Faculty Events

Jessica Roth is a Professor of Law at Cardozo School of Law, where she is the co-director of the Jacob Burns Center for Ethics in the Practice of Law.

Previously she was a federal prosecutor in the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York for seven years. As a prosecutor, she focused on violent crime and securities fraud and conducted numerous jury trials. Her teaching and research interests are in criminal law and evidence.

Join us on Thursday, February 27, 2020, from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. at the University of Georgia School of Law's Larry Walker Room in Rusk Hall for "The IP of IPAs", a conference hosted by the Journal of Intellectual Property Law, to hear Brian Roth (Southern Brewing Co.), Chase Scott (Taylor, Feil, Harper & Lumsden, P.C.), and Dustin Watts (Terrapin Beer Co.) discuss how breweries are navigating intellectual property issues. Limited alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and food will be provided.

Professors Amann, Cohen and Durkee will answer your questions about International Issues. This opportunity is open for School of Law students, faculty and staff only.

The 14th Annual Global Educational Forum is an instrument of diversity in research, teaching, and service across the University of Georgia campus and Athens community, with featured scholars coming within and outside the University sharing the state-of-the art scholarship to inform current human developments in local and global context. While past forums focused on women in science and medicine, Olympics and development, and human health, the 2020 forum centers on sport, development, and community in worldwide communities.

You are invited to the first One Read event of the semester, our One Read Book Talk on "We Shall Not Be Moved: The Desegregation of the University of Georgia by Robert A. Pratt" Wednesday evening, September 30, from 7-8pm on Zoom.

The United Kingdom's Garden Court Chambers presents the international series "Black Lives Matter," which will feature the law school's Associate Dean Andrea Dennis speaking about the criminalization of rap lyrics.

The American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA) and the Dean Rusk International Law Center are hosting this year's International Law Weekend, South.

President of the American Branch of the International Law Association, Leila Sadat, will give an introductory address. Panels will be moderated by UGA Law faculty members.

Please visit the website for more information and to register.

UGA's Institute of Native American Studies will host Stacy Leeds, a former justice of the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court and former dean of the law school of the University of Arkansas. She is a recognized expert in tribal justice and federal Indian law and will deliver a talk titled "Cherokee Justice: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow."