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 on Bloomberg Law regarding Johnson & Johnson's decision to phase out its talc-based baby powder. The article titled "J&J Talc Phase-Out Seen as Possible Prelude to Settling Lawsuits" was written by Jef Feeley and Riley Griffin and published 5/20/20. This article was reprinted by other media outlets across the country.
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.