en-us 4/4/2013 5:20:10 PM 4/2/2013 10:21:11 AM http://law.gsu.edu/8676.html http://law.gsu.edu/8676.html 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.

]]> 4/1/2013 6:12:16 PM http://law.gsu.edu/8662.html http://law.gsu.edu/8662.html 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. 

 

]]> 3/27/2013 4:26:04 PM http://law.gsu.edu/8660.html http://law.gsu.edu/8660.html 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.

]]> 3/12/2013 10:42:49 AM http://law.gsu.edu/8628.html http://law.gsu.edu/8628.html 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.

]]> 3/11/2013 12:47:09 PM http://law.gsu.edu/8623.html http://law.gsu.edu/8623.html 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.

]]> 3/5/2013 5:16:21 PM http://law.gsu.edu/8580.html http://law.gsu.edu/8580.html 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.

]]> 4/1/2013 6:12:36 PM http://law.gsu.edu/8658.html http://law.gsu.edu/8658.html 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.

]]> 3/12/2013 12:15:56 PM http://law.gsu.edu/8632.html http://law.gsu.edu/8632.html 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.

]]> 1/11/2013 12:18:50 PM http://law.gsu.edu/8468.html http://law.gsu.edu/8468.html 2/22/2013 12:43:50 PM http://law.gsu.edu/8546.html http://law.gsu.edu/8546.html 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.

]]> 3/5/2013 5:16:22 PM http://law.gsu.edu/8586.html http://law.gsu.edu/8586.html 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.

]]> 3/5/2013 5:16:21 PM http://law.gsu.edu/8582.html http://law.gsu.edu/8582.html 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.

]]> 1/11/2013 12:07:34 PM http://law.gsu.edu/8485.html http://law.gsu.edu/8485.html 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.

]]> 2/12/2013 12:59:47 PM http://law.gsu.edu/8535.html http://law.gsu.edu/8535.html 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.

]]> 3/5/2013 5:16:37 PM http://law.gsu.edu/8512.html http://law.gsu.edu/8512.html 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.

]]> 3/6/2013 12:36:11 PM http://law.gsu.edu/8550.html http://law.gsu.edu/8550.html 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.

]]> 3/5/2013 5:16:18 PM http://law.gsu.edu/8544.html http://law.gsu.edu/8544.html Guest lecturer Edesio Fernandes helps students understand from a social and legal viewpoint challenges facing developing countries in the International Perspectives course.

]]> 1/18/2013 9:22:16 AM http://law.gsu.edu/8506.html http://law.gsu.edu/8506.html 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.

]]> 2/11/2013 3:05:18 PM http://law.gsu.edu/8529.html http://law.gsu.edu/8529.html 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.

]]> 3/5/2013 5:16:17 PM http://law.gsu.edu/8493.html http://law.gsu.edu/8493.html 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.

]]> 1/28/2013 3:25:50 PM http://law.gsu.edu/8515.html http://law.gsu.edu/8515.html 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.

]]> 3/5/2013 5:16:20 PM http://law.gsu.edu/8584.html http://law.gsu.edu/8584.html Professor Julian Conrad Juergensmeyer has released a student version of his newly updated third edition of Land Use Planning and Development Regulation Law.

]]> 2/11/2013 4:08:04 PM http://law.gsu.edu/8531.html http://law.gsu.edu/8531.html 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.

]]> 1/10/2013 2:48:53 PM http://law.gsu.edu/8479.html http://law.gsu.edu/8479.html 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.

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