Smith Professor Hillel Y. Levin published “Locked and Unloaded: The Constitutional and Empirical Case for Firearm Safe Storage Advisories” in 34 William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal 997 (2026) (with K.L. Levine).
Hosch Professor & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand was featured by UGA Research News regarding the election of 1800. The article titled "America 250: UGA researchers highlight key moments that shaped U.S. history" was written by Olivia Randall and published 7/2/26.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West published “Nina Totenberg’s Alito Retirement Error Reveals a Much Bigger Problem” (with D. Lithwick) in Slate on 7/2/26.
Clinical Associate Professor & First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins was featured by The Center Square regarding public information requests. The article titled "School district wants $40k for records on niqab-wearing, Muslim high school teacher" was written by Johnny Edwards and published 6/30/26.
Congratulations to second-year students Mya O’Berry and McKay L. Powers, and first-year student Helen G. “Hellie” Badaruddin, who were selected for 2026 Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowships. The John Paul Stevens Foundation partners with 38 law schools across the nation to enable law students to work in unpaid governmental agency or nonprofit organization law positions during the summer.
Congratulations to Wilson Associate Professor Laura Phillips-Sawyer on being promoted to associate dean for academic affairs. In this role, she will oversee academic and student life at the law school.
Congratulations to Director of the Law Library Thomas “TJ” Striepe on their recent promotions and Research Services Librarian Brandy Ellis. Striepe has been elevated to the classification of senior academic professional while Ellis earned the rank of librarian II.
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz was featured by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution regarding property taxes. The article titled “Georgia’s tax debate: Raise sales taxes to lower property taxes?” was written by David Wickert and published 6/29/26.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured by Law.com regarding judicial orders in multidistrict litigation cases. The article titled “Plaintiffs' Lawyers Sanctioned in Two MDLs For Violating Protective Orders: 'For Me, Professionally, This Was a Big Deal'” was written by Amanda Bronstad and published 6/22/26.
Assistant Professor Desirée LeClercq has been elected to the Editorial Board of the International Labor Rights Case Law (ILaRC) journal. The ILaRC is a leading academic publication that highlights “jurisprudential developments relating to fundamental rights at the workplace.”
Summer public interest fellowships provide important hands-on learning opportunities for law students. At UGA Law, grants for those seeking legal work in nonprofits, federal and state government, legal services and policy/impact organizations as well as judicial clerkships are a priority. Over the past five years, the school has awarded more than $1.6 million to students in these unpaid positions, thanks to contributions provided by alumni and friends.
Congratulations to the School of Law’s 2025-26 faculty and staff award winners - Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch, Associate Dean for Faculty Development & Cleveland Distinguished Chair Nathan S. Chapman, Associate Professor Matthew I. Hall, Clinical Associate Professor & Washington, D.C., Semester in Practice Director Jessica L. Heywood, Senior Lecturer & Director of Bar Passage Jean Goetz Mangan, Talmadge Chair Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge, Hosch Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies Logan E. Sawyer III, Georgia Athletic Association Professor David E. Shipley and Academic Program Coordinator Nikko Terry.
Associate Director for Collection Services Wendy Moore has been elected as secretary/treasurer of the American Association of Law Libraries Academic Law Libraries Special Interest Section Executive Board for a two-year term beginning after the AALL Annual Meeting in July.
Associate Director for Research Services Sarah C. Slinger recently presented regarding the 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc. and the ensuing Georgia legislation in response to the SCOTUS ruling as part of a panel titled “Justice Seen: Guaranteeing Access to Court Documents and Case Law” at the American Society of International Law Annual Meeting.
Congratulations to 1986 alumnus William C. "Bill" Gentry on becoming president of the State Bar of Georgia. He is the founder of the Gentry Law Firm based in Marietta, Georgia.
Associate Professor Thomas E. Kadri’s article “Brokering Safety” (co-authored with C. Sharma & S. Adler) in the California Law Review was reviewed in three essays appearing in the California Law Review Online. During June, “On the Right to Obscurity” by Woodrow Hartzog and Evan Selinger, “The One-Stop-Shop Is One Step in the Right Direction” by Olivier Sylvain, and “Inference, Abuse, and the Limits of Privacy Law” by Ignacio Cofone were published.
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz presented his article “Toward a Theory of Tax Sovereignty” at the Annual Junior Tax Scholars Workshop hosted by the Seattle University School of Law during June.
Hosch Professor & Community Health Law Partnership Clinic Director Jason A. Cade was featured by Newsweek regarding immigration detention practices. The article titled "How Supreme Court Move Could Upend Indefinite ICE Detentions" was written by Billal Rahman and published 6/17/26. A portion of this article was republished on MSN.com.
Professor William Ortman recently presented "Authoritarian Criminal Justice" at the Criminal Justice Roundtable at the University of Chicago.
Assistant Professor Desirée LeClercq was featured by Inside U.S. Trade regarding a recent U.S. Trade Representative Report in Section 301 Investigations. The article titled "Former USTR official: Forced-labor probe undermines labor advocacy in trade" was written by Margaret Spiegelman and published 6/17/26.