Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson's book Carlson on Evidence, 5th ed. (with M. Carlson) was cited by the Georgia Court of Appeals when deciding Hill v. Georgia Board of Regents. The evidentiary point involved damaging admissions made by a party in pleadings.
Metadata Services Librarian Rachel S. Evans published "Time Traveling with Timelines: Web Apps for Storytelling in Libraries" in 39 Computers in Libraries 17 (July/August 2019) (with S. Bradley).
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher Bruner presented "Distributed Ledgers, Artificial Intelligence, and the Purpose of the Corporation" at "The Future of the Firm" conference in London. The event was hosted by the University College London Faculty of Laws and co-sponsored by the University of Cambridge Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law and the European Corporate Governance Institute, of which Bruner is an academic member.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on UGA Today regarding her book Mass Tort Deals: Backroom Bargaining in Multidistrict Litigation, which explains how mass tort suits may benefit everyone except victims. The article titled "Lawyers, not plaintiffs, see payouts in liability cases" was written by Leigh Beeson and published 7/9/19.
Cleveland Distinguished Chair of Legal Ethics and Professionalism & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lonnie T. Brown Jr. has published Defending the Public's Enemy: The Life and Legacy of Ramsey Clark (Stanford University Press, 2019).
Associate Dean for Faculty Development & Hosch Professor Elizabeth Weeks presented as part of the "ACA Under Threat: The Potential Impacts of Repealing the Affordable Care Act" webinar sponsored by The Network for Public Health during June.
Hosch Professor Julian A. Cook III published "Federal Guilty Pleas: Inequities, Indigence, and the Rule 11 Process" in 60 Boston College Law Review 1073 (2019).
The University of Georgia Alumni Association has unveiled the 40 Under 40 Class of 2019. This program celebrates the personal, professional and philanthropic achievements of successful UGA graduates under the age of 40. The honorees, which include five School of Law graduates, will be recognized during the ninth annual 40 Under 40 Awards Luncheon on Sept. 13 in the Tate Student Center on campus.
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson's book Carlson on Evidence, 5th ed. (with M. Carlson) was cited by the Georgia Court of Appeals to explain the Georgia standards for the doctrine of evidentiary relevancy in criminal cases in Hines v. State.
The School of Law was featured in the Daily Report regarding the hiring of its inaugural first-start coordinator, Amanda J. Shaw. The article titled "UGA Law Names 'First Start' Leader" was written by Katheryn Tucker and published 7/1/19.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein published "Taxes Falling Disproportionately on Nonresidents: Reflections on Saban" in 93 Tax Notes State 15 (2019).
Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge, Amanda Newton (J.D.'19) and third-year student Katherine M. Larsen published "European Decision Could Have Killed Investment Treaties, Affecting Arbitration and Investments" in the Daily Report on 6/28/19.
Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann presented her paper "Victors' Justice and the New Turn to Transnational Process" at the Justice for Transnational Human Rights Violations conference, which was sponsored by the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights and the University of Oxford law faculty during June.
Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann took part in a two-day consultation as a member of the advisory council for Courtroom 600, a digital humanities project pertaining to the post-World War II Nuremberg trials, which was funded by a National Endowment for the Humanities grant and held at the University of Connecticut during June.
The University of Georgia School of Law has hired Amanda J. Shaw as its inaugural first-start coordinator, a position designed to assist students who are the first in their families to attend college as they navigate law school. In this role, Shaw will serve as the designated point of contact for this group through all stages of their law school experience, supporting them from their recruitment to post-graduation. She will also develop programming tailored for these students.
Special Collections Librarian Sharon Bradley presented "A Time Lord, a Timeline, and Legal Instruction" with Associate Dean Eleanor Crosby Lanier and Metadata Services Librarian Rachel S. Evans at the Computer Assisted Legal Instruction Annual Conference during June.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in the West Virginia Record regarding plaintiffs attorneys frequently involved in multidistrict litigation. The article titled "As usual, the MDL club negotiates in its own behalf" was published 6/25/19.
Metadata Services Librarian Rachel S. Evans presented "A Time Lord, a Timeline, and Legal Instruction" with Associate Dean Eleanor Crosby Lanier and Special Collections Librarian Sharon Bradley at the Computer Assisted Legal Instruction Annual Conference during June.
Associate Dean for Clinical Programs and Experiential Learning & Mediation Clinic Director Eleanor Crosby Lanier presented "A Time Lord, a Timeline, and Legal Instruction" with Special Collections Librarian Sharon Bradley and Metadata Services Librarian Rachel S. Evans at the Computer Assisted Legal Instruction Annual Conference during June.
Associate Dean for Faculty Development & Hosch Professor Elizabeth Weeks published "Healthism in Tort Law" in 12 Journal of Tort Law 81 (2019).