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The School of Law is pleased to share the establishment of the Jane W. Wilson Professorship in Business Law by an anonymous donor. This professorship will be held by a scholar who is a leader in business law and who is engaged in a combination of teaching, research and public service. The inaugural holder of this position will be Laura Phillips-Sawyer, an expert in U.S. antitrust law and policy.

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The University of Georgia Alumni Association will honor seven recipients of the 2023 Alumni Awards during an event on April 21. The annual Alumni Awards Luncheon, which began in 1936, recognizes individuals and organizations that demonstrate a commitment to UGA. Among the 2023 honorees is Neal Quirk (J.D.'87), who will receive an Alumni Merit Award. “The devotion of this year’s award recipients to the University of Georgia is making a positive difference in the lives of countless individuals on this campus, throughout the state and around the world,” said UGA President Jere W. Morehead. “They have made the University of Georgia stronger and have made all of us very proud.”

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Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Staff Attorney Brian Atkinson and second-year student Jessica L. Davis secured a $1.1 million verdict for their client after a three-day trial in Rockdale County, Georgia. The court found that the defendant, who was the clinic's client's stepfather, committed acts of child molestation to, with and in the presence of the client.

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Congratulations to first-year students Mona E. Abboud and Garfield A. McIntyre Jr. and to all of the other participants who made the 2023 First-year Moot Court Competition a great success. The final round was judged by UGA President Jere W. Morehead, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Jill A. Pryor and U.S. District Court Chief Judge Timothy C. Batten Sr. McIntyre was named champion and received the Morehead Best Oralist Award, while Abboud finished the tournament as finalist.

Marshall Chair of Constitutional Law Randy Beck provides insight into U.S. Supreme Court case Counterman v. Colorado. Beck says the chief legal question about the rule that "true threats" are not protected by the First Amendment. The issue is whether the speaker has to subjectively know or intend that others understand the comments as threatening, or whether it is enough that a "reasonable person" would view the words as a threat of violence.