LaVonda N. Reed, Dean of the Georgia State University College of Law, Appointed Dean of the School of Law at the University of Baltimore Effective July 1
LaVonda N. Reed, dean of the Georgia State University College of Law, has been appointed as dean of the School of Law at the University of Baltimore effective July 1.
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LaVonda N. Reed, dean of the Georgia State University College of Law, has been appointed as dean of the School of Law at the University of Baltimore effective July 1.
Georgia is noted in the report for following best practices for incorporating well-designed trigger mechanisms in its tax relief measures to help limit the volatility and unpredictability associated with its changes in tax policy.
Before her professional career began, Olusheun Olupitan (J.D. ‘26) started work in global healthcare during a summer assignment as an undergraduate student nurse in Bhopal, India.
Georgia State University College of Law faculty understand this need and designed the Legal Analytics & Innovation Initiative (LAII) to equip students with the competitive skills desired by law firms and other companies that align with the emerging technological environment.
Twenty years after founding the Center for Law, Health & Society (CLHS) at Georgia State University College of Law and co-founding the Health Law Partnership (HeLP) the legacy of the late Professor Emerita Charity Scott lives on through her countless contributions and the newly minted Charity Scott Lecture Series.
Now Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law Leslie Wolf has a new title to add to her list of accomplishments: Ben F. Johnson Jr. Chair in Law.
Each year at the Georgia State University College of Law’s Scholarship Donor and Recipient Recognition Luncheon, the college honors its generous donors and students who are scholarship recipients. The students are able to meet their donors in person and express their gratitude.
Georgia State’s 40 Under 40 program annually celebrates the most influential and accomplished Georgia State graduates who embody the values of the university.
A group of trailblazing Georgia State University College of Law Students are set to make history as they prepare to head to Paris, France in July for the 2024 Olympic games.
Deepa Varadarajan, associate professor of law, published her debut novel “Late Bloomers,” (Random House), which has been chosen as a Target Book Club Pick and landed on summer reading lists in magazines such as Southern Living, Good Housekeeping and Real Simple.
Ted Afield, associate dean for Experiential Education and director of the Philip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic, has secured additional grant funding, doubling the size of its federal grant dollars for 2023.
Samir Abdullahi (M.P.P. ’10) leads Select Fulton, the economic and workforce development unit of Fulton County government, as director of economic development for the county.
As technology and artificial intelligence (AI) continue to advance and transform occupations and industries, many attorneys and law students fear the risk of AI taking over legal work and threatening jobs in the profession. However, veteran technology law expert Janine Anthony Bowen (J.D. ’98) takes a different approach.
“You have more power today than you did yesterday,” Attorney Joshua Schiffer (J.D. ’02) told graduates of the Georgia State University College of Law December Class of 2023. “I urge you to share your power with your community. Wield it with love.”
At the heart of DeChino Duke’s (J.D. ’23) law school journey lies a remarkable initiative—the inception of the Transactional Law Society at Georgia State University College of Law. For him, the seeds of this organization sprouted from an altruistic place.
For more than two decades, Joshua Schiffer (J.D. ’02) championed thousands of clients, guiding them through trials, appeals, and the complexities of the legal system.
Delores Varner, LMSW, MATS, was honored for her remarkable achievements and commitment to improving outcomes for at-risk children and their families that inspire future generations of social workers.
At a time when legal education calls for innovation, timeliness, and a progressive approach, Georgia State University College of Law Adjunct Professor Chris Timmons is at the forefront of the movement with a new jury selection course.
Bride helped lead a study that provides the first set of principles aimed at preventing or reducing secondary traumatic stress. He now works with others to have the principles adopted and incorporated into curriculums and professional training programs across the globe.
Georgia State University College of Law hosted a U.S. Senate Human Rights Subcommittee public hearing led by U.S. Georgia Senator and U.S. Senate Human Rights Subcommittee Chairman Jon Ossoff on Oct. 30.
Expert panels discuss how to navigate the fast-changing world of AI, IP and copyright law
Johnson received the Early Career Research Impact Award in Social and Behavioral Science.
One Georgia State University College of Law student has always been an advocate for expanding her horizons. Now, as the Georgia State University 2023 “Study Abroad Student of the Year,” Niki Nourollahi (J.D. '23) traces her global journey back to her childhood growing up in Atlanta, Georgia.
A multidisciplinary research team led by the City of Atlanta and Georgia State University was recently announced as one of four statewide winners of the Partnership for Inclusive Innovation’s 2023 Community Research Grant.
This fall, Professors Anne Tucker and Jonathan Todres begin an enriching journey of scholarly engagement and leadership development.
Professor of law Cortney Lollar has joined Georgia State University College of Law as the new Faculty Director of the Center for Access to Justice (A2J).
For the fall 2023 academic year, law students will study the legal life of Grammy® award-nominated, multiplatinum recording artist and serial entrepreneur Rick Ross.
The Center for Professional Development & Career Strategies is a one-stop shop for professional development, career counseling, resume and cover letter reviews, networking opportunities and more for College of Law students.
At age 27, Hayden launched the Grace Hayden Impact Scholarship to support students with a demonstrated interest in economics.
Kyle Hildebrand (J.D. ’24) is the recipient of the LGBTQ+ Bar Association’s 2023 Student Leadership Award. This is the association’s highest award, which recognizes two law students annually for demonstrating leadership at their school and in the community, especially in the area of LGBTQ+ equality.
When Georgia State University College of Law alumni get together, good things happen. That’s what Jon Gallant (J.D. ‘05) and Ramsey Knowles (J.D. ‘05) learned when they decided to pivot in their own established legal careers to build the Knowles Gallant law firm almost five years ago.
Corneill Stephens, professor of law, director of Lawyering Advocacy at Georgia State University College of Law, and the longest-serving faculty member of the College, was recently appointed the L. Lynn Hogue Professor of Law.
Georgia State University College of Law was awarded a $25,000 grant from the Georgia State University Women's Philanthropy Network (WPN). The grant aims to empower and support public interest law students.
During the 2023 grant cycle, the Women’s Philanthropy Network is providing more than $300,000 in funding support to nine college- and unit-level initiatives.
Shila Hawk (Ph.D. ’15) and Capt. Aprille Moore (B.S. ’05) were among a 20-member delegation that recently returned to Georgia from Israel after an intensive two weeks of public safety leadership training with the country’s top police executives.
Three College of Law students have received the new Urban Transformations Fellowship which engages students in transdisciplinary research and problem-solving, as well as real-world exposure to pressing concerns, such as climate change and gentrification.
College of Law Children’s Constitutional Rights Professor Tanya Washington is part of the Advancement of Children’s Constitutional Rights, a consortium of three law professors connecting teaching, research, scholarship and advocacy to develop and promote constitutional frameworks that center children in four substantive areas.
The Georgia State University College of Law Class of 2023 dedicated their class gift campaign to honoring the memory of classmate Alexandra "Alex" Patafio after her untimely death in October, establishing the Alex Patafio Public Interest Law Scholarship.
When Adenike Tijani (J.D. ‘23) started her first semester at Georgia State University College of Law, she already knew she would be balancing her classes with not only a job but a toddler and a new baby at home.
Dan Wingate (J.D. ’23) was sitting in a court hearing for a co-worker when he realized that the legal system needed more people who were equipped and eager to represent individuals who faced discrimination.
Each year, Georgia State University College of Law sends a team of students to compete at the Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (NELMCC), one of the country’s largest interschool competitions for moot court.
As a middle schooler in southern Turkey, Husrev Ayten (LL.M. ’23) wanted to grow up to be the most influential person he knew: the governor of his home province.
Her mentors taught her to “refuse to be denied,” a quote that resonated when she received a rejection letter from Georgia State Law but eventually appealed the decision – an action that was foreign to her.
Georgia State University College of Law’s Health Law program ranks No. 1 among the 2023-2024 Best Law Schools by U.S. News & World Report.
Pro bono work represented only a fraction of Alex Patafio's selfless service. She was a third-year law student at Georgia State University College of Law.
On July 26, 2023, Morgan Cronin (J.D./M.S.H.A. ’23) will be taking the Georgia Bar Exam. The date is special for many reasons, it marks one year since she donated part of her liver to her younger brother.
When Professor of Practice Moraima “Mo” Ivory proposed the Entertainment, Sports and Media Law (ESML) Initiative to Georgia State University College of Law, she factored in three core components: curriculum, continuing legal education events and mentorship.
The Center for Law, Health & Society congratulates recipients of the Health Law Clinic and Law Review awards for 2023.
Since September 2017, Pro Bono Settlement Days have become a fixture of the Philip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic at Georgia State University College of Law.
The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) Announces the recipients of the 2023 Influential Women in Legal Technology. Since 2020, ILTA has annually honored outstanding women leaders in the global legal technology community.
Five alumni from the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, along with the college’s senior director of development, Amanda Puché, were among the 40 remarkable alumni under the age of 40 recently honored by the Georgia State University Alumni Association.
On May 12, 2023, Peynado (J.D. '14) will add a new title to her litany of accomplishments, when she delivers the keynote address at the Georgia State University College of Law Hooding and Commencement Ceremony.
Over spring break 2023, 44 GSU Law students participated in Alternative Spring Break service trips all over the state of Georgia. Having been selected through an application process earlier in the spring semester, our four different groups headed out on Sunday, March 12th to begin their week-long dive into housing instability, domestic violence prevention, community economic development, or rural justice.
It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the death of our colleague and friend Charity Scott. She passed away on March 18, 2023, after a long battle with cancer.
Applications are now open for an internal grant program that supports professional and artistic activities.
On December 7, Katie Beno-Valencia (J.D. ’24) and Angela Flores (J.D. ’24) were the lead advocates in a Merits hearing before an Atlanta immigration judge with a 96.9 percent denial rate.
Paul Lombardo, Regents’ professor, and Bobby Lee Cook professor of law is well known for his expertise in bioethics, medical history, and the law.
