Congratulations to second-year students Divya Kishore and Anna G. “Anna Grace” Rogers, along with Katherine H. “Kate” Branch and Lisa R. Calvert, whose teams both went undefeated and won American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition regional tournaments held this past weekend in Brooklyn. Branch and Calvert won the award for the best brief while Calvert and Kishore were recognized as top oralists. They will represent UGA at the national tier of this tournament in Chicago during April.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured by KWAY’s “The Breakfast Club with Matt and Taylor” regarding her new book, The Pain Brokers: How Con Men, Call Centers, and Rogue Doctors Fuel America’s Lawsuit Factory (Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2026). The segment was broadcast 2/20/26.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured by Bloomberg Law regarding recent Johnson & Johnson talc litigation. The article titled “Beasley Allen Ethics Showdown Rattles J&J Talc Litigation” was written by Alex Ebert and Alex Wolf and was published 3/2/26.
Post Professor Pamela Foohey was featured by The Seattle Times regarding the increasing numbers of people and businesses filing for bankruptcy. The article titled “More older Washingtonians are in debt and nearly bankrupt. Here’s why" was written by Victor Whitman and published 3/1/26.
Chaffin Chair in Fiduciary Law Victoria J. Haneman was featured by Fast Company regarding in-perpetuity contracts in the entertainment industry. The article titled "AI can make actors immortal – but not everyone wants to become IP" was written by Will McCurdy and published 3/2/26.