Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Sibley Professor in Corporate and Business Law Larry D. Thompson has received the National Law Journal's 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award. The publication's annual awards honor "those attorneys and judges who have made a remarkable difference in the legal profession - whether in shaping the law, achieving outsized results for their clients, being an outstanding jurist or assisting those in need of legal services."
Cleveland Distinguished Chair of Legal Ethics and Professionalism & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lonnie T. Brown Jr. published "To Respond or Not To Respond? Confidentiality and Defending Against Online Critics” in 27 Georgia Bar Journal 16 (2021).
Assistant Clinical Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington published "Considering the Therapeutic Consequences of Recent Reforms to Civil Statutes of Limitations for Child Sexual Abuse Claims" in 15 Charleston Law Review 639 (2021).
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein's treatise State Taxation was quoted by the Oregon Tax Court in Oracle Corp. v. Department of Revenue (Oct. 6, 2021).
University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues presented "Insider IPOs" to the Private Equity and Venture Capital Group at the American Bar Association Business Law Section's Annual Meeting.