The School of Law is pleased to welcome four new professors this fall. Prof. Pamela Foohey will teach Bankruptcy, Secured Transactions and a Bankruptcy Practice Seminar; Asst. Prof. Assaf Harpaz will teach Federal Income Tax and Taxation of Business Enterprises; Asst. Prof. Desirée LeClercq will teach International Trade and Workers Rights, International Labor Law, International Law and U.S. Labor Law; and Asst. Prof. Meighan Parker will teach The Law of American Health Care and Torts.
Assistant Professor Desirée LeClercq presented "Enforcement of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Rapid Response Mechanism" at the Law and Society Association Annual Meeting in Denver.
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson's book Carlson on Evidence (with M. Carlson) was recently cited by the Georgia Supreme Court in Garrison v. State regarding expert witness standards. This citation brings the total to 76 times that this text has been used by Georgia appellate courts to resolve evidentiary issues.
Assistant Professor Thomas E. Kadri was featured in The Baffler magazine regarding internet access regulation. The article titled "Crimes of the Future" was written by T.M. Brown and published 8/16/24.
Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge and third-year student Anna E. Gowen published "Law school has become unaffordable. At UGA, we are trying to change that" in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on 8/16/24.
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner published “Managing Fraud Risk in the Age of AI” in Fraud and Risk in Commercial Law (P.S. Davies and H. Tjio eds.) (Hart Publishing, 2024).
Clinical Associate Professor & First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins was featured on FOX 5 Atlanta regarding Georgia's Open Meetings Act. The segment titled "Did College Park break the law by handcuffing, barring residents from public meeting?" was reported by Rob DiRienzo and aired 8/12/24.
Georgia Athletic Association Professor David E. Shipley published "Another Round for Petrella v. MGM, Laches, and Raging Bull: Resolving the Circuit Split Over Copyright’s Statute of Limitations" in 31 Journal of Intellectual Property Law 174 (2024).
Assistant Professor Desirée LeClercq presented "Enforcement of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Rapid Response Mechanism" at the 2nd Annual Trade and Public Policy Network Conference in Oxford, England.
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz presented "Global Tax Wars and the Shift to Source-Based Taxation" at the Junior International Law Scholars Association summer workshop during August.
Authentic partnerships and connections provide an important foundation for everything we do at the School of Law. A perfect example is the recent coming together of the UGA Foundation and graduates and friends to increase scholarship support for our student body, including the creation of four new funds, according to School of Law Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge. For the law school, it meant 15 new commitments – valued at $750,000 – that will benefit hundreds of students in the years to come.
Wilson Associate Professor in Business Law Laura Phillips-Sawyer was featured on NPR's "Marketplace" regarding the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia's United States v. Google decision. The segment titled "Google’s big antitrust case has historic parallels in the 1911 Standard Oil decision" was hosted by Daniel Ackerman and aired 8/6/24.
Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge was featured on Law360 regarding his new position at Morris Manning & Martin. The article titled "Longtime Ga. Law School Dean Heads to Morris Manning" was written by Emily Johnson and published 8/6/24.
Assistant Professor Desirée LeClercq published "Enforcing International Sustainability Standards on International and National Platforms" in The Sustainability Revolution in International Trade Agreements (G. Vidigal and K. Claussen, eds.) (Oxford University Press, 2024).
Associate Dean & Martin Chair of Law Andrea L. Dennis was featured on WUGA-FM regarding her book Rap on Trial and the use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal trials. The segment titled "A rapper's trial raises 1st Amendment concerns, and it's not the first time" was hosted by Martin Matheny and Emma Auer and was published 8/2/24.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding former attorney Thomas V. Girardi. The article titled "Thomas Girardi’s Legal Drama Approaches Its Hollywood Ending" was written by Isaiah Poritz and Maia Spoto and was published 8/5/24.
Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge, Assistant Dean for Career Development Tony Waller and Lecturer Jean Mangan were featured on Law360 regarding upcoming changes to the bar exam in Georgia. The article titled "Georgia Justices Unveil Changes To Bar Exam In 2028" was written by Emily Johnson and published 8/1/24.
Third-year student Erin M. Nalley recently attended the University of Liverpool School of Law and Social Justice’s Summer School on Law of the Council of Europe thanks to support from UGA Law. This year’s theme was “Council of Europe at 75: Protecting Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law in A Rapidly Changing World.” Notably, she is the first UGA Law student to participate in the program.
The School of Law was recently ranked among the best law schools in the nation for quality of life (4th), classroom experience (6th) and professors (8th). The annual rankings produced by The Princeton Review are based on its survey of students and school-reported data.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch presented "Deal making and the Ethically Slippery Slope in the Quest for Global Peace" at the 30th Annual Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy hosted at DePaul University College of Law during June.