Associate Professor of Law Courtney Anderson is taking a new step in her academic career. She has been appointed associate dean for academic affairs, effective March 1, 2023.
Funded by a five-year, $2.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, a multi-institutional team lead by Jalayne Arias, Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Behavioral Sciences in the Georgia State University School of Public Health, will identify and evaluate barriers and facilitators to sharing research data.
Riti Sarangi (B.S. ’21) built a picture-perfect resume — one that helped her get admitted into Columbia University’s master’s program in public health — by focusing on campus engagement.
The $300,000 grant will help fund new GSUPEP instructional classes at the U.S. Federal Penitentiary and expand current course offerings at Department of Juvenile Justice facilities in Georgia.
Life as a legal scholar requires a dedicated immersion into one’s specialty, countless hours of study, and a commitment to growth. Many work with the hope of receiving an appointment to chair in law, and after many years of hard work, a College of Law legal scholar has reached this well-deserved achievement.
Started in 2018, Georgia State’s 40 Under 40 program annually celebrates the most influential and accomplished Georgia State graduates who embody the values of the university.
The five-year grant to Georgia State will train social work students to work in K-12 schools.
MPA alums Jannine Miller ('02), Ann L. Hanlon ('04) and Jerry Gonzalez ('05) join Georgia State President M. Brian Blake and Amb. Andrew Young, who was recognized as a “living legend.”
Sass ranks among the nation’s top education scholars according to the 2023 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings.
Leading e-cigarette researchers are urging the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention to correct misinformation overstating the dangers of e-cigarettes.
U.S. counties with a higher percentage of people identified as “digitally excluded” saw higher COVID-19 case and death rates throughout the pandemic and lower vaccination rates, suggesting increased vulnerability among this population to future disease.
After going full time with her studies during the pandemic, she’s graduating in December with a job lined up at the Atlanta-based international firm of King & Spalding.
Georgia State will honor Myra Payne Elliott, 90, with a degree and confer posthumous degrees to the late Barbara Pace Hunt and Iris Mae Welch at the university’s December commencement. In 1956, the women sued to desegregate Georgia State and won. Their victory paved the way for the integration of universities in the South.
The American Cancer Society is funding research on the effect of eliminating health insurance cost-sharing on the use of cancer prevention and early detection services by Michael Pesko and his team.
A team of legal tech and innovation students from Georgia State University College of Law became semi-finalists in the National Legal Innovations Tournament hosted by Hofstra University’s Maurice A. Deane School of Law.
Lauren Sudeall, professor of law and director of the Center for Access to Justice at Georgia State University College of Law is one of 32 individuals elected to the American Law Institute cohort.
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Michael Pesko $2.65 million in renewal funding for a five-year study to evaluate the effects of e-cigarette policies on youth tobacco use.
They will develop a first-of-its-kind model that will reveal the fuller impact of climate change and climate policy on regional and national financial systems and economies.
Monita Porter (B.A.’16, B.S.’16, M.I.S. ’21) helps leverage the success of Black-owned businesses as the assistant deputy director at the Fresno Metro Black Chamber of Commerce.
Georgia State University President Dr. M. Brian Blake highlighted his commitment to research and innovation during his recent investiture.
Charlotte Alexander, Perry Binder, and Susan Willey of Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business were recently recognized with best paper awards at the annual conference of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB).
“Almost every decision that I have made about my career has been influenced by my desire to make life better for someone else,” said Shannan Young (J.D. ’23), who admits that her life is completely different from what she envisioned as a child and a young adult.
In 1982, Georgia State University College of Law welcomed 200 Juris Doctor candidates to the new school’s home, the first floor of Georgia State’s Urban Life building—just a short walk to the State Capitol, courts, and numerous law firms.
Jennifer Kusovschi (B.S. ’17, M.I.S. ’22) earned a master’s degree in Biomedical Science and Enterprise while participating full time in a research fellowship at the CDC and directing a choir for young women at her church.
Associate Professor Frances Chen received nearly $590,000 to conduct a three-year study of probation and parole officer (PPO) stress and PPO-client relationships.
Georgia State Alumni Association Welcomes New Members to Board of Directors and Young Alumni Council
The Georgia State University Alumni Association has named three new members to its Board of Directors and 18 new members to the Young Alumni Council board.
The American Bar Association (ABA) will honor Anamaria Hazard (J.D. ’15) with the Up & Comers Award at its annual meeting in Chicago, on Aug. 5.
Kevin Richardson, one part of the “Central Park Five,” now known as the “Exonerated Five,” shared his experience with the Georgia State University College of Law community after spending seven years behind bars for a crime that he didn’t commit.
The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia has appointed and reappointed seven faculty at Georgia State with the designation of Regents’ Professor, the highest professorial rank within the state’s system of public colleges and universities.
Pearson, a 2022 Georgia State 40 Under 40 honoree, is a victims’ rights advocate with a long-held belief that it’s her duty to give back to her community.
Jennifer Cline (J.D. ’03) received the sixth annual Chief Justice P. Harris Hines Award for Outstanding Advocacy for Children on June 3, at the State Bar of Georgia’s annual meeting.
