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 in an Associated Press article regarding pharmacies and the opioid litigation. The article titled "Public Nuisance Laws in Opioid Cases Give Hope to Both Sides" was written by Geoff Mulvihill and John Seewer and was published 11/24/21. The article appeared in U.S. News & World Report and other media outlets throughout the country.
Clinical Assistant Professor & Prosecutorial Justice Program Director Melissa D. Redmon was featured on Politico regarding the Ahmaud Arbery trial. The article titled "The legality of white men with guns" was written by Brakkton Booker and published 11/23/21.
Clinical Assistant Professor & Prosecutorial Justice Program Director Melissa D. Redmon was featured on VICE News regarding the Ahmaud Arbery trial. The article titled "The Brutal Racism in the Trial of Ahmaud Arbery's Killers" was written by Trone Dowd and published 11/23/21.
Assistant Clinical Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington will serve as a co-principal investigator for a UGA Center on Human Trafficking Research & Outreach (CenHTRO) grant that will provide support to Georgia-based stakeholders responding to domestic minor human trafficking and the commercial and sexual exploitation of children. The funding is part of CenHTRO's inaugural Faculty Research Seed Grants on Human Trafficking in the U.S. and Across the Globe, which is supported by the UGA Office of the Provost.
Associate Professor Laura Phillips Sawyer presented on the uses of history in contemporary regulatory policymaking at the American Society for Legal History Annual Meeting during November.