Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein presented as part of the "Taxable Persons and Related Issues in VAT Law" panel at the "Court of Justice of the European Union: Recent VAT Case Law" conference at the Vienna University of Economics and Business during March.
Legal Writing Instructor Jean Mangan was recently awarded a Continuous Improvement Grant from Affordable Learning Georgia, a University System of Georgia initiative to promote student success by supporting the implementation of affordable alternatives to expensive commercial textbooks, particularly Open Educational Resources (OER) and open textbooks. Mangan will use the grant to create a textbook for her Criminal Law Drafting class with law student assistance.
Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann presented as part of the "International Courts and Their Role in Cross-Border Criminal Prosecutions" panel at the annual symposium of the George Washington University International Law Review.
Assistant Professor Lindsey Simon was featured on NPR's "Marketplace" regarding mass tort settlements involving company stock. The segment titled "PG&E ties compensation of victims to its future through stock" was reported by Lily Jamali and aired 4/1/21.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in Law360 regarding attorneys' fees in mass tort settlements. The article titled "Murky World of Mass Torts Left Clients At Girardi's Mercy" was written by Brandon Lowrey and Ryan Boysen and published 3/30/21.