Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured by the ABA Journal 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 article titled “Law prof’s new book details pelvic mesh litigation scandal that ‘shocked the mass tort world’” was published 1/13/26.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch presented her book The Pain Brokers: How Con Men, Call Centers, and Rogue Doctors Fuel America’s Lawsuit Factory (Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2026) as part of the panel “New Books in Law and the Social Sciences” at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting during January in New Orleans.
Assistant Professor Desirée LeClercq presented as part of the panel “The Trump Administration and International Law 2.0” at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting during January in New Orleans. She also moderated the panel “Teaching Human Rights: From Specialized Courses to Doctrinal Integration.”
Assistant Professor Eileen R. Prescott presented as part of the panel “Decarceral Evidence” at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting during January in New Orleans.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured by Law.com 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 article titled “Elizabeth Burch’s New Book ‘The Pain Brokers’ Details Scheme That Upended Pelvic Mesh” was written by Amanda Bronstad and published 1/12/26.