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The Community Health Law Partnership Clinic has secured a major victory for an asylum seeker after seven years of advocacy. The client was put into removal proceedings in 2015 after seeking refuge in the United States from violence in Guatemala. Staff Attorney Kristen Shepherd represented the client in the initial agency proceedings. She and Assoc. Dean & Clinic Director Jason A. Cade handled a Circuit Court appeal and BIA remand. They were assisted by ​2021 alumnus Frederick J. King and 2022 graduate​s ​Thomas A. Evans and Ariane C. "Ari" Williams.

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Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues virtually presented "Why SPACs: An Apologia" as part of the University of Cambridge Finance Seminar Series, supported by the Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance, during November.

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Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge and LL.M. student Olha Kaliuzhna published "Social Media and the Anti-Terrorism Act Arrive at the Supreme Court" in the Daily Report on 11/15/22.

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Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner presented as an invited commentator at the University of Oslo's book launch of Innovating Business for Sustainability: Regulatory Approaches in the Anthropocene during November.

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The 2022-2024 cohort of the Lilly Teaching Fellows held their fall retreat and engaged in team-building activities to build rapport across the cohort. The law school's Assistant Professor Thomas E. Kadri was selected for the program, which strives to improve UGA's instructional mission. Fellows are tenure-track assistant professors who are recent recipients of a Ph.D. or terminal degree in their discipline or profession and are selected for demonstrated passion for and commitment to excellence in teaching.

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Congratulations to Sarah C. Guilot and Leila Y. Harrison for winning the Second-Year Student Intramural Moot Court Competition. Many thanks to finalists Robert G. Wedge and Allison J. Fine as well as the other second-year law students who contributed to a wonderful tournament. Of note, Wedge was named the best oralist of the preliminary rounds. 

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Associate Professor & Veterans Legal Clinic Director Alexander W. Scherr was featured in the Daily Report regarding the increase in former military member benefit inquiries relating to the passage of The Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022. The article titled "Ga. Legal Clinic Leaders Say PACT Act Could Bring 'Tens of Thousands of New Claims' from Veterans" was written by Everett Catts and published 11/11/22.

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Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein presented “The Role of Digital Platforms in the Collection of Consumption Taxes in the Digital Economy: Lessons from the U.S. Subnational State Experience” at the University of New South Wales International Workshop on VAT in the Digital Era during November in Sydney, Australia. The paper will be published, along with others presented at the workshop, by the Oxford University Press.

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The School of Law's Veterans Legal Clinic and its director, Alexander W. Scherr, were featured in the Daily Report regarding the services it offers veterans with matters regarding Veterans Affairs and the military. The article titled "As Veterans Day Arrives, Ga. Legal Clinics Continue to Help Military Members" was written by Everett Catts and published 11/11/22.

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Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Hosch Professor Kent Barnett's article "Chevron Abroad" (96 Notre Dame Law Review 621 (2020) (with Lindsey Vinson (J.D.'20)) was cited by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch in his opinion dissenting from denial of certiorari in Buffington v. McDonough.

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Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and token-based enterprises. The article titled "LBRY Token Ruling Gives SEC Ammunition in Crypto Enforcement" was written by Matthew Bultman and published 11/10/22.

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Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Lindsey Simon was featured by Reuters regarding her Yale Law Journal "Bankruptcy Grifters" article and her thoughts on bankruptcy protections and mass tort litigation. The article titled "How corporate chiefs dodge lawsuits over sexual abuse and deadly products" was written by Mike Spector, Benjamin Lesser, Disha Raychaudhuri, Dan Levine and Kristina Cooke. It was published 11/7/22. The article was reprinted by publications such as Business World and Insurance Journal.

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The University of Georgia School of Law is redefining what it means to be a great national public law school by remaining one of the best returns on investment in legal education. We have been ranked a top two Best Value law school for the last six years by National Jurist (2017-2022). This includes a historic three-peat at the number one slot and being the top public law school for the last five years. 

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Professor & Practicum in Animal Welfare Skills Director Lisa Milot was featured on Monroe Local News regarding work performed by PAWS students to update animal control ordinances in Georgia's Walton County. The article titled "Anti-tethering law passes unanimously in Walton County" was written by Sharon Swanepoel and published 11/2/22.

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Congratulations to Lindsey Simon for being appointed by the Board of Regents to the School of Law’s Robert Cotten Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law. Her recent scholarship includes “Bankruptcy Grifters” in the Yale Law Journal (which was selected by the AALS as an honorable mention in its 2021 Scholarly Papers Competition) and “The Settlement Trap” in the Indiana Law Journal

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Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Lindsey Simon's article "Bankruptcy Grifters" (131 Yale Law Journal 1154 (2022)) was reviewed by R.J. Effron in JOTWELL (Nov. 7, 2022). In the review titled "Fighting the grift: The stubborn creep of bankruptcy as a forum for aggregate litigation," Effron says Simon's article is "a must-read for anyone interested in modern aggregate litigation."

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Metadata Services & Special Collections Librarian Rachel Evans published "Conference Roundup - Code4Lib 2022 Report" in 48 Technical Services Law Librarian 6 (2022).

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Hosch Professor & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand presented "Democracy and the Constitution" (a book proposal) at a University of Wisconsin Constitutionalism 2022 Faculty Discussion Group during October.

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The School of Law regretfully shares the news of the passing of Class of 2023 law student Caleb W. Thompson on November 4, 2022. As a classmate, colleague, student and friend, he was a valued member of the law school's community. Please keep his family in your hearts and prayers, and remember one of our school’s greatest strengths is our sense of community. His memorial service will be held November 14, 2022, in Pennsylvania. In January, Caleb’s family would like to hold a celebration of his life in Athens. The School of Law is working closely with them and will share the details when they become available.

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Hosch Professor & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand presented "The Court and the Constitution" as part of the Wisconsin Law Review Symposium titled "Controlling the Supreme Court: Now and 'far into the future'" during October.