Post Professor Pamela Foohey was featured on Law360 regarding her co-authored book Debt’s Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy (University of California Press, 2025). The article titled “How 'Debt's Grip' Shows Up In Consumer Bankruptcies: Part 1" was written by Clara Geoghegan and published 10/10/25.
Congratulations to third-year law students Maya E.M. Davis, Kaylah J. Holmes and Eric Narbo as well as second-year law student Naryan C. Parimi on winning the regional championship at the All-Star Bracket Challenge. The team coached by alumni Jonathan (J.D.’16) and Whitney (J.D.’15) Stuart will compete at Nationals in San Antonio in November.
Post Professor Pamela Foohey was featured on Bloomberg regarding the auto sales and financing markets. The article titled "Tricolor Collapse Exposes Risks in Opaque 'Buy Here, Pay Here' Model" was written by Isabella Farr and Paige Smith and was published 10/10/25.
Associate Professor Thomas E. Kadri published Georgia Personal Injury (LexisNexis, 2025).
Lecturer Sherrie L. Hines was featured by The UGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences regarding her path to becoming a UGA faculty member. The article titled “Courtroom to Campus: Sherrie Hines’s Franklin Journey: Mock Trial to UGA Law School Lecturer" was written by Susan Ambrosetti and published 9/18/25.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on Law.com regarding the role of judges in selecting leadership for multidistrict litigation trials. The article “A ‘Chilling Effect’? Lawyers of Color Lose Leadership Gaines in Multidistrict Litigation” was written by Amanda Bronstad and published 10/7/25.
Assistant Professor Meighan Parker presented as part of the panel titled “Legal Dimensions of Rural Healthcare” at the Mitchell Hamline Law Review Symposium titled “Legal Frontiers: Challenges and Opportunities in the Rural Midwest” during October.
Dean Usha R. Rodrigues published “Numerus Clausus No More: A Fundamental Shift in Delaware Corporate Law” in 22 Berkeley Business Law Journal 390 (2025).
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding plaintiff victories in bellwether trials. The article “Uber Sexual Assault Trial Win Spotlights Causality, Safety” was written by Isaiah Poritz and published 10/2/25.
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz presented “Global Tax Wars in the Digital Era” (forthcoming in the American University Law Review) virtually as part of the international business transactions lecture series at the University of Virginia during September.
For the 12th consecutive year, University of Georgia School of Law graduates have led the state in the Georgia bar exam passage rate. UGA Law graduates who sat for the July 2025 exam posted the highest rate for first-time takers among the state’s law schools and exceeded the overall passage rate by more than 6%.
During the 2024-25 academic year, approximately 425 School of Law students enrolled or re-enrolled in one of the school's 18 clinic/externship programs and cumulatively engaged in nearly 82,000 service-learning hours. More than 27,000 of those hours occurred under the direct supervision of law school faculty members directing in-house clinical programs – all of which provide access to justice services for underserved communities and individuals.
Associate Professor Thomas E. Kadri was featured on Atlanta's 11Alive regarding privacy concerns and public security cameras. The segment titled "Growing surveillance program tests balance between privacy and policing in Atlanta" was hosted by Zach Merchant and aired 9/28/25.
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 regarding the nature of attorney-client privilege in Royal Texas LLC v. Cajun Global LLC. This citation brings the total to 83 times that this text has been used by Georgia appellate courts to resolve evidentiary issues.
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz presented “Artificial Intelligence and Taxation’s Goals” as part of a tax colloquium at the University of Florida Levin College of Law during September.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding product liability lawsuits. The article “Tylenol Maker Kenvue Faces Mounting Crisis After Trump Blast” was written by Redd Brown and Jef Feeley and published 9/24/25. The article has been republished by other outlets.
Wilson Associate Professor in Business Law Laura Phillips-Sawyer was a featured reviewer of Richard Langlois' The Corporation and the Twentieth Century: The History of American Business Enterprise in the article “Roundtable Review” in 26 Enterprise & Society (2025).
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner presented “Corporate Sustainability and Anti-ESG Backlash” as keynote address at the SMART Network Symposium titled “Sustainability is (Still) Possible! Governing Market Actors for a Safe and Just Space” during September in Italy. The symposium was co-sponsored by the Department of Law and the Department of Economics and Statistics at the University of Turin.
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz published “UN Tax Negotiations: North-South Tensions and the Challenge of Institutional Legitimacy” in 8 Caribbean Tax Law Journal 14 (2025).
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner presented “Value Chain Due Diligence and Populist Politics” during September in Turin, Italy. The seminar was co-hosted by the Department of Law and the Department of Economics and Statistics at the University of Turin.