Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Hosch Professor Kent Barnett presented his co-authored essay "Chevron and Stare Decisis" (with C. Walker) at a symposium titled "Chevron On Trial" held by the George Mason Law Review in Washington, D.C., during October. This essay is one of many considering Loper Bright Enters. v. Raimondo, a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to overturn the Chevron deference doctrine—under which courts must defer to reasonable agency interpretations of statutes that agencies administer.
Clinical Assistant Professor & Prosecutorial Justice Program Director Melissa D. Redmon was featured in USA Today regarding the 2020 Georgia election interference case. The article titled "'Ominous' sign for Donald Trump? Guilty pleas from Chesebro, Powell raise the stakes in Georgia" was written by Aysha Bagchi and Bart Jansen and was published 10/21/23. The article was reprinted by other media outlets.
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 the case White v. Stanley to help explain the legislative purpose in enacting the state's evidence code. This citation brings the total to 68 times that this text has been used by Georgia appellate courts to resolve evidentiary issues.
Smith Professor Hillel Y. Levin offers insight on the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case U.S. v. Rahimi: "The case U.S. v. Rahimi is the first opportunity since New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen for the U.S. Supreme Court to consider its application to a firearms restriction. I am particularly interested to see if the Supreme Court takes the opportunity to refine or reformulate the Bruen test in a manner that makes it somewhat easier for the federal and state governments to craft sensible firearms restrictions. I am hopeful for the Supreme Court to do so because the Bruen test is out of step with the rest of constitutional law and is unworkable in practice.”
Clinical Assistant Professor & First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins planned and moderated "Black box platforms: Challenges of social media regulation,” a plenary panel at Yale Law School’s 2023 Access & Accountability Conference during October.