Metadata Services & Special Collections Librarian Rachel S. Evans co-authored "Georgia Librarians Working from Home during the COVID-19 Pandemic" in 57 Georgia Library Quarterly 3 (2020).
The University of Georgia School of Law hosted the first virtual version of the Georgia Association for Legal Externships supervisor attorney training in collaboration with the other Georgia law schools. Approximately 150 attorneys attended the training on Zoom which covered issues important to legal externship supervision in 2020. Topics included: remote supervision, ethical supervision in the time of Covid-19 and exploring anti-racist supervision.
Wilner/UGA Foundation Professor in International Law Harlan G. Cohen presented "Nations and Markets" at the International Economic Law and Policy Workshop during July.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding multidistrict litigation. The article titled "JPMorgan, BofA Defeat Bids to Combine Suits Over PPP Lending" was written by Janan Hanna and published 8/5/20.
First Amendment Clinic Director and Clinical Assistant Professor Clare R. Norins was featured on Yahoo! News regarding free speech and social media. The article titled "Blocked On Facebook, Douglasville Woman Sues County Commissioner" was written by Jim Massara and published 8/4/20.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West presented "The U.S. Supreme Court and the Press: An Empirical Study" (with R.A. Jones) at the "Rocky Mountain First Amendment All Stars" workshop, sponsored by the University of Colorado Law School.
Assistant Professor Thomas E. Kadri published "Networks of Empathy" in 2020 Utah Law Review 1075 (2020).
Three members of the School of Law faculty have been appointed to endowed professorships as of Aug. 1: Nathan S. Chapman has been named the Pope F. Brock Associate Professor in Professional Responsibility. Melissa J. "M.J." Durkee was promoted to the rank of full professor and named the holder of the Allen Post Professorship. Joseph S. Miller was awarded a J. Alton Hosch Professorship.
The First Amendment Clinic filed an amicus brief in the matter of ACLU v. Zeh requesting the Georgia Supreme Court to review a matter that can weaken First Amendment protections under Georgia's anti-Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation statute ("anti-SLAPP"). Representing fellow amici curiae the University of Virginia School of Law's First Amendment Clinic and the Georgia First Amendment Foundation, the UGA First Amendment Clinic argues that the lower court in Zeh failed to apply the "actual malice" standard in deciding whether a defamation lawsuit survives a motion to strike under the anti-SLAPP statute.
Assistant Professor Jonathan Peters published "What the lawyers who sue the press think of the press, and media law" in the Columbia Journalism Review on 7/30/20.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding repeat players in class action and multidistrict litigation counsel leadership teams. The article titled "Calls for Lawyer Diversity Spread to Complex Class Litigation" was written by Ralph Chapoco and published 7/30/20.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch and her book Mass Tort Deals were featured on Environmental Health News regarding plaintiff payouts in mass tort litigation settlements. The article titled "Some US Roundup plaintiffs balk at signing Bayer settlement deals; $160,000 average payout eyed" was written by Carey Gillam and published 7/30/20.
Associate Dean and Martin Chair of Law Andrea L. Dennis was featured on WACH-TV regarding justice system and law enforcement reform in South Carolina. The article "SC lawmakers tackle state's justice system and law enforcement policies" was written by Ashley Briggs and Sooji Nam and published 7/28/20.
Associate Dean and Martin Chair of Law Andrea L. Dennis was featured on WIS-TV regarding justice system and law enforcement reform in South Carolina. The article "New SC House committee tasked with police and reform sentencing efforts meets for the first time" was written by Jason Raven and published 7/28/20.
Associate Dean and Martin Chair of Law Andrea L. Dennis was featured on WOLO-TV regarding justice system and law enforcement reform in South Carolina. The article "S.C. Law Enforcement Reform Committee meets for first time" was written by Maria Szatkowski and published 7/28/20.
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher Bruner presented "The Corporation as Technology: Re-Calibrating Corporate Governance for a Sustainable Future" to staff of the International Monetary Fund during July.
Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann served as a panelist for "Time to step up at the ICC; No time to trim the sails" discussing the International Criminal Court. The presentation was sponsored by the Promise Institute for Human Rights at the UCLA School of Law during July. Amann currently serves as the International Criminal Court prosecutor's special adviser on children in and affected by armed conflict.
Hosch Associate Professor Kent Barnett was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's new Preserving Community and Neighborhood Choice rule. The article titled "Trump Administration Repeals Obama-Era Fair Housing Rule (1)" was written by Evan Weinberger and published 7/23/20.
Associate Professor Logan E. Sawyer III published a book review of Conservatives and the Constitution: Imagining Constitutional Restoration in the Heyday of American Liberalism (by K.I. Kersch) in 38 Law and History Review 512 (2020).
Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann served as a discussant for the paper titled "Euphemism and Jus Cogens" by Quinnipiac School of Law's Alex Sinha at the University of Florida Levin College of Law's National Security Law Junior Scholars Workshop held virtually during July.