during January.
Assistant Professor Meighan Parker presented as part of the “Emerging Issues in Law, Medicine, and Health Care Works in Progress” panel at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting during January.
UGA Associate Provost & Kirbo Chair Elizabeth Weeks moderated the “Dignitary Torts: Understanding the Third Restatement’s Approach to Dignitary Harm” panel at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting during January.