Georgia Athletic Association Professor David E. Shipley was featured in U.S. News & World Report regarding copyright protection for annotations to state statutes like the OCGA. The article titled "Can States Copyright Annotations to Their Own Laws?" was written by Adina Solomon and published 8/22/19.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in Physician's Weekly regarding the potential Bayer AG/Roundup settlement. The article titled "Explainer: What are the obstacles to Bayer settling Roundup lawsuits?" was written by Tina Bellon and published 8/22/19.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in Legal NewsLine regarding repeat-player lawyers in multidistrict litigation. The article titled "Major plaintiffs firms that snagged states as opioid clients have been shut out of settlement talks by judge" was written by Daniel Fisher and published 8/20/19.
Civil Externship Program and Public Interest Practicum Director Elizabeth M. Grant published "Towards a jurisprudence (and pedagogy) of access: A reflection on 25 years of the Public Interest Practicum" in 53 Georgia Law Review Online 1 (2018) (with A.W. Scherr and G. Goldberg).
Associate Professor & Veterans Legal Clinic Director Alexander W. Scherr published "Towards a jurisprudence (and pedagogy) of access: A reflection on 25 years of the Public Interest Practicum" in 53 Georgia Law Review Online 1 (2018) (with E.M. Grant and G. Goldberg).
Clinical Professor & Business Law and Ethics Program Director Carol Morgan published "Learning to be more than a lawyer" in 53 Georgia Law Review Online 26 (2019).
The School of Law proudly welcomes approximately 225 students who are starting work on their Juris Doctor, Master of Laws and Master in the Study of Law degrees. The School of Law prides itself on providing a first-rate legal education and being counted among the best returns on investment in legal education today.
Twenty-six proposals have been funded through the second round of the New Approaches to Promote Diversity and Inclusion grants program, which was announced in January 2019 by UGA President Jere W. Morehead. Among those to be funded is the School of Law's Robinson Scholars Program. All of the initiatives selected are dedicated to serving underrepresented, underserved and first-generation students at UGA.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein's article "Is 'Internal Consistency' Dead?: Reflections on an Evolving Commerce Clause Restraint on State Taxation" (61 Tax Law Review 1 (2007)) was cited by the Utah Supreme Court in Steiner v. Utah State Tax Commission, a case involving a taxpayer's claim of a constitutional right to a credit against state personal income taxes for payments of foreign income taxes.
Associate Professor & Practicum in Animal Welfare Skills Director Lisa Milot published "Special Considerations in Transfers to Minor Beneficiaries Born as a Result of Reproductive Technologies" in Tax, Estate, and Lifetime Planning for Minors, 2d ed. (C.Y. D'Aversa ed.) (American Bar Association, 2019) (with T. Striepe).
Associate Director for Research Services Thomas "T.J." Striepe published "Special Considerations in Transfers to Minor Beneficiaries Born as a Result of Reproductive Technologies" in Tax, Estate, and Lifetime Planning for Minors, 2d ed. (C.Y. D'Aversa ed.) (American Bar Association, 2019) (with L. Milot).
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in Legal NewsLine regarding U.S. District Court Judge Dan Polster and the current opioid litigation. The article titled "'Nobody's sure if it will work or how': A review of how a Cleveland judge is handling 2,000 opioid lawsuits" was written by Dan Fisher and published 8/14/19.
Director of the Law Library Carol A. Watson presented as part of the Providing Non-Traditional Library Services: A Bridge Too Far or Part of a Responsive Relationship panel at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting during August.
Associate Dean for Faculty Development & Hosch Professor Elizabeth Weeks presented on health care rights as part of a state constitutional law panel and on Affordable Care Act litigation in Texas v. United States before the Fifth Circuit as part of a health care year in review panel at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting during July.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on Georgia Public Broadcasting's "On Second Thought" regarding the latest developments in Cleveland's opioid litigation. The show titled "Judge Considers Unprecedented 'Negotiation Class' For Opioid Suit Involving Georgia Communities" was posted by Amy Kiley, Virginia Prescott and Pria Mahadevan on 8/8/19.
Assistant Professor Sandra G. Mayson was featured in The Appeal regarding the use of pretrial risk assessment tools to justify pretrial detention. The article titled "How a tool to help judges may be leading them astray" was written by Ethan Corey and published 8/8/19.
The memory of a domestic violence victim will have a lasting impact on the University of Georgia School of Law as an anonymous donor has pledged $1 million to support the school's Family Justice Clinic and create a Distinguished Law Fellowship, both bearing the victim's name - Jane W. Wilson. Wilson, a resident of rural Northern Georgia in her early 30s, was shot and killed by her second husband of just three days during August 1976. By making this gift to the law school, the donor hopes to help "others similarly situated - in particular, victims and families who often find neither help nor hope."
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in a Bloomberg Law article regarding a $10 billion settlement proposed by opioid distributors. The article titled "McKesson, Cardinal Health, AmerisourceBergen make opening bid" was written by Jef Feeley and published 8/6/19. The story appeared in The Dallas Morning News, The Philadelphia Inquirer and other media outlets.
Associate Professor & Veterans Legal Clinic Director Alexander W. Scherr and his Hastings Law Journal article titled "Daubert & Danger: The 'Fit' of Expert Predictions in Civil Commitments" were featured on Reason.com regarding the prediction of danger relating to one's mental health. The article titled "To Stop Mass Shooters, Trumps Says, We Should Make Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment Easier. No, We Shouldn't." was written by Jacob Sullum and published 8/6/19.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in The New York Times regarding multidistrict litigation practices. The article titled "States Clash With Cities Over Potential Opioids Settlement Payouts" was written by Jan Hoffman and published 8/5/19.