Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Senior Lecturer Travis M. Trimble published "Environmental Law" in 77 Mercer Law Review 1509 (2026).
Alston Chair in Corporate Law Anne M. Tucker has been inducted as an American Bar Foundation Fellow. This global honorary society is composed of "attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession."
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West was featured in The New York Times regarding defamation lawsuits against media companies and commentators. The article titled "Kash Patel Keeps Suing the Press" was written by Erik Wemple and published 6/14/26. The article was republished by other media outlets.
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz was featured by Newsweek regarding property taxes. The article titled “Secret Home Sales May Be Driving Up Your Property Taxes” was written by Giulia Carbonaro and published 6/12/26.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West published a co-authored chapter titled “The work of the press clause” (with R.A. Jones) in The Elgar Companion to Freedom of Speech and Expression (A. Bhagwat and A.K. Chen ed.) (Edward Elgar, 2026).