Congratulations to Assistant Professor Meighan Parker on being selected for the University of Georgia Rural Engagement Workshop 2025 cohort. The program, which is limited to no more than 20 faculty members, supports collaborative research benefiting rural Georgia. Parker’s project will center around partnering with rural Black churches to establish telehealth spaces on church campuses to address possible healthcare gaps in their communities and legal hurdles related to these partnerships.
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz was featured in Newsweek regarding the impact of an "all tariff policy." The article titled "Is Donald Trump Abolishing Income Tax? What We Know" was written by Giulia Carbonaro and published 1/28/25.
The School of Law’s initiatives to train lawyers who will work in areas where there is not adequate access to legal representation were featured in an article published by the National Jurist. Talmadge Chair Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge was quoted regarding the school’s multifaceted Georgia Honors Fellows Program. The article titled “Fighting the scarcity of rural lawyers” was written by Trevor Mason and published 1/23/25.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West was featured in The Wall Street Journal regarding a recent settlement by CNN. The article titled "CNN Settles Defamation Suit After Jury Found It Liable for Smearing Navy Veteran in Afghanistan Evacuation Story" was written by Jacob Gershman and Isabella Simonetti and was published 1/17/25.
Post Professor Pamela Foohey and her 2017 Law and Contemporary Problems article were featured in USA Today regarding the functions of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The article titled “Billions of dollars for millions of Americans: why ‘delete the CFPB’ might not fly” was written by Andrea Riquier and published 1/10/25. The article has been republished by other outlets.