Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner published “Corporate Personhood, Corporate Rights, and the Contingency of Corporate Law” in 16 Transnational Legal Theory (2025).
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 winning the East Coast regional of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. During the tournament, they beat teams from Harvard University and American University and will now advance to the international tier of the competition later this month. Third-year students Joseph M. "Joe" Colley and Brennan A. Rose served as student coaches, while J. Caleb Grant (J.D.'23) was the alumni coach.
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 the International Law Colloquium at Washington University in St. Louis.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West presented "The Work of the Press Clause" at the Villanova Law Review symposium titled Journalism at a Crossroads: Legal Protections, Innovations and Democracy during February.
Congratulations to the Class of 2022 for posting an Ultimate Bar Passage rate of 98.95%, meaning approximately 99% of these graduates who sat for the bar exam within two years of graduation passed. This near perfect Ultimate Bar Passage rate and the school's position as one of the nation's best returns on investment in legal education are helping UGA Law to redefine what it means to be a great national public law school – one that offers a hands-on, purpose-driven educational experience that matches excellence with access.
Smith Professor Hillel Y. Levin offers insights on the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos: “I urge the U.S. Supreme Court not to adopt the defendants’ interpretation of proximate cause as it would radically redefine this concept. Doing so would have far-reaching and unpredictable consequences and could potentially make it impossible to hold industries accountable for their harms caused by their products.”
Congratulations to Dean Usha R. Rodrigues on being selected as a research member of the European Corporate Governance Institute, an international non-profit established to “improve corporate governance through fostering independent scientific research and related activities.”
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz was featured in Newsweek regarding state taxes in Florida. The article titled “Could Florida Eliminate Property Tax? It’s Complicated” was written by Giulia Carbonaro and published 2/24/25.
Congratulations to third-year students Daisy Gonzales and Robert J. “Bob” Anderson for finishing third in the ABA Law Student Tax Challenge, where J.D. students solved a complex business problem that might arise in every-day tax practice. Coached by Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz, the UGA team competed against 84 teams from around the country.
Stanton Distinguished Professor in Canine Welfare Law & Practicum in Animal Welfare Skills Director Lisa Milot testified before the Georgia Senate Higher Education Committee hearing on SB20, which would allow for student loan repayments for veterinarians who practice shelter medicine and in nonprofit pet sterilization clinics.
Congratulations to Carson Alexander (J.D.'17) and Wil Alexander (J.D.'16), who were the top-ranking School of Law graduates in the 2025 Bulldog 100 list. Their business, Alexander & Alexander Attorneys at Law, was ranked 27th in the UGA Alumni Association list of honorees. Other School of Law alums to make the list were Adrian Pandev (J.D.’16) with Pandev Law at 33, Lindsey Cambardella (J.D.’12) and Jeremy Stallman (J.D.’09) with Translation Station at 39, Benjamin Osorio (J.D.’11) with Murray Osorio at 49, Brandon Barron (J.D.’99) with Southern Commercial Roof Tech at 64, and Charlie Thompson (J.D.’03) with ASW Distillery at 92. The Bulldog 100 annually honors “the 100 fastest-growing businesses owned or led by UGA alums.”
Congratulations to second-year student Allison L. Brown for designing and training the first-place prompt in the inaugural MIT AI Negotiation Competition's Value Created category. Brown's prompt won against entries from more than 25 countries that engaged in an estimated 250,000 negotiations. The MIT AI Negotiation Competition is a project of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy that is incorporating Large Language Models into the field's history of computer-based tournaments. Brown and her fellow negotiation advocacy team members prepared for the tournament with Faculty Coach Daniel S. Serviansky.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West was featured in The Wall Street Journal regarding freedom of speech. The article titled "Trump’s Media Company Sues Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Over Censorship" was written by Alyssa Lukpat, Samantha Pearson and Isabella Simonetti and was published 2/19/25.
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz presented “Global Tax Wars in the Digital Era” at the Columbia University Law School as part of the Davis Polk & Wardwell Tax Policy Colloquium during February.
The Practicum in Animal Welfare Skills, directed by Stanton Distinguished Professor in Canine Welfare Law Lisa Milot, helped the United Spay Alliance organize the first one-day wet lab for dogs in the country. The event, held in DeKalb County, was a “hands-on training opportunity for licensed veterinarians to learn safe, efficient high-quality high-volume spay/neuter (HQHVSN) surgical techniques to improve dog spay/neuter surgery.”
Congratulations to Dean Usha R. Rodrigues for receiving the 2025 Han C. Choi Mentor Award from the Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association at the 2025 Lunar New Year Banquet and Leadership Installation. The award recognizes members of the legal profession who demonstrate a remarkable commitment to mentoring the next generation.
Second-year student Elizabeth M. “Beth” Boland and third-year student Lauren R. Harter secured asylum for a long-time Community Health Law Partnership Clinic client. Under the supervision of Director & Hosch Professor Jason A. Cade and Staff Attorney Kristen Shepherd, the students represented the client at her most recent hearing in Arlington, Virginia, marking the end of nine years of advocacy. Clinic Paralegal Sarah Ehlers served as interpreter.
Stanton Distinguished Professor in Canine Welfare Law & Practicum in Animal Welfare Skills Director Lisa Milot was featured on Atlanta News First regarding outdoor dog sales. The segment titled "Atlanta police crack down on illegal puppy sales along BeltLine" aired 2/10/25.
The Appellate Litigation Clinic argued Qaiymah v. McHenry before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Third-year student Joseph M. “Joe” Colley presented the oral argument while, third-year student Garfield A. McIntyre Jr. helped write the briefs and prepare for the argument. They partnered with 2011 alumnus Benjamin J. “Ben” Osorio on the case.
Hosch Professor & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand was featured on Law.com regarding U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit judges. The article titled "Trump Gets second Shot at Flipping the 3rd Circuit. What Might its Future Look Like?" was written by Avalon Zoppo and published 2/11/25.