Georgia State’s Center for Access to Justice works to ensure that everyone — even the most disenfranchised — receives a fair shot in the court of law. The team has uncovered systemic issues and unequal representation.
While earning his JD from Georgia State, Jarter Gao worked in the College of Law’s Philip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic. In collaboration with faculty and supervising attorneys, he represented clients unable to afford legal representation in federal income or employment tax disputes with the Internal Revenue Service.
Growing up, Tamia Robinson (J.D. ’24) didn’t find many people who looked like her in her small hometown in South Florida.
Today, Zala is an executive legal assistant at Joel Cohen Attorney at Law, LLC. He makes time to perform as a musician, describing a “rebirth” of his musical career.
The new university initiative establishes interdisciplinary research hubs to address some of society’s most pressing issues, including pandemic preparedness, climate solutions, crime victim protection, equity and access, and public health.
Eyal Aharoni's research finds that judges reduce prison sentences when they have more information about the full costs and benefits involved.
The first time Samantha Hooper (J.D. ’22) played a female character in the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, she felt a sense of ease she’d never experienced before.
Melissa Davies (J.D.’22) has a big heart and her cat’s paw print on her ankle. After her graduation from Georgia State College of Law, Davies will take on a new mission—working as a judicial clerk.
The Georgia State University College of Law class of 2022 came together to celebrate at the Commencement and Hooding Ceremony on May 13 at the Center Parc Credit Union Stadium.
Dagem Araya (J.D. ’22) was horrified. The woman weeping before him in court had lost her six-year-old child to a sudden bout of pneumonia days before.
Seeking the South’s next great social entrepreneur? You’ll find her in Davynn Brown (J.D.’22), a powerhouse of cultural knowledge, intellectual drive, and big-hearted community-building.
Using a new grant, environmental health researchers at Georgia State are examining the effects of air pollution in metro Atlanta childcare centers.
Far from the typical classroom experience, a number of Georgia State’s undergraduate and graduate courses offer students unexpected lessons — sometimes in unexpected places.
“So, what are we going to do?” Steph Iasiello (J.D.’23) asked law students one day during Professor Russell Covey’s wrongful convictions course after the group spent an entire class session reviewing documents and exhibits related to Melissa Lucio’s case.
Ashe Family Chair Professor of Law Eric Segall and Assistant Professor of Law Anthony Kreis are the leading legal experts providing media commentary about the leaked SCOTUS draft that threatens to overrule Roe v. Wade.
Using a new grant, environmental health researchers at Georgia State are examining the effects of air pollution in metro Atlanta childcare centers.
Instead of catching up on sleep and the latest Netflix shows during spring break, Anja Minninger (J.D. ’24) worked with advocates to assist survivors of domestic violence...
Warren, who was the chief assistant district attorney for the Douglas County District Attorney's Office, was sworn in on March 16, 2022.
Award-winning Civil Rights Attorney Mawuli “Mel” Davis (J.D. ’02) will deliver the keynote address for the College of Law's Commencement and Hooding ceremony on Friday, May 13.
Georgia State will award Chris “Ludacris” Bridges an honorary degree at commencement on May 4.
In fall 2022, Georgia State University College of Law will welcome four new assistant professors of law, and one new visiting assistant professor to its team.
When HeLP Clinic Supervising Attorney Christina Scott (J.D.’18) takes on a case, she’s ready to fight for her client as long as it takes.
Mary Cash (J.D./M.C.R.P ’25) is passionate about two things: historic preservation and the southeast.
The College of Law honored Jones (J.D. ’00) with the 2022 Ben F. Johnson Jr. Public Service Award in a virtual ceremony on March 8.
Tiffany Bracewell (J.D. ’14), Alan Long (J.D. ’16), and Majda Muhic (J.D. ’17) each played a role in Inman’s habeas corpus case. Muhic and another law alum, Michael Williford (J.D. ’17), began investigating the case and advocating for Inman while attending the College of Law.
Georgia State University College of Law and Alterity ADR explore a joint venture to enhance learning and training, pipeline development and broader access to ADR services.
During Chastang's tenure, she helped create the Atlanta Bar Association’s Minority and Diversity Clerkship Program and Black Law Students Association.
An American Bar Endowment grant that was awarded to Georgia State University College of Law’s Immigration Clinic is proving to have a big impact on the lives of asylum seekers in Georgia.
Professor and legal historian Paul Lombardo on the continued legal and ethical significance of the American eugenics movement.
In just two months, Georgia State Law students assisted in interviewing 354 tenants over more than 250 hours and obtaining more than $2.5 million in rental assistance for clients in need across 100 cities in the state of Georgia.
Scott, who is a HeLP Clinic alum, joins the College of Law faculty after spending several years as a staff attorney for HeLP, where she worked closely with clients.
The team concluded their semester by securing Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits during a court hearing in front of an administrative law judge with the Social Security Administration.
The 40 Under 40 program honors, recognizes and celebrates the most influential and impactful Georgia State graduates under the age of 40 who embody the values of the university.
