Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives & Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Mehrsa Baradaran's book The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap was awarded the 2019 Best Book in Urban Affairs Award, which is presented by the Urban Affairs Association.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in Legal NewsLine regarding her thoughts on a law firm that gave some of its clients two days to decide whether to dismiss their lawsuits or accept a settlement from Johnson & Johnson. The article titled "Pelvic mesh lawyers pressured clients to dismiss cases to avoid costs of trial" was written by Daniel Fisher and published 4/25/19.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West's article "The Fragility of the Free American Press" (112 Northwestern University Law Review 47 (2017) (with R.A. Jones)) was cited by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida in the case of Folta v. The New York Times and Lipton.
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives & Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Mehrsa Baradaran was featured in a Public Broadcasting System documentary titled "Boss: The Black Enterprise Business" that aired 4/23/19.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West presented "Physicians and Free Speech: How Doctors Ended Up in the Crosshairs of Political Court Battles" as part of the University of Florida's "Science: Unsilenced" series during April.
Hosch Associate Professor Melissa J. Durkee presented "Interstitial Space Law" at the Temple University Beasley School of Law during April.
Wilner/UGA Foundation Professor in International Law Harlan G. Cohen published "... And Trade" in 2019 University of Illinois Law Review Online 48 (2019).
Congratulations to first-year student Lisa C. Garcia for receiving a Georgia Latino Law Foundation Fellowship. This program partners Latino law students with summer internship opportunities to gain substantive legal experience under the supervision and mentorship of legal professionals. The Georgia Latino Law Foundation selects fellows who have "demonstrated personal and academic excellence, as well as a true heart for leadership through service."
Smith Professor Hillel Y. Levin published "Justice Gorsuch's Views on Precedent in the Context of Statutory Interpretation" in 70 Alabama Law Review 687 (2019).
Wilner/UGA Foundation Professor in International Law Harlan G. Cohen published "What is International Trade Law For?" in 113 American Journal of International Law 326 (2019).
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West presented as part of a panel titled "The Free Press and the Presidency" at the "Freedom of the Press in Tumultuous Times" conference hosted by the Utah Valley University Center for Constitutional Studies during April.
Clinical Professor & Prosecutorial Justice Program Director Alan A. Cook was featured in the LaGrange Daily News regarding his keynote address at LaGrange's Child Abuse Awareness Ceremony and Re-signing of the Child Abuse Protocol event. The article titled "Local officials re-sign Child Abuse Protocol" was written by Alicia B. Hill and published 4/17/19.
The OUTLaw/Stonewall Law Student Association's "Out: An Oral History of UGA Law's Queer Faculty and Staff" was selected as the "Outstanding Cross-Cultural Program" during the 18th Annual H. Gordon and Francis S. Davis Student Organization Achievement and Recognition Awards, given out April 16 at the Tate Student Center. The SOAR Awards celebrate the accomplishments of student organizations at the University of Georgia.
Associate Professor Logan E. Sawyer III presented "Originalism from the Soft Southern Strategy to the New Right: The Constitutional Politics of Sam Ervin Jr." as part of Boston College's Legal History Roundtable series during April.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in The New York Times regarding a recent Food and Drug Administration order to stop surgical mesh sales for the repair of pelvic organ prolapse and related litigation. The article titled "F.D.A. Halts U.S. Sales of Pelvic Mesh, Citing Safety Concerns for Women" was written by Shelia Kaplan and Matthew Goldstein and was published 4/16/19.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein published "Digital Taxation Lessons From Wayfair and the U.S. States' Responses" in 94 Tax Notes International 241 (2019) (with J. Owens and C. Dimitropoulou) (published simultaneously in 92 State Tax Notes 219 (2019)).
Congratulations to second-year student Robert E. "Bob" Schaaf for being recognized as a distinguished law student at the 45th Annual Seminar on Bankruptcy Law and Rules. This national seminar is presented by the Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute and brings together over 500 bankruptcy attorneys and professionals each year.
Congratulations to the Community Health Law Partnership (HeLP) Clinic for assisting two clients from Egypt with their citizenship cases. Third-year student Sarah A. Mirza and Onur Yildirim (J.D.'18) helped prepare the initial applications last year. Third-year student Amy E. Buice and second-year student William D. Ortiz worked to prepare the pair for their naturalization interviews and attended the naturalization ceremony in 2019. The cases were supervised by clinic Director and Associate Professor Jason A. Cade.
Professor Joseph S. Miller presented "IP Law's Semantic Self-Portrait: A Co-Citation Analysis" as the featured presenter as part of the University of San Diego School of Law's IP Speaker Series during April.
Hosch Associate Professor Kent Barnett was featured in Bloomberg Law regarding the White House's new policy regarding the review of major pending rules and guidance by the federal budget office. The article titled "White House exerts control over finance regulators" was written by Evan Weinberger and published 4/15/19.