Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Wilner/UGA Foundation Professor in International Law Harlan Grant Cohen presented “What’s in a Name?” and "Why Study International Precedent?" as part of the “De-formalizing the International Judiciary” and "Connecting Social Practices to Legal Outcomes" workshops, respectively, at the 17th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law: In/Ex-clusiveness of International Law.
Associate Dean for International Programs & Post Professor Melissa J. "MJ" Durkee presented “The Technology of Inclusion in International Climate Law” and "The Logics of Inclusion and Exclusion in International Participatory Structures" as part of the “Just Energy Transition – the International Human Rights Law Perspective” and “International Organizations, Elites, and Masses: Perspectives on In/Exclusion” workshops, respectively, at the 17th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law: In/Ex-clusiveness of International Law.
Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured on Quartz regarding the status of the merger of Digital World Acquisition and the Trump Media and Technology Group. The article titled "Donald Trump's SPAC deal has a meme stock problem" was written by Scott Nover and published 9/7/22.
Associate Professor Tim Samples presented “Terms of Use Agreements and Social Platforms” at the "Algorithmic and Technological Modes of In-/Exclusion: International Legal Method and Critique" and "In/Ex-clusiveness through the Lens of International Business and Human Rights" workshops and "Investment Law’s Transparency Gap" as part of the “In/ex-cluding Civil Society in Investment Law-making and Arbitration" workshop at the 17th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law: In/Ex-clusiveness of International Law.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein’s treatise State Taxation (3d ed., 2022) was quoted by the Oregon Tax Court in Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co. v. Department of Revenue (Aug. 23, 2022) regarding states’ jurisdiction to tax out-of-state companies based on the in-state activities of independent contractors.