Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Smith Professor Hillel Y. Levin published "Stopping the resurgence of vaccine-preventable childhood diseases: Policy, politics, and law" in 2020 University of Illinois Law Review 233 (2020) (with S.P. Kershner, T.D. Lytton, D. Salmon and S.B. Omer).
Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann presented "Intersectional Sovereignties: Dr. Aline Chalufour, Woman at Nuremberg - and at Paris, Ottawa, and Dalat" as part of "Global History and International Law," a seminar organized under the auspices of the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (SciencesPo). Dr. George Giannakopoulos of King's College London and NYU London served as discussant.
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson was featured in Newsweek regarding the Ahmaud Arbery case. The article titled "In Ahmaud Arbery shooting, a George Zimmerman-style defense may resonate with Georgia jurors" was written by Roger Parloff and published 5/19/20.
Cleveland Distinguished Chair of Legal Ethics and Professionalism & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lonnie T. Brown Jr.'s book Defending the Public's Enemy: The Life and Legacy of Ramsey Clark (Stanford University Press, 2019) received the 2020 Silver Independent Publisher Book Award in the biography category. This year's winning titles in the 24th Annual Independent Publisher Book Awards came from 44 U.S. states plus Washington, D.C., and Guam; 7 Canadian provinces; and 15 countries overseas.
The First Amendment Clinic won its first case with the assistance of co-counsel Gerry R. Weber Jr. (J.D.'89). The settlement included equitable relief, damages and attorneys' fees on behalf of a Douglas County (Ga.) resident who was blocked from her county commissioner's official-purpose Facebook page. The result was covered by the Douglas County Sentinel. First Amendment Clinic Director and Clinical Assistant Professor Clare R. Norins said she was pleased the newspaper covered the case because it will educate "readers and other politicians about the state of the law on government officials blocking people on social media based on the viewpoint of their speech - i.e., they can't do it!"