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 in Law360 regarding Johnson & Johnson's opioid litigation. The article titled "J&J's Litigation Bravado In Sharp Relief After Epic Opioid Trial" was written by Jeff Overley and Emily Field and was published 9/20/19.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in a Reuters article regarding standard operating procedures in multidistrict litigation. The article titled "U.S. judge refuses to disqualify himself from opioid litigation" was written by Jonathan Stempel and published 9/26/19. The article appeared in several media outlets including Physician's Weekly.
Prosecutorial Justice Program Director Melissa D. Redmon was selected for UGA's 2019-20 Teaching Academy Fellows Program. This early-career mentoring initiative seeks to "promote and celebrate excellence in teaching, and to foster learning through inquiry."
Hosch Associate Professor Kent Barnett presented "Regulating Impartiality in Agency Adjudication" (forthcoming in the Duke Law Journal) at the Federal Administrative Law Judges Conference during September.
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson's book Carlson on Evidence (with M. Carlson) was recently cited by the Georgia Court of Appeals in two cases Chambers v. State and Pinkston v. State. These citations mark the 44th and 45th Georgia appellate court decisions (Supreme and Court of Appeals) wherein the courts utilized Carlson's book to resolve evidentiary issues.