Alumnus Joey M. Loudermilk and his wife, Ramona, have established a premier scholarship to honor former Associate Dean Paul M. Kurtz at the University of Georgia School of Law. Distinguished Law Fellowships provide some of the school’s brightest students unparalleled offerings while they earn their law degrees. In addition to financial aid, students receive an educational experience that may include domestic and international externships, guided research experiences as well as opportunities to meet some of the country’s top legal, business and government leaders.
Congratulations to the eight School of Law faculty members who have earned new titles. They are: Joseph S. Miller, who was awarded the Ernest P. Rogers Chair of Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition Law; Logan E. Sawyer III, who was promoted to the rank of full professor and named a J. Alton Hosch Professor of Law; Elizabeth Taxel, who now serves as a clinical assistant professor and director of the Criminal Defense Practicum; Rob McNiff, who has been named a clinical assistant professor; and Anna White Howard, who has become a full-time instructor. Additionally, the Alexander Campbell King Law Library's Stephen Wolfson has been named the associate director for research and copyright services, and Rachel Evans and Geraldine Kalim have been promoted to Librarian II.
The School of Law is pleased to welcome two new faculty members this fall – Assistant Professors Zohra Ahmed and Adam D. Orford. Ahmed will teach Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law and a seminar titled Crime and Punishment, while Orford will teach Environmental Law, Renewal Energy Law and Policy, and a Climate Law seminar.
Wilner/UGA Foundation Professor in International Law Harlan G. Cohen published "Are We (Americans) All International Realists Now?" in Whither the West? Concepts on International Law in Europe and the United States (C. Giorgetti and G. Verdirame, eds.) (Cambridge University Press, 2021).
Associate Professor Matthew I. Hall published "Cocurricular Learning in Management Education: Lessons From Legal Education’s Use of Student-Edited Journals" in the Journal of Management Education (2021) (with M. Theeke).
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in a Reuters article regarding findings from her survey of multidistrict litigation women plaintiffs involving personal injury cases. The article titled "First-ever survey of MDL plaintiffs suggests deep flaws in mass tort system" was written by Alison Frankel and published 8/9/21.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in a Reuters article regarding the impact of a cap on attorney fees related to an opioid litigation settlement. The article titled "Lawyers' fees from $26 bln opioid settlement capped at 15%, judge rules" was written by Nate Raymond and published 8/9/21.
Metadata Services and Special Collections Librarian Rachel Evans presented "Beyond Scholarship: Innovative Institutional Repository Collections" (with S. Nolan), "Cool Tools Cafe: Website Change Detection Tools," "Prescient Privacy at Play: A Spectrum of Terminology and Tools for Administering and Teaching Legal Technology" (with J. Tubinis) and "Tour of the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft & Magick" as part of the 2021 American Association of Law Libraries conference during July.
Rising second-year student Frank G. Lumpkin IV was featured in the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer regarding his work on the proposed Interstate 14 that would connect west Texas to Augusta, Georgia. The article titled "New interstate connecting Columbus, Macon one step closer to reality with this bill" was written by Nick Wooten and published 8/5/21.
Instruction and Faculty Services Librarian Savanna Nolan presented "Beyond Scholarship: Innovative Institutional Repository Collections" (with R. Evans) as part of the 2021 American Association of Law Libraries conference during July.
Information Technology Librarian Jason Tubinis presented "Prescient Privacy at Play: A Spectrum of Terminology and Tools for Administering and Teaching Legal Technology" (with R. Evans) as part of the 2021 American Association of Law Libraries conference during July.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch published "MDL Revolution" in 96 New York University Law Review 1 (2021) (with A.R. Gluck).
Assistant Professor Thomas E. Kadri's chapter "Cy Près Settlements in Privacy Class Actions" published in Class Actions in Privacy Law (Routledge, 2020) was republished in Spanish in 2 Revista Jurídica Austral 33 (2021).
Hosch Professor & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand presented on "Reorganizing, Restructuring, and Reforming the Federal Courts" at the 2021 Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Conference during July.
Associate Professor Jonathan Peters was featured in Brazil's Folha de S.Paulo regarding the U.S. government's efforts to regulate vaccine misinformation and disinformation. The article titled "Governo Biden abre guerra contra redes sociais por causa da avalanche de notícias falsas sobre vacina" was written by Patricia Campos Mello and published 7/31/21.
As students prepare to return for the fall semester, the University of Georgia is strengthening its measures to protect the university community from the ongoing threat of the COVID-19 virus. These steps include new incentives to encourage vaccinations, continuation of COVID-19 testing, mandatory reporting of cases via DawgCheck, special cleaning and disinfection protocols that are now standard operating procedures, and major HVAC system improvements that will be ongoing. Of all these measures, getting vaccinated is paramount.
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 Goforth v. State. This citation brings the total to 59 times that this text has been used by Georgia appellate courts to resolve evidentiary issues.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on Bloomberg regarding the $26 billion opioid litigation settlement. The article titled "$26 billion opioid settlement doesn't go far enough" was written by Joe Nocera and published 7/22/21. The article was republished in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
The School of Law distributed approximately $305,000 to roughly 95 students pursuing 2021 summer fellowships, which provide essential hands-on learning and involve legal work in government, judicial and public interest positions. This represents a 16% increase in summer fellowship dollars over last year’s record high of $263,000 and an approximately 450% increase over the last five years thanks to generous donations from graduates and friends.
The 2020-21 advocacy season was a success with two national titles secured in the South Texas Mock Trial Challenge and the National Online Moot Court Competition. The school also won the coveted Intrastate Moot Court and the Florida/Georgia-Hulsey/Gambrell Moot Court competitions in addition to finishing as finalists in the Hunton Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship and as national semifinalists in the prestigious National Moot Court Competition. These wins bring the law school's five-year tally to nine national titles, six regional crowns and three state trophies.