The former teacher and current Doraville City Council member and Georgia State Law student is working to make a difference.
Steve Harvey is the subject of the third installment of the “Legal Life of…” course taught by Entertainment, Sports & Media Law Initiative director, Professor Mo Ivory.
Satterfield leads a team of legal project managers, knowledge management lawyers, and innovation professionals to find new ways of delivering legal services, whether that is developing a product or designing a new workflow.
Before he was in the third graduating class from Georgia State College of Law, Maxwell was a band director, school administrator, and builder of kitchen cabinets.
Graduates who passed the July bar exam were sworn into the Georgia Superior Court, Court of Appeals and/or the Supreme Court of Georgia during the event.
Professors John Marshall and Ryan Rowberry are co-editors of the Handbook on Disaster Law and Policy, which is set to be published by Cambridge University Press.
Law professor Erin Fuse Brown studies the many ways in which Americans are ill-served by the nation’s healthcare system. But change could be on the horizon.
The College of Law’s rate was 86.0 percent for first-time test takers and 81.1 percent overall. This puts the College of Law ahead of the overall state average of 73.2 percent.
In Intellectual Property law, Lee enjoys problem-solving and wrapping her head around bigger abstract ideas such as how to protect a creation or brand.
Georgia State University College of Law has the best health law program in the country, according to the new 2022 U.S. News & World Report rankings.
Dean LaVonda Reed is making history as the first Black woman to lead Georgia State University College of Law. Her experience rising the ranks in both academia and the legal field create a strong foundation to lead in achieving the College of Law’s goals.
The Pro Bono Program at the College of Law spent this week celebrating its volunteers and partner organizations through events and outreach.
The Georgia native says when it came time for her to choose a law school, she was drawn to the diversity in age and life skills that Georgia State Law’s student body had.
The event “Modern-Day Eugenics and Reproductive Injustice,” was co-sponsored by the Center for Law, Health & Society, Center for Access to Justice, and Immigration Clinic.
The Georgia State University Law Review will offer a new way to explore recently passed legislation at its inaugural Legislative Forum on Oct. 29.
Turner incorporated Illuminate Justice, a 501(c)3 focused on education and prevention of human trafficking. Her goal is to also create a legal clinic.
After working as a paralegal for 22 years, Rebecca Penar (J.D. ’23) decided to finally take the leap she had been thinking about on and off for years and attend law school.
Casablanca helps immigrant families realize the American dream as the Chair of Immigration Planning and Compliance Practice at Akerman LLP in Miami.
Georgia State Law students, faculty and alumni gathered Monday for a celebration of The Order of the Coif and The Order of Barristers.
Knowles was the first woman to lead the College of Law and was a guiding force in developing Georgia State Law to become the esteemed institution it is today.
Cunningham offered to provide a neutral analysis based on empirical research of the meaning of three key words relating to the admissibility of evidence in a murder case.
This academic year, in addition to medical students and residents, the HeLP clinic has a Georgia State University Master of Social Work student who is completing her field placement at HeLP.
Another school year has introduced another innovative course as part of the Entertainment, Sports & Media Law Initiative with the addition of Sneaker Law.
Launched in 2016, the Center created a space within the University to focus on how lower-income and other marginalized people navigate the civil and criminal legal systems in the South.
It was when Lisa Bliss was a student in the civil practice law clinic during law school when she realized her true dream job: becoming a clinical professor.
With the fall semester underway Dean Reed has had the opportunity to get to know the students, faculty and staff that make the College of Law unique. Here, we get to know more about her vision for the College and her goals as dean.
Following a week of orientation, the College of Law offered participation in an Afternoon of Service to demonstrate how giving back is part of the culture at Georgia State Law from day one of the students’ legal careers.
Professor Jonathan Todres collaborated with Lauren Meeler (J.D. ’22) to co-author an article titled Confronting Housing Insecurity—A Key to Getting Kids Back to School that was published in JAMA Pediatrics.
Kierra spent her first year of law school as the 1L rep for the Pro Bono Program and is excited to hit the ground running as the student director heading into her 2L year.
The health law program at Georgia State Law continues to expand, most recently by announcing the endowment of the Health Law Scholarship.
Courtney Anderson’s research centers around health equity for the lower-class and people of color, an area where many health issues were exacerbated because of the pandemic.
In our “Catching Up with Emeriti Faculty” series, we interview retired faculty members about their experiences at Georgia State and what they’re up to now.
When it came time to deciding where he wanted to study law, Franco said what stuck out to him about Georgia State was the friendliness and camaraderie among students.
The daughter of Vietnamese refugees, Georgia State College of Law student Melinda Nguyen is focused on finding a way to use her law degree to help people.
While his original intent was to eventually practice law, Lucido has worked up the ranks at the CDC where he currently sits as an Associate Director for Policy, External Relations and Communications.
Sudeall came to the College of Law in 2012 and is the founding faculty director of the Center for Access to Justice, where she conducts research on access to justice issues and teaches an Access to Justice course.
