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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Associate Professor Lindsey Simon was named to the American Bankruptcy Institute's 2022 "40 under 40" list. Notably, she is the only academic selected for this honor which identifies future industry leaders who have demonstrated "remarkable ability, leadership and achievement in the bankruptcy and insolvency community." Simon was selected out of more than 200 candidates nationwide.  

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Regents' Professor of International Law & Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann presented as part of the Legitimacy and Fundamental Principles of International Human Rights Law panel at the American Branch of the International Law Association's International Law Weekend. The annual three-day conference titled "The Next 100 Years of International Law" was held in New York City during October.

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Associate Dean for International Programs & Post Professor Melissa J. "MJ" Durkee co-chaired the American Branch of the International Law Association's International Law Weekend. The annual three-day conference titled "The Next 100 Years of International Law" was held in New York City during October. She also delivered remarks introducing the keynote speaker at the conference, which celebrated the American branch's 100th anniversary and had more than 1,200 registrants. 

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Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge and UGA student Sawyer M. Bradford published "Supreme Court's Fractured Ruling on Enforcing Arbitral Awards Impacts Circuit Courts" in the Daily Report on 10/25/22.

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Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in the Financial Times regarding multidistrict litigation and bankruptcy. The article titled "'Texas two-step': the US legal move letting corporations off the hook" was written by Jamie Smyth and published 10/25/22.  It was reprinted by other media outlets.