Post Professor Pamela Foohey presented her forthcoming book Debt’s Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy (co-authored with R.M. Lawless and D. Thorne) as part of the Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law symposium titled "Debt in the Real World" during March. Additionally, she presented as part of the panel on Dignity Not Debt: An Abolitionist Approach to Economic Justice.
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz was featured in Newsweek regarding state taxes in California. The article titled “Florida Wants to Cut Property Taxes – But California Has a Warning” was written by Giulia Carbonaro and published 4/10/25.
Assistant Professor Desirée LeClercq published "Gender-Based Violence at Sea" in 57 Cornell International Law Journal 99 (2024).
Congratulations to second-year students Dustin M. Batchelor, Grace K.S.Y. Johnson, F. Marion Kronauge, Morgan E. Pfohl and Ellis H.P. Schmitt for finishing in the top 32 teams out of 162 teams at the international round of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition after winning the East Coast regional earlier this year. Johnson and Schmitt tied for ninth in the best oralist category. The 2025 competition featured the largest pool of teams ever, with a total of 805 teams from 104 competing countries and jurisdictions globally. Third-year students Joseph M. "Joe" Colley, Katherine A. Lewis and Brennan A. Rose served as student coaches, while J. Caleb Grant (J.D.'23) was the alumni coach.
Congratulations to second-year student Dresden L. Day and third-year student M. Drake Jones for finishing among the top four teams in the country in the National Trial Competition. In addition, the duo was selected as the most professional team and Jones was named best advocate, an honor never before won by a UGA student. Jeremy Dailey (J.D.’14) and Haley Kairab (J.D.’22) coached the team, and second-year students Brianna N. House and Ethan Thomas served as witnesses.
Congratulations to second-year students H. Maddi Hughes and Alexis Bartholomew for winning the Best Brief Award and finishing as finalists at the Intrastate Moot Court Competition. A second UGA team, composed of Avery C. Hill, Charlotte L. Umanoff and Harsh Patel, finished as semifinalists. The teams were coached by third-year students Benjamin W. "Ben" Sowell, Natalya D. Moody and Michael E. Lomax with advisement from 2022 alumnus Cole Harper.
Congratulations to Danish Ali, Paria Keramatkhah, Samuel Kuo and Fabienne Taller for winning the 12th LL.M. International Commercial and Investment Arbitration Moot Competition this past weekend. The team was coached by former Dean & Talmadge Chair Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge and current third-year student Gloria M. Correa (LL.M.'23). Hosted by the American University College of Law, this event was created specifically for LL.M. students to foster the study of international arbitration for the resolution of international business and investment disputes.
Assistant Professor Desirée LeClercq published “Labor Strife and Peace” in 15 UC Irvine Law Review 216 (2024).
Regents' Professor of International Law & Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann presented “Child-Taking Justice and Forced Residential Schooling of Indigenous Americans” as part of an online workshop hosted by the American Society of International Law Transitional Justice and Rule of Law Interest Group during March.
The First Amendment Clinic recently argued Sullivan v. Prospero before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Third-year student E. Grace Lane and Clinical Associate Professor & First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins presented the case while former Legal Fellow Allyson Veile assisted with writing the brief.
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz was featured in Newsweek regarding state taxes in Florida. The article titled “Ron DeSantis Gives Update on Florida Dissolving Income, Property Tax” was written by Giulia Carbonaro and published 4/2/25.
Post Professor Pamela Foohey published “The End(s) of Bankruptcy Exceptionalism: Purdue Pharma and the Problem of Social Debt” in 46 Cardozo Law Review 861 (2025) (with J.C. Lipson).
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner presented “Potential for Stakeholder Corporate Governance in the United States” as part of an online seminar titled “Stakeholder Approach and Corporate Governance Evolution” hosted by Université Rennes 2 in France and Roskilde Universitet in Denmark during March.
The School of Law recently bestowed the Distinguished Service Scroll Award, the Law School Association’s highest honor, on former School of Law Dean Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge and 1989 graduate Yvette K. Daniels for their outstanding dedication and service to the legal profession and the law school. Additionally, Carson M. Alexander was presented with the Young Alumni/Alumnae of Excellence Award.
The Land Conservation Clinic recently visited a 223-acre property protected by a conservation easement to learn about the landowner’s innovative efforts to protect the site and enhance biodiversity. The site, which features an important tributary to the Oconee River, gave students an opportunity to observe the impact of a conservation easement.
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz presented “Artificial Intelligence and Taxpayer Entity” at Case Western Reserve University School of Law as part of the Journal of Law, Technology & the Internet symposium titled “Exploring the AI Frontier: The Business World, Artificial Intelligence, and the Law” during March.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein's treatise State Taxation was cited by the Illinois First District Appellate Court in Pepsico, Inc. v. Illinois Department of Revenue (March 19, 2025).
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West presented "Defamation Law in the Digital Age: The Relevancy of New York Times v. Sullivan in the Modern World" as the UGA Terry College of Business Certificate in Legal Studies Lecturer during March.
The Appellate Litigation Clinic recently argued Bilal v. Benoit before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Third-year students Robert A. "Bobby" Bellen and Natalya D. Moody presented the case. Third-year students Anna E. Gowen, Caleb Z. Morris and Anderson B. Scott helped them prepare the argument.
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner participated in a panel discussion on international corporate law forums at the Journal of Business and Technology Law symposium titled “Corporate Law Forums Outside Delaware” at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in March.