Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Clinical Associate Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured in Capital B News regarding issues related to the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial. The article titled "Diddy Faces Trial Amid Abuse Claims and Years of Industry Silence" was written by Bethonie Butler and published 5/12/25.
Talmadge Chair Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge presented "Perpetual Peace Reconsidered: Arbitration and International Law in the 21st Century" as the keynote speaker at the 10th Annual Atlanta International Arbitration Society Lecture during May.
Assistant Professor John B. Meixner Jr. presented as part of the Spring Faculty Speaker Series at the Louisiana State University Hebert Law Center.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein's treatise State Taxation was cited by the Oregon Tax Court in Microsoft, Inc. v. Department of Revenue (April 29, 2025).
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson's book Carlson on Evidence (with M. Carlson) was recently cited by the Georgia Court of Appeals in Martinez-Gaspar v. State to help decide what evidence properly reached the jury in a rape trial. This citation brings the total to 81 times that this text has been used by Georgia appellate courts to resolve evidentiary issues.