Their practice has evolved over the years to meet the needs of their community but covers most kinds of non-domestic litigation, along with estate planning.
Paul Lombardo, the Bobby Lee Cook Professor of Law, was named the 2021 recipient of the prestigious Jay Healey Teaching Award.
Rafus is two years out of law school and has really hit the ground running. The first thing he did as a sworn attorney in Georgia was argue before the Georgia Supreme Court.
Her theatre background gave Lewis an inherent ability to talk in front of people and stand on her feet, both required parts of litigation, but the appeal for Lewis goes far beyond that.
Madeline Ross (J.D. ’21) knew growing up she either wanted to be a prosecutor or a nurse. “I know those sound very different, but they have the commonality of service,” she explained.
Jennifer McCall (J.D. ’13) did not take the most traditional route to become a successful family law attorney, but the challenges she faced along the way only helped shape the attorney she has become.
With more than 25 years of experience, she’s handled claims related to products liability, automobile liability, premises liability, mass torts defense and beyond. However, litigation isn’t where she thought her career would take her.
Georgia State College of Law graduates once again earn the overall highest bar passage rate for the February 2021 exam with a rate of 77.6 percent.
The college not only offers a certificate in IP, but also provides an array of courses to cater to students that are interested in a variety of subject areas.
The personalized events were chosen to ensure comfort and safety for all parties involved while still recognizing the graduates’ accomplishments.
It didn’t take long for Hillary Rightler (J.D. ’10) to earn her way up to partner at Kilpatrick Townsend. The College of Law graduate specializes in white collar criminal defense matters working with multinational corporations around the world.
Shreepal Zala had a successful career as a professional musician, but he wanted more. He enrolled at the College of Law to expand his career as lawyer, educator and musician.
Seeking justice for victims fuels Naeem Ramatally (J.D. ’12) as a legal advisor for the Miami-Dade Police Department. The South Florida native works alongside police officers to promote justice.
DelCampo currently has his own litigation firm, works as a mediator and sits on the Executive Committee of the State Bar of Georgia, as the incoming Treasurer.
LaVonda N. Reed, associate provost for faculty affairs at Syracuse University, has been named dean of the College of Law at Georgia State University. Reed will be the seventh dean in the college’s history and the first African American to lead the College of Law.
Seibert is graduating with his J.D. and a certificate in Health Law. He is also one of two recipients of the 2021 Charity Scott Health Law Award.
Land use law expert and professor Julian Juergensmeyer retires after more than 55 years of teaching, research, and making urban development more equitable.
Zainab Okunowo worked as an attorney working on behalf of children in Nigeria. After coming to the U.S., she enrolled in the LL.M. program at Georgia State Law so that she can make a difference for kids here.
Using big data analysis, associate professor Charlotte Alexander is decoding #MeToo defenses.
A new Georgia State lab is focused on how e-scooters and other forms of micromobility are remaking the landscape for commuters in Atlanta and beyond.
Professor Brandy Owens Domengeaux encourages Georgia State College of Law students to excel and stay true to themselves as they pursue careers in law.
When it came to deciding where to attend law school, Martin knew the College of Law’s downtown location and large alumni network made it the right choice for her.
Lee joined the faculty in 2020 and teaches Corporations, International Business Transactions, International Trade Law and Law and Economic Development.
Georgia State College of Law helped Jeffrey Gaba and his son Nick Gaba carve their own paths in the profession.
Teaching Lawyering: Foundations is not the only time Vath enters a classroom at Georgia State, she is also working towards earning her Ph.D. in English, Composition & Rhetoric.
Hayes knew early on that she wanted to be an attorney. Partially because she was known in her family to be skilled at arguing, but also because was able to see the ins and outs of the business from family members who were attorneys.
Georgia State University College of Law first-year law students share how their pro bono and volunteer experiences have made an impact thus far.
Georgia State University College of Law graduates William Hale and Brett Sanders were the first to earn the Certificate in Legal Analytics & Innovation.
The College of Law's downtown location and strong sense of community have propelled Natalie deLatour toward her dream of practicing big corporate and real estate law.
Patel operates his own personal injury firm aimed at providing affordable services to people in need. The flexibility and independence that comes with owning his own firm has always driven his legal career.
Georgia State University College of Law has the best health law program in the country, according to the new 2022 U.S. News & World Report rankings.
The clinic hosted the event the week of March 8th, with the goal of settling cases for clients with IRS attorneys to avoid having to continue to Tax Court.
The JD/MBA dual-degree program at Georgia State allows Cole Hobbs to combine his love of music and entertainment with business savvy. He hopes to become head of legal at a record label.
She teaches Torts, Constitutional Tort Litigation and Employment Law. Though the opportunity to teach torts is what motivated Timmons to become a law professor.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (J.D. ’94) will serve as the keynote speaker at the Law Review Symposium on Friday, March 26. This year's theme is “Social Justice and Racial Equality: What's Next?"
Jindia is currently living in St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands where he is the Chief Legal and Compliance Officer for Cane Bay Partners.
Boyer spent two years at the Douglas County Juvenile Court as a delinquent case manager before deciding to attend Georgia State Law to maximize his impact.
