Hosch Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies Logan E. Sawyer III presented "Gienapp’s Big Book: Conceptual Rupture, Modernism, and the End of Originalism" as part of a symposium on Jonathan Gienapp’s Against Constitutional Originalism: A Historical Critique at Yale Law School during April.
Smith Professor Hillel Y. Levin published “Using Public Nuisance Litigation to Address Industrywide Misconduct: Common-Law Statutes, Nondelegation Doctrine, and Regulation by Litigation” in 74 DePaul Law Review 461 (2025) (with T.D. Lytton).
Congratulations to third-year student Jacob M. Blott for being named a Law Student of the Year by National Jurist. The article titled “Future Legal Leaders: Meet the next generation of lawyers making a difference in policy, advocacy and legal innovation” was published in the spring 2025 issue.
Post Professor Pamela Foohey was featured on CBS News regarding the increasing numbers of people filing for bankruptcy. The article titled “More Americans teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. Here’s why.” was written by Megan Cerullo and published 4/22/25.
Clinical Associate Professor & First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins presented “Teaching Justice and the First Amendment” as part of the Clinical Legal Education Association’s Teaching Justice series, which highlights new experiential approaches to clinical learning.
Wilson Associate Professor in Business Law Laura Phillips-Sawyer was featured on BBC News regarding antitrust law. The article titled "Google has illegal advertising monopoly, judge rules" was written by Imran Rahman-Jones and published 4/17/25.
Assistant Professor Thomas E. Kadri testified before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity hearing on bills related to data use, data privacy and cybersecurity during April.
Wilson Associate Professor in Business Law Laura Phillips-Sawyer was selected to join the board of the Antitrust Law Journal. A triannual peer-reviewed publication of the American Bar Association, the journal is “the premier publication offering original articles, comments, and essays on issues of antitrust and consumer protection law.”
Clinical Associate Professor & First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins was featured in The Wall Street Journal regarding public records requests. The article titled "Augusta National Is So Private Even the Government Protects Its Secrets" was written by Louise Radnofsky and Andrew Beaton and published 4/13/25.
Congratulations to first-year students Julia A. Terry and Divya Kishore and to all of the other participants who made the 2025 First-year Moot Court Competition a great success. The final round was judged by UGA President Jere W. Morehead (J.D.’80), Supreme Court of Georgia Justice Verda M. Colvin (J.D.’90) and U.S. Circuit Judge Stephanie D. Thacker. Terry was named champion and received the Morehead Best Oralist Award, while Kishore finished the tournament as finalist.
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz presented “Artificial Intelligence and Taxpayer Entity” at the Duke Law Tax Policy Seminar during April.
Wilson Associate Professor in Business Law Laura Phillips-Sawyer was featured on BBC News regarding the requirements for successful antitrust cases. The article titled "Landmark antitrust trial could force Zuckerberg to sell Instagram" was written by Lily Jamali and published 4/14/25. The article has been republished by other media outlets.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West was featured in The Wall Street Journal regarding defamation lawsuits against the press. The article titled "Sarah Palin’s Defamation Case Against New York Times Goes to Trial—Again" was written by Corinne Ramey and Isabella Simonetti and published 4/13/25. Portions of the article have been republished by other outlets.
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.