Hosch Associate Professor Kent Barnett published "Due Process for Article III - Rethinking Murray's Lessee" in 26 George Mason Law Review 677 (2019).
Metadata Services Librarian Rachel S. Evans, Access Services Manager Marie R. Mize and Information Technology Librarian Jason Tubinis published "UGA's Alexander Campbell King Law Library: Phasing in Inclusive Usability Testing" in 40 Computers in Libraries 19 (2020).
Georgia Athletic Association Professor David E. Shipley published "Code Revision Commission v. Public.Resource.Org and The Fight Over Copyright Protection for Annotations and Commentary" in 54 Georgia Law Review 111 (2020).
Wilner/UGA Foundation Professor in International Law Harlan G. Cohen participated in the "Changing Concepts of International Economic Security and the Law" roundtable at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting during January.
The School of Law will host a discussion of the recently published book Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics and Guilt in America, which was co-authored by Andrea L. Dennis, the holder of the law school's John Byrd Martin Chair of Law. The discussion will be held Jan. 30 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Larry Walker Room of Dean Rusk Hall. Published by The New Press, Rap on Trial examines the use of "rap lyrics as criminal evidence to convict and incarcerate young men of color" based on hundreds of court cases from across the country.
By many accounts Phyllis A. Kravitch was a trailblazer. She entered the practice of law in 1944 when female attorneys were few and far between. She built her reputation at her father's law firm, becoming the first woman Savannah Bar Association president in the mid-1970s, the first woman elected as a Georgia Superior Court judge in 1976 and the third woman to serve our nation as a U.S. Circuit Court judge in 1979. Her service on the U.S. Courts of Appeals lasted almost four decades. As a permanent tribute, more than 40 of her former judicial clerks created the Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch Scholarship Fund at the University of Georgia School of Law.
University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured on UGA Today regarding her service on UGA's Innovation District Faculty Advisory Council, which provides input on programming, resources and support for research commercialization and university-industry engagement.
Hosch Associate Professor Kent Barnett has been elected chair of the Association of American Law Schools Administrative Law Section. His term will last until January 2021.
Assistant Professor Sandra G. Mayson was featured on UGA Today regarding her research on bail reform, pretrial detention and algorithmic risk assessment tools used to determine bail. The article titled "School of Law faculty member explores intersections between law and theory" was written by Heidi Murphy and published 1/9/20.
Professor Joseph S. Miller presented "Two Centuries of Trademark and Copyright: A Citation-Network-Analysis Approach" as part of the Corpus Linguistics and Intellectual Property Panel at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting during January. The panel was cosponsored by the Intellectual Property, and Law and Interpretation sections.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West has been elected as chair of the Association of American Law Schools Communication, Media and Information Law Section for 2020.
University Professor and Caldwell Chair in Constitutional Law Dan T. Coenen published "Quiet-Revolution Rulings in Constitutional Law" in 99 Boston University Law Review 2061 (2019).
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in The Washington Post regarding opioid litigation involving major drugstore chains and prescribing physicians. The article titled "Major drugstore chains sue doctors in sprawling federal opioid case" was written by Lenny Bernstein and published 1/7/20.
Assistant Clinical Professor and Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution regarding a new federal lawsuit that could provide child sexual abuse survivors a new option for justice against the Boy Scouts of America. The article titled "New suit could give accusers new legal avenue against Boy Scouts" was written by Christian Boone and published 1/7/20.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein published "Platforms: The Finale" in 95 Tax Notes State 11 (2020) (with J.A. Swain and J.E. Maddison).
Assistant Professor Jonathan Peters was featured on NBC News regarding a new Kansas bill concerning the release of information related to police shootings. The article titled "Kansas bill would loosen the release of information related to police shootings" was written by Erik Ortiz and published 1/6/20.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West was featured in Slate regarding Chief Justice John Roberts' role in the upcoming impeachment trial. The article titled "No One in the Senate Is Going to Follow the Rules on Impeachment. Try This Instead." was written by Dahlia Lithwick and published 12/18/19.
Metadata Services Librarian Rachel S. Evans published "Workshop Report Digitization for Small Institutions" in 45 Technical Services Law Librarian 9 (2019).
Hosch Professor Lori A. Ringhand has been elected to the American Law Institute. The ALI is "the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law." The ALI's members work to "influence the development of the law in both existing and emerging areas," collaborate with other "eminent lawyers, judges and academics," give back to the legal profession and "contribute to the public good."
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in Law360 regarding her article titled "Does Multidistrict Litigation Deny Plaintiffs Due Process?" being one of the publication's most-read guest columns in 2019. The article "5 Most-Read Access To Justice Law360 Guests of 2019" was published 12/23/19.