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West presents on the Supreme Court and the press Tuesday, August 4, 2020 Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West presented "The U.S. Supreme Court and the Press: An Empirical Study" (with R.A. Jones) at the "Rocky Mountain First Amendment All Stars" workshop, sponsored by the University of Colorado Law School. |
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Kadri publishes article in Utah Law Review Monday, August 3, 2020 Assistant Professor Thomas E. Kadri published "Networks of Empathy" in 2020 Utah Law Review 1075 (2020). |
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Three faculty members appointed to endowed professorships Monday, August 3, 2020 Three members of the School of Law faculty have been appointed to endowed professorships as of Aug. 1: Nathan S. Chapman has been named the Pope F. Brock Associate Professor in Professional Responsibility. Melissa J. “M.J.” Durkee was promoted to the rank of full professor and named the holder of the Allen Post Professorship. Joseph S. Miller was awarded a J. Alton Hosch Professorship. |
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First Amendment Clinic files amicus brief in ACLU v. Zeh Friday, July 31, 2020 The First Amendment Clinic filed an amicus brief in the matter of ACLU v. Zeh requesting the Georgia Supreme Court to review a matter that can weaken First Amendment protections under Georgia’s anti-Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation statute (“anti-SLAPP”). Representing fellow amici curiae the University of Virginia School of Law's First Amendment Clinic and the Georgia First Amendment Foundation, the UGA First Amendment Clinic argues that the lower court in Zeh failed to apply the “actual malice” standard in deciding whether a defamation lawsuit survives a motion to strike under the anti-SLAPP statute. |
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Peters publishes article in the Columbia Journalism Review Friday, July 31, 2020 Assistant Professor Jonathan Peters published "What the lawyers who sue the press think of the press, and media law" in the Columbia Journalism Review on 7/30/20. |