Associate Professor & Veterans Legal Clinic Director Alexander W. Scherr has been elected to a three-year term on the board of the National Law School Veterans Clinic Consortium. An accredited veterans service organization, the consortium advocates for veterans in judicial, legislative and administrative forums. It also supports veterans clinics in law schools through an annual conference, online resources, and regular seminars and case rounds for students in veterans clinics.
The University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant has long sought to remedy the health of the Georgia coast through research and outreach. When these communities identified a need to better understand coastal law and policy issues, Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant worked to fill this void with the help of School of Law students. Participants are able to pursue a wide variety of environmental issues that interest them.
The University of Georgia School of Law has received a $1.355 million grant from The Stanton Foundation to help reduce the neglect and abuse of dogs. The school’s Practicum in Animal Welfare Skills will use the funding to create resources for animal control personnel, law enforcement, prosecutors, law students, advocates and the general public.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch published "Perceptions of Justice in Multidistrict Litigation: Voices from the Crowd" in 107 Cornell Law Review 1835 (2022) (with M.S. Williams).
Associate Dean for International Programs & Post Professor Melissa J. "MJ" Durkee presented “Pledging World Order” (forthcoming in the Yale Journal of International of Law) virtually as part of the Brooklyn Colloquium on International Economic Law, sponsored by the Block Center for International Business Law at New York’s Brooklyn Law School during January.
Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Lindsey Simon was featured on Law.com regarding the 3M/Aearo Technologies' combat ear plugs litigation. The article titled "Earplug lawyers: Talc Dismissal 'Knocks the Props Out' of 3M Bankruptcy" was written by Amanda Bronstad and published 2/3/23.
First-year law student M. Drake Jones is the winner of the School of Law's 2023 J. Ralph Beaird 1L Closing Argument Competition. Congratulations to all who competed, including finalist Presley C. Sneed, on their performances.
Master in the Study of Law student Jaquarius K. Raglin was featured in Columns regarding his receipt of the UGA President's Fulfilling the Dream Award. The article titled "Jaquarius Raglin helps students find their path" was written by Krista Richmond and published 2/3/23. In the article, he talks about his work with the law school's Community Health Law Partnership Clinic among other activities.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West published "The Disappearing Freedom of the Press" in 79 Washington & Lee Law Review 1377 (2022) (with R.A. Jones).
Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Lindsey Simon was featured in a Reuters article regarding the status of Johnson & Johnson's bankruptcy filing related to its talc products. The article titled "Corporate lawsuit dodge imperiled after court rejects J&J bankruptcy tactic" was written by Dan Levine and Mike Spector and was published 2/2/23.
Carter Chair in Tort and Insurance Law Michael L. Wells published "Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski, Nominal Damages, and the Roberts Stratagem" in 56 Georgia Law Review 1127 (2022).
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher Bruner presented his book, The Corporation as Technology: Re-Calibrating Corporate Governance for a Sustainable Future (Oxford University Press, 2022), at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law during January.
Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in an Agence France-Presse article regarding claims made by a short-seller against Adani Group. The article titled "A US corporate scourge deflates the empire of Indian tycoon Adani" was written by Thomas Urbain and published 1/31/23. The article was reprinted by media outlets around the globe.
Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Lindsey Simon was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding mass tort liabilities and bankruptcy filings. The article titled "J&J Bankruptcy Ruling Knocks Money Deal in 'Texas Two-Step'" was written by James Nani and Alex Wolf and was published 1/31/23.
A School of Law journey abroad has cemented a partnership – launching a student exchange and planning a range of other collaborative initiatives – with India’s top-ranked law school. Dean Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge and Sarah Quinn, associate director for global practice preparation at the school's Dean Rusk International Law Center, traveled in December to O.P. Jindal Global Law School in Sonipat. While there, Rutledge and Vice Chancellor of Jindal Global University C. Raj Kumar signed a memorandum of understanding that establishes the semester-long exchange of the two law schools’ students.
Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge and second-year student Alexis M. Watson published "Supreme Court Denies a Request for Stay in Coinbase Arbitration Dispute" in the Daily Report on 1/30/23.
Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Lindsey Simon was featured in a Reuters article regarding mass tort liabilities and bankruptcy filings. The article titled "U.S. court rejects J&J bankruptcy strategy for thousands of talc lawsuits" was written by Tom Hals, Mike Spector and Dan Levine and was published 1/30/23. It has been reprinted by media outlets around the globe.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding law firms and financial investors directly partnering together on mass tort litigation. The article titled "Camp Lejeune Ads Surge Amid 'Wild West' of Legal Finance, Tech" was written by Roy Strom and published 1/30/23.
Assistant Professor Thomas E. Kadri was featured in Columns regarding his research involving the intersection of free speech, technology and privacy. The article titled "Assistant professor examines legal aspects of digital abuse" was written by Krista Richmond and published 1/27/23.
Congratulations to third-year students Nicholas R. “Nick” Lewis, Courtney H. Robinson and Akash P. Shah for winning the 2023 Hunton Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship. This invitation-only tournament is reserved for the top 16 moot court programs from law schools across the country based on performances from the previous academic year. With this victory, the School of Law now has three championship trophies at this “best of the best” courtroom competition. The other championship years are 2014 and 2019.