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Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on Law360 regarding recent developments in the Johnson & Johnson opioid litigation. The article titled "Opioid Litigation's Pillar Theory Is Suddenly Showing Cracks" was written by Cara Salvatore, Emily Field and Jeff Overley and was published 11/10/21.

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Clinical Assistant Professor & First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins was featured in the Daily Report regarding the clinic's role as co-counsel in a lawsuit filed on behalf of a photojournalist arrested while covering Black Lives Matter protests in Atlanta during 2020. The article titled "Photojournalist Jailed During Atlanta's BLM Protests Sues City, Cops Over Curfew Arrest" was written by Greg Land and published 11/10/21.

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Associate Professor Jonathan Peters was featured in the Knoxville News Sentinel regarding parent protesting taking place on Knox County School grounds. The article titled "Knox County Schools allows anti-mask protests at Farragut schools, and opens door to others" was written by Isabel Lohman and published 11/3/21.

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Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in an Associated Press article regarding her thoughts on the Oklahoma Supreme Court's decision overturning a ruling against drugmaker Johnson & Johnson. The article titled "Oklahoma court overturns $465M opioid ruling against J&J" was written by Kenn Miller and published 11/9/21.

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Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in The New York Times regarding her thoughts on the Oklahoma Supreme Court's decision overturning a ruling against drugmaker Johnson & Johnson. The article titled "Oklahoma Supreme Court Throws Out $365 Million Opioid Ruling Against J&J" was written by Jan Hoffman and published 11/9/21.

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University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues presented "Insider IIPOs" at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law during November.

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Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson was featured in The Washington Post regarding the Ahmaud Arbery case. The article titled "Laws accused of encouraging vigilante violence still in most states despite scrutiny after Arbery killing" was written by Hannah Knowles and published 11/5/21.

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Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson was featured on NBCLX regarding the Ahmaud Arbery case. The program titled "Defense Lawyer in Ahmaud Arbery Murder Case Makes Unusual Choice at Trial" aired 11/8/21.

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Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in Bloomberg regarding her thoughts on tribunal lotteries. The article titled "Lottery Will Pick Court to Hear Biden Shot-or-Test Challenges" was written by Robert Iafolla and published 11/5/21.

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Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on Law360 regarding her thoughts on lawsuits related to the opioid crisis. The article titled "5 Takeaways From Drugmakers' Win in Calif. Opioid Trial" was written by Emily Field and Cara Salvatore and published 11/4/21.

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University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured on Univision regarding her thoughts on special purpose acquisition companies. The article titled "Trump could face federal scrutiny over new social media venture, experts say" was written by David C. Adams and published 11/7/21.

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University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues participated in a panel discussion titled "Current and Future State of the Market" at the SPAC Opportunity Summit during November.

Brock Associate Professor in Professional Responsibility Nathan S. Chapman was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding a recent federal court decision involving religion and LGBT discrimination claims. The article titled "Texas Ruling Opens Route for Religious Carveouts to LGBT Rights" was written by Paige Smith and Robert Iafolla and was published 11/3/21.

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Associate Dean for International Programs & Post Professor Melissa J. "MJ" Durkee moderated and presented on a panel titled “Outsourcing International Responsibility” at International Law Weekend, which was organized by the American Branch of the International Law Association and held during October. Her talk addressed how international law assigns responsibility in the context of privatization and state-owned entities.

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The School of Law is pleased to share that 100% of the first-generation college graduates and military veterans enrolled in its Juris Doctor program are receiving scholarship aid. First-generation students are supported by more than 12 scholarship funds including the First-Start Scholars Program and student veterans benefit from the Butler Commitment.

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Assistant Professor Thomas E. Kadri published Tort Law: Cases & Critique (2021). This open-access casebook was made possible through a University of Georgia Provost Affordable Course Materials Grant. Third-year student Courtney M. Hogan and second-year student Noah C. Nix contributed to the text as well as Administrative Associate Sarah Burns and Research & Copyright Services Librarian Stephen Wolfson.

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Awardees and initiates were recognized at the university’s annual Tucker Dorsey Blue Key Awards Banquet on Oct. 15 at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education & Hotel. Among the honorees were 2014 graduate David B. Dove with the Blue Key Young Alumnus Award and first-year law student Frank Lumpkin IV with the Russell Student Leadership Award. 

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Metadata Services & Special Collections Librarian Rachel Evans presented "Totally Tubular: Carving Out Your Best Content with DCX" at the Digital Commons North American Conference during October (with M. Biondo and A. Connolly). The presentation showcased the new digital exhibits repository platform with several examples from the UGA School of Law's special collections, and it included a live workshop for attendees to begin building their own IR digital exhibits.

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University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in CFO Dive regarding a special purpose acquisition company deal involving Donald Trump. The article titled "Trump SPAC partner might have violated SEC curb on pre-IPO planning" was written by Robert Freedman and published 11/1/21.

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Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson was featured in the Daily Beast regarding the Ahmaud Arbery case. The article titled "How Ahmaud Arbery's Accused Murderers Could Still Get Off" was written by Pilar Melendez and published 11/1/21. It was reprinted on Yahoo! News.