Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:

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Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West presented her co-edited book The Future of Press Freedom: Democracy, Law, and the News in Changing Times (Cambridge University Press, 2025) as part of a faculty book talk panel at the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law during March. 

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Eleven projects promoting cross-disciplinary research across the University of Georgia have been awarded 2025 Presidential Interdisciplinary Seed Grants, including a team with Clinical Assistant Professor and Land Conservation Clinic Director Steffney R. Thompson. 

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Chaffin Chair of Fiduciary Law Victoria J. Haneman presented “The Law of Digital Resurrection” as the keynote speaker of the Florida Bar’s Annual Florida Elder Law Symposium in Orlando during January. 

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Assistant Professor Desirée LeClercq presented as part of the Texas International Law Journal symposium titled “Critical Perspectives on AI: Security, Governance, Labor and the Environment” at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law during February. 

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Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner presented “Fraud, Manipulation, and Accountability in the Age of AI” as part of a panel discussion titled “When AI Hurts: Corporate Responsibility for Algorithmic Harm” at the York University Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto during February.