Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured by KWAY’s “The Breakfast Club with Matt and Taylor” regarding her new book, The Pain Brokers: How Con Men, Call Centers, and Rogue Doctors Fuel America’s Lawsuit Factory (Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2026). The segment was broadcast 2/20/26.
Talmadge Chair Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge presented “NextEra: The ‘Next Era’ of the Chromalloy Conundrum” as part of the Conference on Emerging Issues in International Arbitration at the Duke University School of Law during February.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured by Bloomberg Law regarding recent Johnson & Johnson talc litigation. The article titled “Beasley Allen Ethics Showdown Rattles J&J Talc Litigation” was written by Alex Ebert and Alex Wolf and was published 3/2/26.
Post Professor Pamela Foohey was featured by The Seattle Times regarding the increasing numbers of people and businesses filing for bankruptcy. The article titled “More older Washingtonians are in debt and nearly bankrupt. Here’s why" was written by Victor Whitman and published 3/1/26.
Chaffin Chair in Fiduciary Law Victoria J. Haneman was featured by Fast Company regarding in-perpetuity contracts in the entertainment industry. The article titled "AI can make actors immortal – but not everyone wants to become IP" was written by Will McCurdy and published 3/2/26.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured by WAMC, a National Public Radio affiliate in Albany, NY, regarding her new book, The Pain Brokers: How Con Men, Call Centers, and Rogue Doctors Fuel America’s Lawsuit Factory (Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2026). The segment titled “Elizabeth Chamblee Burch on 'The Pain Brokers'” aired as part of “51%” hosted by Jesse King and broadcast 2/26/26.
Congratulations to second-year students Clifford M. Hodges and Brigman T. Moore for finishing as semifinalists in the ABA Law Student Tax Challenge, where J.D. students solve a complex business problem that might arise in everyday tax practice. The team was coached by Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz.
Elizabeth Weeks, who has served as the University of Georgia’s interim vice provost for academic affairs since June 2025, has been named to the position on a permanent basis. Her appointment is effective immediately. The holder of the School of Law's Kirbo Chair, Weeks joined the UGA law faculty in 2011. Her research focuses on health care financing and regulation, health care reform and public health law.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured by WJCT, Jacksonville’s National Public Radio affiliate, regarding her new book, The Pain Brokers: How Con Men, Call Centers, and Rogue Doctors Fuel America’s Lawsuit Factory (Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2026). The segment titled “Caught in the mesh” aired as part of “First Coast Connect” hosted by Anne Schindler and was broadcast 2/25/26.
Congratulations to Associate Professor Thomas E. Kadri for receiving a Future of Privacy Forum Privacy Paper for Policymakers Award honorable mention for his co-authored article “Brokering Safety” (with C. Sharma and S. Adler) (forthcoming in the California Law Review). The award “highlights important work that analyzes current and emerging privacy issues” that might provide real-world policy solutions.
Clinical Associate Professor & First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins moderated the panel “Drinking from a F.O.I. Firehose: Barriers to Timely Records Fulfillment” at the Georgia Bar, Media & Judiciary Conference during February. Notably, she also co-chaired the conference.
Hosch Professor & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand’s book We the Voters: The Constitutional Choices That Shape America’s Elections (Stanford University Press, 2026) was reviewed in Foreword’s March/April issue.
Post Professor Pamela Foohey presented her co-authored book Debt’s Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy (University of California Press, 2025) at the State Bar of Idaho’s 44th Annual Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Seminar in Boise during February.
Assistant Professor Desirée LeClercq presented “Workers’ Empowerment as U.S. Trade Policy” as part of the Work Law Colloquium at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law during February.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West presented as part of a panel titled “The Future of Press Freedom" at the University of Sheffield’s Centre for Freedom of the Media in England during January.
Smith Professor Hillel Y. Levin presented “Do Gun Makers Have a Duty to Police the Distribution and Sale of Their Products?” at the William & Mary Law Review Annual Symposium during February.
Post Professor Pamela Foohey presented her co-authored book Debt’s Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy (University of California Press, 2025) as part of the Moritz College of Law Health Law Colloquium series at Ohio State University during February.
Congratulations to second-year students Olivia M. Henderson, Naryan C. “Ryan” Parimi and Carolina Ruiz for finishing as semifinalists at the William B. Spong, Jr. Moot Court Tournament. A second team of second-year students Eric S. Gulbranson and Daniel J. Lanclos placed as quarterfinalists. Student coaches for the teams were third-year students Katelyn Wood Hulsey and Julia A. Gillies, respectively. Recent graduate Natalya D. Moody (J.D.’25) served as the alumni coach.
Congratulations to the nine companies – that were owned or led by 14 School of Law alumni – honored in the most recent Bulldog 100 ranking. The King Firm, led by J.L. King (J.D.’05) and Ben Hancock (J.D.’22), is fourth on the list and is the highest-ranked Law Dawg company.
Hosch Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies Logan E. Sawyer III presented “Conservatism’s ‘Last Gasp’: Originalism and Liberalism in the Reagan Administration” from his forthcoming book Partisan Jurisprudence: A Political History of Originalism, 1942-1992 (Cambridge University Press) as part of the Legal History Forum at Yale Law School during February.