Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in a Reuters article regarding Bayer's Roundup settlement. The article titled "Roundup judge poised to reject novel class for future claims" was written by Alison Frankel and published 7/7/20.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on Law.com regarding attorneys who are leading multidistrict litigation proceedings. The article titled "There Are New Faces Leading MDLs. And They Aren't All Men." was written by Amanda Bronstad and published 7/6/20.
Smith Professor Hillel Y. Levin published "Private Schools' Role and Rights in Setting Vaccination Policy: A Constitutional and Statutory Puzzle" in 61 William & Mary Law Review 1607 (2020).
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson's book Carlson on Evidence (with M. Carlson) was recently cited by the Georgia Court of Appeals in the case Sherrod v. State. This citation, relating to the point that a defendant's prior acts of domestic violence are admissible in a subsequent prosecution of the accused, marks the 50th Georgia appellate court decision wherein the courts utilized Carlson's book to resolve evidentiary issues.
Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann published "I help children in armed conflict. The President is forcing me to stop." in Just Security on 6/29/20. In her capacity as the International Criminal Court prosecutor's special adviser on children in and affected by armed conflict, she wrote the article regarding President Trump's executive order relating to the ICC.