Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:

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Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner presented his working paper "Corporate Personhood, Corporate Rights, and the Contingency of Corporate Law" at a conference titled "Decoding the Rights of Companies in the Technocene" during December. The conference was hosted by the Lund University Faculty of Law in Lund, Sweden.

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Clinical Assistant Professor & Criminal Defense Practicum Director Elizabeth Taxel was featured in The Appeal regarding the evidence in a case involving Atlanta protestors. The article titled "Prosecutors smearing dead 'Cop City' activist by publicizing their diary, organizers say" was written by Aja Arnold and published 11/22/23. 

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Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding jury trials for Camp Lejeune toxic water victims. The article titled "Camp Lejeune Victims' Lawyers Fight Bid to Ban Jury Trials" was written by Kaustuv Basu and published 12/5/23.

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Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding a proposed settlement for the Johnson & Johnson talc baby powder lawsuits. The article titled "Ex-J&J Lawyer Proposed $19 Billion Talc-Cancer Case Settlement" was written by Jef Feeley and published 12/8/23.

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Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein co-presented a paper on the value added taxation of crypto-assets at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Working Party No. 9 on Consumption Taxes in Paris, France, during November.