In the Georgia State Law Center for the Study of Comparative Metropolitan Growth, Karen Johnston works to find practical solutions to global issues facing cities, from housing to public transit.
For students in the Georgia State College of Law off-campus Mediation Clinic, the backlog of eviction cases created by the initial shutdown of the courts has expanded hands-on learning opportunities.
Georgia State Law emeriti faculty Lynn Hogue and Sylvia Caley share their memories of the college's beginnings and how they're involved after retirement.
Ekhlas researched the options for LL.M. bar track programs that would help prepare him to get his license in the United States. He says it was clear from the moment he walked into the College of Law that it was a great fit for him.
For the last five years she’s enjoyed teaching foreign-trained attorneys in the LL.M. program, but this semester she is taking on a new challenge. Butler designed a health law research course in support of the Center for Law, Health & Society.
College of Law student Jeannine Holmes (J.D. ’22) has made history as the first Black editor-in-chief of the Law Review.
Between owning a practice in Atlanta, developing an app with potential to be used by lawyers around the world, and spending time with his family, he doesn’t have many moments to spare but wouldn’t have it any other way.
Through the Georgia State College of Law advocacy program and externship opportunities, Bryce Boggs is on track to become a formidable litigator.
As a Georgia State Law student, Furhawn Shah wanted help domestic violence survivors get justice. Now, he's doing that and more as an assistant district attorney in Fulton County.
In the new Hip-Hop and the Law course, students discuss the many ways in which hip-hop artists interact with the legal system.
The program’s goal was to prepare attendees, which included undergraduate, graduate and law students, how best to seek roles and be on the frontlines in tackling the current housing crisis.
The Georgia State University College of Law Immigration Clinic was awarded a grant from the American Bar Endowment to train attorneys on how to advocate for noncitizens who have been unlawfully denied work permits.
Georgia State Law allowed Johnson-Long to continue her work in Atlanta while getting the opportunity to learn from several faculty members who are also doing important abolitionist legal work.
Georgia State Law professor Neil Kinkopf's scholarship on presidential power has led him from the Justice Department and testifying before Congress.
Georgia State Law honored attorneys Robert B. Remar and Bernard Taylor Sr. with the Ben F. Johnson Jr. Public Service Award for their work with the ACLU, Anti-Defamation League and UNICEF.
As executive director of the Georgia State College of Law Legal Analytics & Innovation Initiative, Ben Chapman equips students with the skills to use algorithms, data analytics and machine learning to make a positive impact on the legal profession.
Having students roll up their sleeves and dive into big, complicated contracts might not be expected in a typical law school course, but that’s exactly how Associate Professor of Law Robert Weber teaches his students.
This Black History Month, we’ve decided to reflect on the courage and commitment of our Black students and faculty who have fought for equity and inclusion over the years.
Last fall, attorney Kendall Minter taught Copyright and Music Publishing, a new course in the Entertainment, Sports and Media Law Initiative, focused on the creation, protection and exploitation of intellectual property in the music industry.
As the field of family law continues to evolve and grow, the faculty at the Georgia State University College of Law remains focused on ensuring students graduate ready to practice.
When it came time to choose a law school, the opportunities that Georgia State Law could provide being in the heart of downtown Atlanta made the decision an easy one.
As an associate at Baker Donelson and president of the Law Alumni Council, Brett Switzer, encourages students to take advantage of experiential learning opportunities and use their education to make a difference.
Georgia State University College of Law will honor attorneys Robert B. Remar and Bernard Taylor Sr. with the Ben F. Johnson Jr. Public Service Award, the college’s highest honor, in virtual ceremonies on Feb. 16 and 18.
Graduates who passed the bar in October were sworn into the Georgia Superior Court, Court of Appeals and/or the Supreme Court of Georgia during the event.
Min had an interest in patents but did not know that there was a whole legal profession behind them. Realizing that opened up her eyes to a world where she could combine her science and math background with her interest in law and patents.
As the son of Pakistani immigrants and entrepreneurs, Zain Haq witnessed at an early age the impact that small businesses have on communities. Now, as a young associate at Swift/Currie, he represents companies with worker’s compensation cases, so that they can keep America working.
Next school year, first-year law students will be required to take a Legislation & Regulation course. Georgia State Law joins 40 other law schools that require the first-year class. Other curriculum changes follow.
Knowing his goal in life is to help the most people in as many ways as he can, Hassan believes law is the best way to make that happen. Whether its policy making or private practice, “law is everywhere,” Hassan said.
Georgia State College of Law has announced the five winners of its first ever Racial Justice Innovations Initiative. The program funds projects to enhance diversity, equity and inclusion within the College of Law.
At Georgia State College of Law, dedicated faculty and a variety of both foundational and specialized courses encourage students to explore the depths of criminal law further.
As an Air Force JAG, GSU Law graduate Irene Liscano juggles marriage and motherhood, while pursuing justice for sexual assault and domestic violence survivors.
