Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Marshall Chair of Constitutional Law Randy Beck has offered insight on the U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding Moody v. NetChoice & NetChoice v. Paxton: “The Court remanded both cases for further proceedings, concluding that the lower courts had not conducted a sufficiently thorough analysis of the reach of the Texas and Florida laws to determine whether they were facially invalid under the First Amendment."
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner's article "The Fiduciary Enterprise of Corporate Law” (74 Washington & Lee Law Review 791 (2017)) was cited by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico in the case Storm River, LLC v. Jordan Foster Construction, LLC.
Clinical Associate Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured in The Independent regarding sex trafficking allegations at an Atlanta hotel. The article titled "Revealed: The shocking scale of sex trafficking allegations at one of America’s largest hotel chains" was written by Richard Hall and Alicja Hagopian and was published 7/2/24. The article was republished by other media outlets including Bloomberg Law and Yahoo! News.
Wilson Associate Professor in Business Law Laura Phillips-Sawyer was featured in Wired magazine regarding recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions. The article titled "The US Supreme Court Has Handed Big Tech a Big Gift" was written by Jordan Pearson and published 7/1/24.
Clinical Assistant Professor & Prosecutorial Justice Program Director Melissa D. Redmon was featured on PolitiFact regarding the 2020 election interference case. The article titled "What Supreme Court’s immunity ruling means for Trump’s cases and, potentially, future presidents" was written by Louis Jacobson and Amy Sherman and was published 7/1/24. The article was republished by other media outlets including PBS News and The Dallas Morning News.