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's forthcoming article in the Yale Law Journal Forum (with A. Gluck and A. Zimmerman) was referenced in The Economist. The article titled "The Supreme Court may toss out Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy settlement" was published 11/30/23. The Yale Law Journal Forum article was also referenced in The New York Times' story "Fate of Billions for Opioid Victims From Sacklers Rests With Supreme Court" published 12/3/23 and CNN.com's story "From the Boy Scouts to the Catholic Church, an upcoming Supreme Court ruling may mean some victims won't see their day in court" published 12/7/23.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein's treatise State Taxation was quoted by the Minnesota Supreme Court in Cities Management, Inc. v. Commissioner of Revenue (Nov. 22, 2023) addressing the taxation of a nonresident’s income from the sale of goodwill.
Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge was featured in The Washington Post regarding U.S. News & World Report law school rankings. The article titled "Law schools love to hate U.S. News rankings. But some can't let go." was written by Jack Stripling and published 12/4/23.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein was featured in Forbes regarding his commentary as part of a Tax Notes Talk podcast on taxing cryptoassets. The article titled "Cryptoassets And State Taxation" was published 11/28/23.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Hosch Professor Kent Barnett was featured on San Francisco’s KCBS Radio regarding the U.S. Supreme Court case Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy. The segment titled “Arguments begin tomorrow in landmark Supreme Court case about trial by jury” was hosted by Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas and aired 11/28/23.