Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Assistant Professor John B. Meixner Jr. was named a 2024-26 Lilly Teaching Fellow, and Clinical Associate Professor & Wilson Family Justice Clinic Director Christine M. Scartz was selected for the Fellows for Transformative Teaching program. The UGA Center for Teaching and Learning operates several faculty fellow programs that allow motivated UGA professors from diverse disciplines to exchange ideas and engage in professional growth.
Professor Pamela Foohey presented as part of the "How hard to squeeze debtors? Getting the best results for creditors while balancing benefits to debtors" panel at the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustee's Annual Seminar during July.
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 "She was forced to have sex with 8 men a day: Victims reveal the horrors of sex trafficking at more than 100 hotels" was written by Richard Hall and Alicja Hagopian and was published 7/8/24. The article was republished by other media outlets including Bloomberg Law and Yahoo! News.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein co-presented "Global Summary of Jurisdictions' VAT/GST Treatment of Services Connected to the Trade in Crypto-Assets" at a meeting of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Working Party No. 9 on Consumption Taxes in Paris, France, during June.
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz presented his draft paper "Global Tax Wars and the Shift to Cross-Border Taxation" at the Junior Tax Workshop, held at the University of Wisconsin Law School during June. He also served as a discussant in the workshop.