Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Assistant Professor Jonathan Peters was featured in PolitiFact regarding libel laws and the First Amendment. The article titled "Trump's promise to 'open up our libel laws' is Stalled" was written by Daniel Funke and published 7/15/20.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in a Reuters article regarding repeat players in class action and multidistrict litigation counsel leadership teams. The article titled "Judge in Robinhood class action balks at all-male class counsel team" was written by Alison Frankel and published 7/15/20.
Hosch Professor Emeritus Thomas A. Eaton presented on "Qualified immunity, §1983, and other claims with a stacked deck for the defense" as part of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association New Lawyers Division's program titled "Litigating Against the Odds" during July.
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson's book Carlson on Evidence (with M. Carlson) was recently cited by the Georgia Supreme Court and the Georgia Court of Appeals in the cases Strong v. State (Supreme Court), Allison v. State (Court of Appeals) and Serdula v. State (Court of Appeals). These citations follow 50 other citations where courts have utilized Carlson's book to resolve evidentiary issues.
Metadata Services & Special Collections Librarian Rachel S. Evans and Web Developer Leslie Grove published "Born-Digital Preservation: The Art of Archiving Photos With Script and Batch Processing" in 40 Computers in Libraries 23 (2020) (with S. Bradley).