The law school's Appellate Litigation Clinic was featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution regarding its victory in the case Edward Williams v. DeKalb County et al. The article titled "Lawsuit challenging DeKalb commission's pay raise vote gets new life" was written by Tyler Estep and published 3/16/20.
Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge published "Insight: Bending (and Breaking) the Cost Curve of Legal Education" on Bloomberg on 3/17/20.
"The 2021 U.S. News & World Report rankings show that the University of Georgia School of Law continues to be among the best law schools in the country, and they support the fact that the School of Law is succeeding in its mission of preparing future lawyers to become leaders for state and society," University of Georgia School of Law Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge said.
The Appellate Litigation Clinic has won its first case in the Georgia Supreme Court. Third-year students Addison Smith and John Lex Kenerly IV prepared and presented oral argument in the case Edward Williams v. DeKalb County et al, which will allow a lawsuit challenging a DeKalb County commissioners' vote giving themselves a pay raise to proceed to trial. Kenerly and Smith are the first law students to argue before the state's highest court under a new special provision. Additionally, second-year students Amelia K. Welch, Anre D. Washington, Devin M. Sinclair, Alexander S. Cumming, Taylor S. Bussey and Steven L. Miller assisted with case research last summer.
Associate Dean for Faculty Development & Kirbo Chair Elizabeth Weeks presented "One Child Town: Making a Health Care Case for Saving Rural America" as part of the University of Utah Center for Law and Biomedical Sciences' 6th Annual Law and Biomedicine Colloquium during March.
Assistant Clinical Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution regarding House Bill 479. The article titled "Hidden Predator Act heads back to Georgia House" was written by Amanda C. Coyne and published 3/11/20.
Assistant Clinical Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured in the Daily Report regarding the Wilbanks CEASE Clinic's upcoming conference planned for April 9-10. The article titled "Lawyers Gathering in Athens to Aid Child Sex Abuse Survivors" was written by Katheryn Tucker and published 3/11/20.
Associate Professor & Practicum in Animal Welfare Skills Director Lisa Milot was featured in The Regulatory Review regarding her Tennessee Law Review article on backyard breeding. The article titled "Regulating Backyard Breeders" was written by Grace Gale and published 3/12/20.
Congratulations to third-year student Brooke A. Carrington for capturing third place in the 10th Annual Law Student Victims' Rights Writing Competition for her paper titled "A Well-Intentioned Attempt at Justice: Marsy's Law in Georgia and Potential Impacts on Victims of Child Sexual Abuse." This is national competition sponsored by the National Crime Victim Law Institute.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch presented her book Mass Tort Deals: Backroom Bargaining in Multidistrict Litigation at a U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia Advisory Committee meeting during February.
Assistant Professor Lindsey Simon was featured in the CTInsider regarding mediators being selected to help facilitate the Purdue Pharma settlement. The article titled "Big questions still loom about Purdue Pharma opioid settlement" was written by Paul Schott and published 3/9/20.
Assistant Professor Jonathan Peters was featured in The Hill regarding the Trump campaign's libel lawsuits. The article title "Trump escalates fight against press with libel lawsuits" was written by Justin Wise and published 3/8/20.
Assistant Professor Jonathan Peters was featured on CNN's "Reliable Sources with Brian Stelter" regarding the Trump campaign's libel lawsuits. The show aired 3/7/20.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch presented her book Mass Tort Deals: Backroom Bargaining in Multidistrict Litigation at Cardozo Law School's Jacob Burns Center for Ethics in the Practice of Law.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch presented on the current state of the opioid litigation to the National Governors Association.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein published "Reviewing Wayfair's Impact" in International Tax Review 53 (Winter, 2020).
The University of Georgia School of Law has won the 2020 Law School Legal Food Frenzy. This is the first year the School of Law has won this contest championed by Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr. This year's record-breaking contest generated enough food and funds to provide more than 63,000 meals for regional food banks.
Hosch Associate Professor Jason Cade presented "Death, Dissent, and Democracy in the Borderlands" at a faculty workshop at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law during February.
Metadata Services Librarian Rachel S. Evans presented on "Avoiding Bandwidth Overload: Apps to Maximize Time and Accomplish More" at the Georgia Association for Women in Higher Education Conference during February (with G. Kalim).
Assistant Clinical Professor and Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured in the Augusta Chronicle regarding House Bill 479. The article titled "'Hidden Predator' bill widens statute of limitations for child sex abuse lawsuits in Georgia" was written by Beau Evans and published 3/4/20.