The University of Georgia Alumni Association Board of Directors has elected its 79th president, Corey Dortch, and approved seven new board members, including Santhia L. Curtis (J.D.’91). Their terms began July 1. Additionally, alumni Yvette K. Daniels (J.D.’89) and Kevin A. Gooch (J.D.’04) concluded their terms on the board on June 30.
Director of Advocacy Kellie Casey was featured on Juris Education regarding the School of Law’s advocacy program. The article titled "Our Interview With Kellie Casey, Director of Advocacy At The University Of Georgia School Of Law" was published 7/31/25.
The University of Georgia School of Law has created a new admissions pathway for prospective students who earn a bachelor’s degree from University System of Georgia institutions. For the fall 2026 admissions cycle, students with qualifying academic credentials can apply for admission without taking the Law School Admission Test or Graduate Record Exam. Admitted students will automatically qualify for a $5,000 merit scholarship.
Post Professor Pamela Foohey published Debt’s Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy (University of California Press, 2025).
Congratulations to UGA President Jere W. Morehead (J.D.'80) for receiving the Distinguished Career Achievement Award from the Academy of Legal Studies in Business, honoring his leadership at UGA and his “exceptional career spanning more than four decades.”
Congratulations to Associate Professor Thomas E. Kadri for receiving the Haub Law Emerging Scholar Award in Women, Gender & Law from the Haub School of Law at Pace University, honoring his co-authored article “Safe Sex in the Age of Big Tech Feminism” (with B. Dvoskin) (forthcoming in the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology). The award is given annually to recognize “outstanding legal scholarship related to gender and the law” from full-time law professors with no more than five years of teaching experience.
Talmadge Chair Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge published “Whither Leviathan? The Seepage of Constitutional Law into Public-Private Arbitration in the United States” in The Comparative Constitutional Foundations of Private-Public Arbitration (S.W. Schill ed.) (Oxford University Press, 2025).
Athens, Ga. — The University of Georgia Foundation Board of Trustees, which oversees the foundation’s work, approved changes in leadership and board appointments. School of Law alums Natalie Schweers Coghill (J.D.'98) and Vernon E. "Trey" Googe III (J.D.'94) were elected as executive vice-chair and secretary respectively, with Steve C. Jones (J.D.'87) being elected as emeritus chair and Neal J. Quirk Sr. (J.D.'87) being granted emeritus status.
Assistant Professor Desirée LeClercq recently presented on the future of multilateralism, trade and worker rights for World Trade Organization officials and researchers in Switzerland.
Associate Professor with Tenure Thomas E. Kadri presented his forthcoming article “Deepfake Torts: Emerging Tort Frameworks in U.S. Deepfakes Regulation” (co-authored with Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West) at the Journal of Tort Law symposium titled “Tort Liability for Deepfakes” during July.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West presented her forthcoming article “Deepfake Torts: Emerging Tort Frameworks in U.S. Deepfakes Regulation” (co-authored with Associate Professor with Tenure Thomas E. Kadri) at the Journal of Tort Law symposium titled “Tort Liability for Deepfakes” during July.
Wilson Associate Professor in Business Law Laura Phillips-Sawyer recently presented as part of the Harvard Business School Workshop titled “Globalization, Multinationals, and Institutions” at the Business History Conference in Atlanta. Additionally, she chaired the panel “Trust and Antitrust – Standard Oil and the Creation of the Global Economy.”
The School of Law's moot court program was recently ranked eighth in the nation based on competition performances during the 2024-25 academic year. The University of Houston Law Center compiles this annual ranking to determine which 16 law schools to invite to the Moot Court National Championship each spring. UGA has won this "best of the best" competition four times and finished as finalists twice in the tournament's 16-year history.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West published The Future of Press Freedom: Democracy, Law, and the News in Changing Times (co-edited with R.A. Jones) (Cambridge University Press, 2025). She also co-authored the introductory chapter.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein's article “State and Local Taxation of Intangibles Generates Increasing Controversy” (80 Journal of Taxation 296 (1994)) was cited by the Oregon Supreme Court regarding the taxation of intangible property in Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. Department of Revenue (July 24, 2025).
The Public Interest Practicum, directed by Clinical Associate Professor Elizabeth M. Grant, collaborated with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs to publish an update for the Georgia Landlord Tenant Handbook, which serves as a guide for tenants and landlords to understand their legal rights and responsibilities.
Assistant Professor Desirée LeClercq recently presented data on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement for United Kingdom trade negotiators and academics at the University of Oxford.
Alumnus Benjamin A. “Ben” Land (J.D.’92) was sworn in as a Georgia Supreme Court justice. The court's release was published 7/24/25.
Assistant Professor John B. Meixner Jr. presented “Equality in Sentencing Mitigation” (forthcoming in the Fordham Law Review) as part of the Harvard/Yale/Stanford Junior Faculty Forum at Harvard Law School.
Associate Dean for Faculty Development & Cleveland Distinguished Chair Nathan S. Chapman’s articles "Due Process Abroad" (112 Northwestern University Law Review 377 (2017)) and "Due Process as Separation of Powers" (121 Yale Law Journal 1672 (2012) (with M.W. McConnell)) were cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in Fuid v. Palestine Liberation Organization.