Associate Dean & Martin Chair of Law Andrea L. Dennis' book Rap on Trial was featured on Law.com regarding the use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal trials. The article titled "Rhyme and Reason: The Legal and Ethical Challenges of Using Rap Lyrics as Evidence" was written by the New Jersey Law Journal Young Lawyers Advisory Board and published 7/9/24.
Assistant Professor Adam D. Orford was featured in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution regarding the operations of the Greenfuels Energy company. The article titled "String of environmental violations raises concerns about firm linked to Okefenokee mine project" was written by Dylan Jackson and Drew Khan and was published 7/15/24.
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz presented his draft paper "Global Tax Wars and the Shift to Source-Based Taxation" and chaired the "Jurisprudence and Enforcement" panel at the 8th International Roundtable On Taxation And Tax Policy during July.
The Appellate Litigation Clinic has won its case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Third-year students Madeleine B. "Maddie" Hoss and Benjamin K. "Ben" Price presented oral argument during January in Donald Stout v. Preston County Sheriff's Department, a case involving their client's excessive force claim against a deputy who ordered a K-9 to “apprehend” him during his arrest. Both Hoss and Price helped to write the briefs. Third-year student Leila Y. Harrison helped the pair prepare for the argument.
Clinical Associate Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured in The Independent regarding sex trafficking allegations at an Atlanta hotel. The article titled "Customers complained about prostitution at this hotel chain for years. The company claimed it didn’t see it" was written by Richard Hall and Alicja Hagopian and was published 7/8/24. The article was republished by other media outlets including Bloomberg Law and Yahoo! News.
Assistant Professor Adam D. Orford was featured in The Current regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's Chevron deference doctrine decision. The article titled "Sapelo Residents Petition for Special Election" was written by Mary Landers and published 7/10/24.
Assistant Professor Adam D. Orford was featured in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision. The article titled "Supreme Court upends federal regulation. What it means for Georgia" was written by Michael E. Kanell and Drew Kann and was published 7/3/24.
Assistant Professor John B. Meixner Jr. was named a 2024-26 Lilly Teaching Fellow, and Clinical Associate Professor & Wilson Family Justice Clinic Director Christine M. Scartz was selected for the Fellows for Transformative Teaching program. The UGA Center for Teaching and Learning operates several faculty fellow programs that allow motivated UGA professors from diverse disciplines to exchange ideas and engage in professional growth.
Professor Pamela Foohey presented as part of the "How hard to squeeze debtors? Getting the best results for creditors while balancing benefits to debtors" panel at the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustee's Annual Seminar during July.
Clinical Associate Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured in The Independent regarding sex trafficking allegations at an Atlanta hotel. The article titled "She was forced to have sex with 8 men a day: Victims reveal the horrors of sex trafficking at more than 100 hotels" was written by Richard Hall and Alicja Hagopian and was published 7/8/24. The article was republished by other media outlets including Bloomberg Law and Yahoo! News.
Rising second- and third-year law students plan their summers around gaining hands-on legal experience and exploring different areas of practice. For those seeking work in nonprofits, federal and state government, judicial clerkships, legal services and policy/impact organizations, summer fellowships – funded by alumni/alumnae and friends – provide essential financial support. This year, the School of Law awarded $275,500 in summer grants, bringing the school’s five-year fellowship total to more than $1.4 million (an increase of more than $100,000 over last year’s five year tally).
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein co-presented "Global Summary of Jurisdictions' VAT/GST Treatment of Services Connected to the Trade in Crypto-Assets" at a meeting of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Working Party No. 9 on Consumption Taxes in Paris, France, during June.
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz presented his draft paper "Global Tax Wars and the Shift to Cross-Border Taxation" at the Junior Tax Workshop, held at the University of Wisconsin Law School during June. He also served as a discussant in the workshop.
Marshall Chair of Constitutional Law Randy Beck has offered insight on the U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding Moody v. NetChoice & NetChoice v. Paxton: “The Court remanded both cases for further proceedings, concluding that the lower courts had not conducted a sufficiently thorough analysis of the reach of the Texas and Florida laws to determine whether they were facially invalid under the First Amendment."
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner's article "The Fiduciary Enterprise of Corporate Law” (74 Washington & Lee Law Review 791 (2017)) was cited by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico in the case Storm River, LLC v. Jordan Foster Construction, LLC.
Clinical Associate Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured in The Independent regarding sex trafficking allegations at an Atlanta hotel. The article titled "Revealed: The shocking scale of sex trafficking allegations at one of America’s largest hotel chains" was written by Richard Hall and Alicja Hagopian and was published 7/2/24. The article was republished by other media outlets including Bloomberg Law and Yahoo! News.
Wilson Associate Professor in Business Law Laura Phillips-Sawyer was featured in Wired magazine regarding recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions. The article titled "The US Supreme Court Has Handed Big Tech a Big Gift" was written by Jordan Pearson and published 7/1/24.
Clinical Assistant Professor & Prosecutorial Justice Program Director Melissa D. Redmon was featured on PolitiFact regarding the 2020 election interference case. The article titled "What Supreme Court’s immunity ruling means for Trump’s cases and, potentially, future presidents" was written by Louis Jacobson and Amy Sherman and was published 7/1/24. The article was republished by other media outlets including PBS News and The Dallas Morning News.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Hosch Professor Kent Barnett was featured on CNN regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's Chevron deference doctrine decision. The article titled "How the Supreme Court’s blockbuster ‘Chevron’ ruling puts countless regulations in jeopardy" was written by Tierney Sneed, Jeanne Sahadi, Tami Luhby, Brian Fung, Ella Nilsen, Jen Christensen and Katie Lobosco and was published 6/30/24.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Hosch Professor Kent Barnett's articles "Chevron and Stare Decisis" (31 George Mason Law Review 475 (2024) (with C.J. Walker)) and "Administrative Law's Political Dynamics" (71 Vanderbilt Law Review 1463 (2018) (with C.L. Boyd and C.J. Walker)) were cited by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan in her dissenting opinion in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo.