Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Associate Professor Logan E. Sawyer III was named the law school's director of undergraduate studies and was selected as 2020-21 UGA Center for Teaching and Learning Senior Teaching Fellow. Only eight professors are chosen from within the university each year for this honor. This program provides faculty with the opportunity to collaborate with other "dedicated, highly motivated and innovative teachers" from other disciplines across campus.
The Oregon Tax Court noted that both parties cite Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein's State Taxation, "a leading treatise on state taxation" and quotes the treatise "[f]or a discussion of the line-drawing problems in the imposition of sales and use taxes within the chain of consumption," in Ean Holdings, LLC v. Department of Revenue (August 12, 2020).
Associate Professor Jonathan Peters was featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution regarding Georgia's Open Records Act. The article titled "With few details, DeKalb Schools approves contract to ease crowding" was written by Marlon A. Walker and published 8/12/20.
Legal Writing Instructor Catherine Nemetz Clutter was selected as a 2020-21 UGA Center for Teaching and Learning Writing Fellow. Only 12 faculty are selected each year for this program, which includes a stipend to subsidize projects aimed at constructing courses, resources or initiatives that will support student writing at UGA.
Associate Dean and Martin Chair of Law Andrea L. Dennis' book titled Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics, and Guilt in America was named a finalist in the nonfiction category in the Library of Virginia's 23rd Annual Literary Awards. The winners will be announced in a virtual ceremony during October.