Congratulations to third-year student Caroline J. Harvey for winning the 2019 Lawyers' Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation Law Student Writing Competition in Cultural Heritage Law for her paper titled "An Avenue for Fairness: Disclosure-Based Compensation Schemes for Good Faith Purchasers of Stolen Art." The competition was open to U.S. law students from ABA-approved law schools and recent graduates.

Associate Professor & Practicum in Animal Welfare Skills Director Lisa Milot is serving on the Athens-Clarke County Stakeholder's Committee for reforming animal control. She also spoke about the work of the practicum at the District 5 Town Hall regarding animal control.

Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann presented "Dr Aline Chalufour, the Only Female Lawyer in the French Prosecution Team at IMT Nuremberg" as a guest lecturer in a series presented by the International Criminal Court Office of the Prosecutor at The Hague, Netherlands, during September.

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.

Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann was featured on CNN.com regarding the U.S. Constitution and the premise that no one is above the law. The article titled "Trump takes far-reaching claim of presidential immunity to court" was written by Joan Biskupic and published 9/25/19.

Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann presented "Intersectional Sovereignties: Dr. Aline Chalufour, Woman at Nuremberg - and at Paris, Ottawa, and Dalat" at the daylong workshop titled "New Histories of Sovereigns and Sovereignties," which was sponsored by the Interest Group on the History of International Law of the European Society of International Law and was held at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Greece.

The School of Law was featured on Law.com regarding the trend of First Amendment clinics being established at law schools across the country. UGA recently received an approximately $1 million gift to establish a First Amendment Clinic at the law school. The article was written by Karen Sloan and published 9/24/19.

Professor Joseph S. Miller presented "Two Centuries of Trademark and Copyright: A Citation-Network-Analysis Approach" and moderated a panel at the 10th Annual Supreme Court I.P. Review conference held at the Chicago-Kent College of Law during September.

Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson was featured in the Georgia Recorder regarding possible legal action surrounding Georgia's new abortion legislation. The article titled "Anti-abortion 'heartbeat' bill injunction awaits federal judge decision" was written by Beau Evans and was published 9/24/19.

Hosch Professor Lori A. Ringhand presented on the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision regarding partisan gerrymandering as part of Georgia College's Constitution Week celebration during September.

Assistant Professor Lindsey Simon was featured on Wharton Business Radio's "Knowledge @ Wharton" regarding opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy filing. The show titled "What's at Stake in the Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Case" was posted on 9/23/19.

Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner published "Corporate Governance Reform in Post-Crisis Financial Firms: Two Fundamental Tensions" in 61 Corporate Practice Commentator 457 (2019) (reprinted from 60 Arizona Law Review 959 (2018)).

Martin Chair Andrea L. Dennis was featured in The New Yorker regarding her forthcoming book Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics, and Guilt in America, which explores how law enforcement uses rap lyrics in court proceedings. The article titled "The Controversial Use of Rap Lyrics as Evidence" was written by Briana Younger and published 9/20/19.

The University of Georgia School of Law will create a First Amendment Clinic thanks to a $900,000 gift from the Stanton Foundation, an organization established by former television broadcasting executive Frank Stanton. The clinic will support First Amendment rights by focusing on regional cases involving free speech, freedom of the press and freedom of assembly and petition. It will also enhance law students' understanding of the First Amendment and serve as a resource for organizations, students, journalists and citizens defending and advancing First Amendment issues.

University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues published "Financial Contracting with the Crowd," which is based on a forthcoming article, on the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation.

Clinical Professor & Criminal Defense Practicum Director Russell Gabriel published "Reflecting Clinics at 50: Reports from the Field" in 53 Georgia Law Review Online 55 (2019).