Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Assistant Professor Sandra G. Mayson was featured on CNBC regarding bail reform. The article titled "How the coronavirus could kill the US bail bond business" was written by Sully Barrett and published 5/9/20.
Hosch Professor Emeritus Thomas A. Eaton was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding insurers contesting workers' compensation claims related to COVID-19. The article titled "Workers' Comp Systems Poised for Deluge of COVID-19 Claims" was written by Robert Iafolla and published 5/8/20.
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson was featured in The Daily Beast regarding Georgia's stand-your-ground law relating to the death of Ahmaud Arbery. The article titled "'It's Murder': This Shooting of an Unarmed Black Man Is Roiling Georgia" was written by Justin Glawe and published 5/5/20.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein's treatise State Taxation was quoted by the Texas Supreme Court in Lockheed Martin Corp. v. Hegar (May 1, 2020) for the proposition that "a sales factor apportionment formula is intended 'to reflect the contribution of the market state to the taxpayer's income.'"
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West published "The Paradox of Justice John Paul Stevens" in 114 Northwestern University Law Review 1849 (2020) (with D. Lithwick).