2013 News Archive

The College of Law has made the National Jurist Best Value top 10 list for the past seven years, and continues to be the No. 1 Best Value law school in Georgia.

Secretary of State Brian Kemp visited the College of Law's new Investor Advocacy Clinic offices to discuss opportunities for collaboration with clinic faculty and students.

A study committee, on which Professor Jonathan Todres recently served, has published a report on the sex trafficking of minors in U.S. and calls for new solutions to address abuse.

Lisa Radtke Bliss, associate clinical professor and ­co-director of the Health Law Partnership Legal Services Clinic, has been named the College of Law's first director of experiential education. 

This fall, three professors, Jessica Gabel, Corneill Stephens and Leslie Wolf, will teach new or enriched courses designed to enhance students’ applied or experiential learning.

I was eager to work for an organization that focuses on improving children's overall well-being. Working for Voices exposed me to a nontraditional legal experience. The experience was invaluable. 

Cathy Henson (J.D. '89) recently presented to Urban Fellows students on problems in the American education system and how students can make a difference in Georgia.

Mayor Kasim Reed, during remarks at the groundbreaking Thursday: It is going to be an iconic building that is worthy of the work that is being done at the Georgia State Law.

The College of Law introduces this fall Lawyering: Foundations, an innovative first-year writing program that will emphasize more practice-based assignments and greater faculty feedback.

Marshall will work with university faculty and the college's Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth on housing, transportation, green space and redevelopment policy and opportunities.

The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office selected Georgia State Law assistant professor Ryan Rowberry to participate in a Young Scholars Delegation to Taiwan in May.

Lisa Radtke Bliss, director of experiential education, was a member of the training team for the first Myanmar Clinical Legal Education Workshop on July 12-14 at the University of Yangon.

Georgia State University and its College of Law will commemorate the groundbreaking of its new building at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 12, at the corner of John Wesley Dobbs Avenue and Park Place.

Georgia State Law will launch a Bankruptcy Assistance and Practice Program this fall that will help an underserved sector of the greater Atlanta community while training students in practice.

The university will offer a J.D./M.P.H. dual degree program, allowing students to complete the two degrees in less time by allowing certain courses from each program to count toward both degrees.

Recent graduate Max Holland will teach in Brazil through the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships Program, developing coursework for university students and 2014 FIFA World Cup volunteers. 

Kristina Niedringhaus joins Georgia State University College of Law as associate dean for library and information services and associate professor of law.

Professor Maggie Vath accepted an Atlanta Bar Association Distinguished Service Award on behalf of the Law School Outreach Committee, which helps students prepare to become practicing attorneys.

Students learn general practice and ethical decision-making skills while simulating a firm's case management activities in Fundamentals of Law Practice with Professor Clark Cunningham.

For 31 years, Bross has served on the admissions committee, mentored new faculty members and taught scores of students at Georgia State Law.

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed to 174 graduating students on Friday, May 17: I want you to choose to do hard things... have the will to act.

When Jennifer Thuy-Tien McCall got pregnant at 15, her mother cried. One bad decision didn't mean McCall's life would be ruined, her mom said, but it would be harder to achieve her dreams.

James E. Flynn III (J.D. '13) has won a cash award and publication in the Environmental Law Reporter in the eighth annual ELI-ABA-NAELS Constitutional Environmental Law Student Writing Competition.

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed will speak at Georgia State University College of Law's 29th commencement and hooding ceremony at 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 17, in the Georgia State Sports Arena.

Suski has extensive experience advocating for children and adolescents with disabilities. She has recently been named an assistant clinical professor in the HeLP Legal Services Clinic. 

The explosion at the West Fertilizer Company facility in West, Texas, on April 17 provided Professor Ellen Margrethe Basse, who is visiting from Denmark, with a comparative law lesson for her course.

Gov. Nathan Deal signed into law Tuesday a state budget that includes $58.8 million in bonds allocated to constructing a new building for Georgia State University College of Law.

First-year student Jon Ciliberto is helping celebrate the 75th anniversary of Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta by participating in their 75 Blue Doors project this month.

Tanya Washington, associate professor of law, has been named to Lawyers of Color's "50 Under 50" list, a comprehensive catalog of minority law professors who are making an impact in legal education.

