Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in The New York Times regarding the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into the Digital World/Trump Media merger. The article titled "'Defund the S.E.C.' Becomes a Rallying Cry on Trump's Social Media Site" was written by Matthew Goldstein and published 10/5/22.
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson published Carlsons' Guide to Evidence Authentication: Essential Foundations for Georgia Advocates, 2d ed. (LexisNexis, 2022) (with M. Carlson).
Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge presented as part of the "Year in Review" panel at the 11th Annual Conference of the Atlanta International Arbitration Society during September.
Regents' Professor of International Law & Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann was featured on Voice of America regarding international law and developments in the Russia-Ukraine war. The article titled "International lawyers: Putin's annexation is legally null and void" was written by Evgeny Komarov and published 10/2/22.
Among the first cases to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court for the October 2022 term will be Sackett v. EPA, No. 24-454 (2022). At stake is the definition of “waters of the United States” and the area of land that is subject to Clean Water Act wetlands protection or land available to be developed – an issue of enormous environmental and economic consequence. School of Law Assistant Professor Adam D. Orford provides background on the case and its implications.