Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured by WAMC, a National Public Radio affiliate in Albany, NY, regarding her new book, The Pain Brokers: How Con Men, Call Centers, and Rogue Doctors Fuel America’s Lawsuit Factory (Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2026). The segment titled “Elizabeth Chamblee Burch on 'The Pain Brokers'” aired as part of “51%” hosted by Jesse King and broadcast 2/26/26.
Elizabeth Weeks, who has served as the University of Georgia’s interim vice provost for academic affairs since June 2025, has been named to the position on a permanent basis. Her appointment is effective immediately. The holder of the School of Law's Kirbo Chair, Weeks joined the UGA law faculty in 2011. Her research focuses on health care financing and regulation, health care reform and public health law.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured by WJCT, Jacksonville’s National Public Radio affiliate, regarding her new book, The Pain Brokers: How Con Men, Call Centers, and Rogue Doctors Fuel America’s Lawsuit Factory (Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2026). The segment titled “Caught in the mesh” aired as part of “First Coast Connect” hosted by Anne Schindler and was broadcast 2/25/26.
Congratulations to Associate Professor Thomas E. Kadri for receiving a Future of Privacy Forum Privacy Paper for Policymakers Award honorable mention for his co-authored article “Brokering Safety” (with C. Sharma and S. Adler) (forthcoming in the California Law Review). The award “highlights important work that analyzes current and emerging privacy issues” that might provide real-world policy solutions.
Clinical Associate Professor & First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins moderated the panel “Drinking from a F.O.I. Firehose: Barriers to Timely Records Fulfillment” at the Georgia Bar, Media & Judiciary Conference during February. Notably, she also co-chaired the conference.