Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein published "How Not to Read International Harvester: A Response" in 92 State Tax Notes 665 (2019).
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation regarding the Johnson & Johnson opioid case scheduled to start in Oklahoma. The show titled "Pharma giant on trial over opioid crisis" hosted by Thomas Oriti aired 5/29/19.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured by the British Broadcasting Corporation regarding the Johnson & Johnson opioid case scheduled to start in Oklahoma. The show hosted by James Menendez aired 5/28/19.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein presented "Existing Mechanisms to Resolve Cross-Border Tax Disputes: A Global Perspective" at the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law's Global Tax Policy Center, which is part of the Vienna University of Economics and Business, during May.
Congratulations to rising third-year student Hanna C. Karimipour for being elected to be one of three student directors of the International Law Students Association for the 2019-20 academic year. She will attend ILSA's Board of Directors meetings and communicate with schools to help improve and increase participation in ILSA programming, including the Jessup Competition.
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives & Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Mehrsa Baradaran was featured in The Philadelphia Tribune regarding educational debt and the racial wealth gap. The article titled "Pledge to pay Morehouse students' debt prompts elation, envy and a host of questions" was written by Audra D.S. Burch, Alan Blinder and Ron Lieber and published 5/27/19.
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives & Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Mehrsa Baradaran was featured on MSNBC regarding the racial wealth gap. The story titled "What needs to be done to fix the racial wealth gap?" was hosted by Ali Velshi and aired 5/27/19.
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson was featured in a Merion West article regarding Georgia's new abortion legislation. The article titled "Georgia DA: Personhood Critics and the Heartbeat Bill" was written by John S. Melvin and published 5/24/19.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in Law360 regarding the implications of the Johnson & Johnson opioid case scheduled to start in Oklahoma. The article titled "What Attys Need To Know As Landmark Opioid Trial Begins" was written by Jeff Overley and published 5/24/19.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in The New York Times regarding the Johnson & Johnson opioid case scheduled to start in Oklahoma. The article titled "First Opioid Trial Takes Aim at Johnson & Johnson" was written by Jan Hoffman and published 5/26/19.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West was featured on [Your] News regarding the founder of WikiLeaks being indicted under the U.S. Espionage Act. The article titled "Does Assange indictment set dangerous precedent for journalists?" was published 5/27/19.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in Legal NewsLine regarding the latest developments in Bayer AG's Roundup litigation. The article titled "Mass Roundup settlement could test the limits of tort law" was written by Dan Fisher and published 5/24/19.
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives & Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Mehrsa Baradaran was featured on PBS News Hour regarding her thoughts on the wealth gap for African American college graduates. The interview titled "Morehouse grads just got a stunning gift. What can help more students of color?" was published 5/22/19.
Dean Rusk International Law Center Director Kathleen A. Doty presented on "Rethinking the WPS Agenda in Light of International Relations Studies of Women in Conflict" at the 2019 American Society of International Law Southeast Roundtable at Washington and Lee University School of Law during May.
Employment statistics for the Class of 2018 place the School of Law at 13th in the nation for federal clerkships, 18th for "gold-standard" full-time law jobs and 21st for jobs requiring bar passage or where a J.D. is considered an advantage, according to Law.com. Statistics are based on employment 10 months after graduation and underscore the first-rate training our students receive and employers prefer.
Cleveland Distinguished Chair of Legal Ethics and Professionalism Lonnie T. Brown Jr. was profiled on UGA's homepage as part of the university's "Focus on Faculty" feature.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in Legal NewsLine regarding a federal judge dismissing the North Dakota law suit against Purdue Pharma. The article titled "Oklahoma's opioid case heads into trial after similar public nuisance argument fails in North Dakota" was written by Karen Kidd and published 5/22/19.
School of Law graduates taking the Georgia bar exam for the first-time in February all passed, giving UGA a 100% passage rate. This result was reported in the Daily Report in article titled "UGA and GSU Law Schools Top Bar Pass Rankings," which was written by Meredith Hobbs and published 5/21/19.
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives & Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Mehrsa Baradaran presented as part of the Financial Security and Wealth Building as Key Building Blocks of a Middle Class Lifestyle panel at the Federal Reserve System Community Development Research Conference titled "Renewing the Promise of the Middle Class" during May.
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson was featured in People magazine regarding Georgia's new abortion legislation. The article titled "Here's What You Should Know About the New Wave of Anti-Abortion Laws" was written by Diane Herbst and published 5/20/19.