Faculty Events

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Words cannot adequately express the depth of emotion felt by many in our community following the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and other Black Americans. Such tragic and unnecessary losses of life are impossible to comprehend and, in light of this, we are sure that many of you have engaged in countless conversations to try to make sense of the state of race relations in our country.

J. Jarpa Dawuni is Associate Professor of Political Science at Howard University, Washington D.C. She is a qualified Barrister-at-Law before the Ghana Superior Courts of Judicature. She holds a Doctorate in Political Science from Georgia State University. Her primary areas of research include judicial politics, women in the legal professions, gender and the law, international human rights, women's civil society organizing and democratization.

Please join the Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law in welcoming Professor Claudia M. Flores. Professor Flores will be discussing her recent report on police discretion and the international human rights implications of using certain policing tactics.

Classes operate on a Monday schedule.

The UGA College of Environment and Design's Ferguson Lecture titled "Why Old Places Matter: Heritage, Belonging, and Place" will be delivered by the National Trust for Historic Preservation's General Counsel Tom Mayes. He will explore why old places matter and how saving and reusing the old places in our communities support our sense of well-being. Mayes is a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Rome Prize and author of Why Old Places Matter.

Please join FedSoc and ACS on Thursday 2/27 at 12pm in Room C for a live recording of the podcast "Short Circuit Live." Short Circuit is a podcast done around the country by the Institute for Justice. Each episode focuses on a different Circuit Court of Appeals. This podcast will be an "Eleventh Circuit Preview" podcast. For an example, listen to the Seventh Circuit episode hosted at U. Chicago Law here.

Join BLSA for a screening of the timely and powerful documentary 13th, which traces the history and transformation of slavery from the plantation to the prison industrial complex.

Orientation runs for three days - August 13, 14 and 17.

In honor of Pride Month, Professors Joe Miller, Amanda Kay Seals, and Sonja West will discuss the Supreme Court's decision in Bostock v. Clayton County. This opportunity is open for School of Law students, faculty and staff only.