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Georgia State University Law Professor Jonathan Todres has been appointed to the Institute of Medicine Study Committee on Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the U.S.

Influential legal scholar to discuss closing of courthouse doors to cameras.

When he's not attending class or studying in the law library, third-year Georgia State law student Matt Reed is, well, kind of a rock star.

Nearly three decades after it first carved out space in the Urban Life building on the Georgia State University campus, the College of Law is working on designs for a new building.

In the time it would have taken him to complete two semesters of coursework, graduate student Justin Hargesheimer built a schoolhouse in Guatemala from the ground up. Rather than conventional bricks and mortar, the school is constructed of eco-bricks made of discarded plastic soda bottles packed full of trash.

The 1913 Society is a student ambassador program established by the Office of the President that provides an opportunity for outstanding undergraduate students to serve as official hosts and goodwill ambassadors for the university. The student ambassadors represent the university and the president with the highest level of integrity and professionalism.