Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in Bloomberg regarding her thoughts on talc liability by companies that produce body powder. The article titled "Bausch Yanked Talc From Its Body Powder Months Before J&J Recall" was written by Jef Feeley and published 11/6/19.
Associate Dean for Faculty Development & Kirbo Chair Elizabeth Weeks presented on healthism at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia during November.
Martin Chair Andrea L. Dennis' book Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics, and Guilt in America was reviewed in the American Library Association's Booklist.
Assistant Professor Lindsey Simon was profiled on UGA's homepage as part of the university's "Focus on Faculty" feature.
Assistant Clinical Professor and Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured in the Georgia Recorder regarding the possible revival of Georgia's Hidden Predator Act. The article titled "Revived 'hidden predator' bill stirs legal worries at legislative hearing" was written by Beau Evans and published 10/30/19.
Congratulations to third-year students Thomas H. Paris IV and Georgia L. Turner, who defeated a team from the University of Florida to win the annual Florida/Georgia-Hulsey/Gambrell Moot Court Competition in Jacksonville. The long-running tournament is traditionally held before the Georgia-Florida football game. Two law students from each school compete as lawyers in a mock appellate case, and the victors earn the right to keep the championship trophy at their law school for the year. The School of Law's win brings its record in the competition to 24-11-2.
Assistant Clinical Professor and Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured in an CNHI article regarding the possible revival of Georgia's Hidden Predator Act. The article titled "Lawmakers poised to revive Hidden Predators Act" was written by Riley Bunch and published 10/30/19. This story appeared in several community newspapers in Georgia.
Hosch Associate Professor Kent Barnett was featured in Slate regarding CashCall/Consumer Financial Protection Bureau legal proceedings. The article titled "A Judge Said a Lending Tycoon Didn't Know He Was Breaking the Law. Should That Matter?" was written by Elena Botella and published 10/29/19.
Assistant Professor Jonathan Peters published "Explaining a police consultancy's lawsuit over a Central Park Five miniseries" in the Columbia Journalism Review on 10/29/19.
The University of Georgia School of Law will host a discussion of the recently published book Mass Tort Deals: Backroom Bargaining in Multidistrict Litigation, which was written by Elizabeth Chamblee Burch, the holder of the law school's Fuller E. Callaway Chair. The discussion will be held Nov. 8 from 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Classroom B of Hirsch Hall on UGA's North Campus. The event is free and open to the public.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West presented "The Majoritarian Press Clause" at The University of Chicago Law School Legal Forum's annual symposium titled "What's the Harm? The Future of the First Amendment" held at The University of Chicago Law School during October.
Hosch Associate Professor Kent Barnett published "Some Kind of Hearing Officer" in 94 Washington Law Review 515 (2019).
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson's book Carlson on Evidence (with M. Carlson) was recently cited by the Georgia Court of Appeals in the case of Jones v. State. This citation marks the 47th Georgia appellate court decision (Supreme and Court of Appeals) where Carlson's book has been cited since 2013.
Assistant Clinical Professor and Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured in the Georgia Recorder regarding the possible revival of Georgia's Hidden Predator Act. The article titled "Ga. House panel considers reviving 'Hidden Predator Act' for 2020" was written by Beau Evans and published 10/25/19.
The University of Georgia School of Law announces that for the sixth consecutive year, its graduates achieved the highest bar examination passage rate for first-time takers in the state of Georgia for the July sitting. "The faculty, staff and I are incredibly proud of our students for their hard work," School of Law Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge said. "Our primary focus at the School of Law has been - and remains - to provide our students with first-rate legal training so they can become future leaders of state and society."
School of Law 2010 alumna Emily Boness and second-year law student Ansley Whiten were featured on UGA Today regarding the Athens Peer Court, which was created by Boness - who is a public service associate at UGA's Fanning Institute for Leadership Development - and Athens-Clarke County Juvenile Court Judge Robin Shearer, who is a 1987 School of Law graduate. Athens Peer Court has tried more than 580 cases. A partnership between the Fanning Institute, a UGA Public Service and Outreach unit, and the Athens-Clarke County Juvenile Court System, the peer court is in its seventh year. The story was written by Leigh Beeson and published 10/24/19.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West presented as part of a panel titled "News, Information, and Discussion of Matters of Public Concern in a Social Media Age" at the "News, Disinformation, and Social Media Responsibility" symposium held at the University of Utah College of Law during October.
Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann was featured in Vox regarding her thoughts on whether or not the president can be prosecuted. The article titled "Trump's lawyer says he can't be prosecuted. I asked 16 legal experts if that's true." was written by Sean Illing and published 10/24/19.
Special Collections Librarian Sharon Bradley, Metadata Services Librarian Rachel S. Evans and Collection Services Manager David Rutland presented "Quick Take: Timelords & Timelines: Four Web Apps for Storytelling in Libraries" at the Georgia Libraries Conference during October.
Hosch Associate Professor Kent Barnett presented as a featured speaker for Ballard Spahr's "Is the CFPB Constitutional?" seminar, which had an audience of more than 500, during October.