Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in the Financial Times regarding special purpose acquisition companies. The article titled "Dozens of groups brought to market via Spacs to enter key Russell index" was written by Miles Kruppa and Ortenca Aliaj and was published 6/24/21.
Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. is the first U.S. Supreme Court decision addressing whether public schools may constitutionally regulate off-campus student speech. The Supreme Court's prior student-speech decisions involved speech on school grounds, during school-sponsored events or in school-sponsored publications. The Supreme Court's 8-1 recent decision in Mahanoy allows both sides to claim victory, according to Clare Norins, director of the University of Georgia School of Law's First Amendment Clinic, who also serves as an assistant clinical professor.
Hosch Professor & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand was featured on Kate Archer Kent's "The Morning Show," which airs on Wisconsin Public Radio, regarding her thoughts on the U.S. Supreme Court and originalism. The program aired 6/22/21.
University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured on MSN.com regarding special purpose acquisition companies. The article titled "Electric auto startups hit speed bumps after heady debuts" was published 6/17/21.
Carter Chair in Tort and Insurance Law Michael L. Wells published "Some Objections to Strict Liability for Constitutional Torts" in 55 Georgia Law Review 1277 (2021).