Congratulations to third-year law students Maya E.M. Davis, Kaylah J. Holmes and Eric Narbo, as well as second-year law student Naryan "Ryan" C. Parimi, who won their Student Trial Advocacy Competition regional tournament held this past weekend. The team coached by alumni Jonathan (J.D.’16) and Whitney (J.D.’15) Stuart will represent UGA at the national tier of this tournament in New Orleans later in March.
The Appellate Litigation Clinic recently argued Woff Senatus v. U.S. Attorney General before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Third-year students Jesse L. “Jesse” Sebring and Mark Samuel “Mark” Winokur presented the case. Second-year students Elijah T. Echols and Eliana R. “Eli” Werbel helped them prepare the argument.
Hosch Professor & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand published We the Voters: The Constitutional Choices That Shape America’s Elections (Stanford University Press, 2026).
Congratulations to second-year students Clifford M. Hodges and Brigman T. Moore for finishing as semifinalists in the ABA Law Student Tax Challenge, where J.D. students solve a complex business problem that might arise in everyday tax practice. The team was coached by Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz.
Elizabeth Weeks, who has served as the University of Georgia’s interim vice provost for academic affairs since June 2025, has been named to the position on a permanent basis. Her appointment is effective immediately. The holder of the School of Law's Kirbo Chair, Weeks joined the UGA law faculty in 2011. Her research focuses on health care financing and regulation, health care reform and public health law.