Professor L. Lynn Hogue spent Spring Break teaching business law through his church's partnership with the Bishop Tharp Business and Technology Institute in Les Cayes, Haiti.

After a successful fall semester, the Student Trial Lawyers Association has kept the momentum going this spring—traveling to various competitions across the country and earning top honors. 

Judith O'Brien, with Sutherland Asbill & Brennan and head of the Pro Bono and Public Service committees, has a career rich in public service, helping to further equal access to justice.

Each year, Georgia State Law students are recognized for their outstanding work in courses, clinics, writing and more. Click to view a slideshow of this year's Honors Day Luncheon.

Over Spring Break, a Student Trial Lawyer Association team placed fifth in the South Texas Mock Trial Challenge in Houston. Forty-two other schools participated in the competition.

Keynote speaker Michael Manely: Lawyers have always had the talent and skill set to change the world. It's part of why we're here.

During Law Week, student organizations invite guest speakers and panels to discuss challenges and share ideas about the law and why it matters. Here, faculty, students and alumni weigh in. 

Eighteen second-year students received the Best Brief Award on the Litigation Program for their outstanding performance in the required summary judgment brief project.

The Student Bar Association and student organizations host Law Week April 1-5 to celebrate student successes and school spirit, and invite alumni and community speakers to share their stories on campus.

With more than 10 years experience and her role of plaintiff's lawyer with Malone Law, assisting with arguments before the state's highest court may cause some anxiety, but she's holding her own.

Georgia State University College of Law moved up four spots to 54 in U.S. News & World Report's 2014 rankings for Best Graduate Schools.

Georgia State University College of Law's Moot Court team placed third in the U.S. South Regional qualifying round of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

In the 52nd Miller Lecture, guest Michael C. Dorf dug into oral arguments on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2012, and how they might have been different.

National Jurist magazine has updated data and reprinted their first-ever law school rankings online, placing Georgia State University College of Law at No. 35.

Professor Julian Conrad Juergensmeyer has released a student version of his newly updated third edition of Land Use Planning and Development Regulation Law.

Michael C. Dorf, U.S. constitutional scholar and professor at Cornell University Law School, will deliver the 52nd Henry J. Miller Distinguished Lecture on Thursday, March 7.

In an amicus brief co-written with colleagues from the University of Denver and filed March 1, associate professor Tanya Washington challenged the Defense of Marriage Act's constitutionality.

On Feb. 19, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that American courts could get involved in a custody dispute even if the child in question resides in another country in Chafin v. Chafin.

The Trademark Moot Court team won second place in the International Trademark Association's Saul Lefkowitz Competition, which addresses issues in U.S. trademark and unfair competition law.

Guest lecturer Edesio Fernandes helps students understand from a social and legal viewpoint challenges facing developing countries in the International Perspectives course.

Motivated by a desire to bring about change, these students, some of whom have since graduated, balanced coursework with the campaign trail and are now serving their communities and state.

This semester the Georgia State University College of Law welcomes associate professor Timothy Kuhner to campus. He joins the faculty from the University of Navarra School of Law in Pamplona, Spain.

Three College of Law faculty members, Lisa Radke Bliss, Emily Suski and Jonathan Todres, were elected officers for four American Association of Law Schools sections at this year's conference.

Nicole Iannarone, former partner at Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, joins GSU Law as assistant clinical professor, teaching two courses this spring and helping build the Investor Advocacy Clinic.

Romulo Sampaio visits from the Getulio Vargas Foundation in Rio de Janeiro to discuss land use in South America as part of the International Perspectives on Urban Law and Policy class.

Student Trial Lawyers Association members hosted the 21st annual tour of the Fulton County Courthouse and courtroom demonstration for international students during their winter break on Dec. 19.

Georgia State Law has received a $557,571 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to establish a fellowship program and related online resources to strengthen the practice of public health law.

FairnessWorks.com editor Ken Kimsey urged readers this week to explore and submit entries to WhatIsRestorativeJustice.org, an online database project led by Carolyn Benne as part of CNCR.

The college is saddened to report the death of Externship Program specialist Sarita Thompson, who died from an aggressive form of pneumonia over the winter break. She was laid to rest on Jan. 5.