Law librarian Patrick Parsons teaches students conduct legal research, and he ensures that they are on top of the latest tools being used by attorneys and the ramifications of using those tools in the workplace.
Interim Dean Leslie Wolf and Board of Visitors chair Beth Tanis have endowed an Equity Scholarship Fund at Georgia State University College of Law.
Danish foreign exchange student Rene Seiersen practiced intellectual property law in Denmark. Now, he hopes to practice law in the U.S.
When Culverhouse started looking at law schools, Georgia State Law was the easy choice because of its nationally ranked health law program and downtown Atlanta location.
The College of Law’s rate was 89.6 percent for first-time test takers and 87.2 percent overall, ahead the state average of 73.8 percent.
This fall, Georgia State Law students in the Legal Life of Kandi Burruss course, taught by Professor Mo Ivory, learned from the entertainer/entrepreneur's real life contracts.
Professor Michael Landau previously would have suggested people limiting their online presence if they don’t want to be tracked. Because the pandemic now requires most people to login to different websites for work or school, that’s not possible.
Daniel McClendon (J.D. ’15) and Danielle Pollack (J.D. ’19) both participated in the Tax Clinic while at GSU Law and now work as attorneys for the IRS Office of Chief Counsel in Atlanta.
Not only is James balancing her personal life with her studies at Georgia State Law and Robinson College of Business, but she also has a full-time job as a freelance content producer at CNN Newsource.
Janice Griffith, who served as College of Law dean from 1996 to 2004, has endowed a chair in the Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth.
Emeriti faculty members Roy Sobelson and Mark Budnitz reflect on the ways the legal field has been impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as challenges they see on the horizon.
During the month of December, we are celebrating alumni who have been promoted to partner, published books and been appointed to the state's highest court.
Deanroy Bernard (LLM ’21) has always had a passion for the law and travel. He worked as a police office and attorney in Jamaica before enrolling at the College of Law in order to practice law in the U.S.
As co-founder of the Justice Benham Law Camp and partner and diversity chair at King & Spalding, Harold Franklin is on a mission to give back and be the kind of mentor that he always wanted.
Knowing his heart was in public service, Walton applied for the Presidential Management Fellowship during his 3L year as a path into government.
The desire to teach lead Boyd to joining the faculty of the Lawyering: Foundations program at Georgia State Law in 2014. She’s since transitioned to teaching Civil Procedure, Professional Responsibility, Advanced Strategies in Legal Writing and Animal Law.
Breonna Glover's love of the law started at an early age and was cemented by her experience as a student activist in D.C. It inspired her to want to pursue a law degree at Georgia State in order to rectify injustice.
Professors Courtney Anderson and Lauren Sudeall along with law student Lisa Hwang (J.D. ’21) discussed the importance of secure housing to public health in the midst of a global pandemic.
Ngan Nguyen (J.D. ’20) and Alex McDonald (J.D. ’21) co-authored "What States Can Do to Address Out-of-Network Air Ambulance Bills" with associate professor Erin Fuse Brown.
COVID-19 has heightened housing insecurity in the U.S. Here, Georgia State faculty share eight research-backed ways to help keep Americans off the streets.
Hunt Revell (J.D. '22) spent most of his early career working in restaurants. Now, as a law student, he's interested in using the law to enact more sustainable processes for getting food to your table.
Caitlin Herndon’s (J.D. ’12) interest in practicing family law stems from her own family experiences. As a partner at HF Family Law, she works to help families and children.
After earning her master's degree in political science, Stinson's career wasn’t panning out the way she pictured. After taking a step back to evaluate what she wanted, she decided attending law school would be the best next step.
With the advent of COVID-19 and the global rise of Black Lives Matter demonstrations, the Georgia State Law community spent the summer leading the way toward justice.
Allie Armbruster Bennett (J.D. ’20) climbed from the depths of addiction to graduate summa cum laude from the College of Law. With five years of sobriety under her belt, she’s more determined than ever to prove she was worth taking a chance on.
With just 12 weeks to prepare, students in the Immigration Clinic helped a woman who had been waiting for four and half years to get her green card.
While first waitlisted, Mckeel stayed persistent before getting accepted just days before orientation began. Now, she can’t imagine what her life would be like had she not attended the College of Law.
Adams is with her students for the year-long Lawyering Foundations course. Ultimately, the goal is to teach the students how to become better advocates, which includes learning how to write for your audience.
Now, in her first year of working for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Michelle Ellis wants to encourage current law students to never give up on their dreams.
At Georgia State Law, students have several opportunities to learn about international law while further developing their legal analytical skills.
As a dual-degree bachelor's and J.D. student, Carissa Lavin found a diverse community in the College of Law and wants to pay it forward.
Georgia State Law hosted its first virtual Law Review Symposium with the theme “Prioritizing Prevention in Human Trafficking: Research, Innovation and Advocacy." Susan Coppedge, former Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, was the keynote speaker.
The College of Law Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth received a grant from the Georgia Department of Transportation to research legal issues related to right-of-way land acquisition for highway projects crossing navigable waterways.
James Dean got involved with the Black Law Student Association during his first year as a member looking to help out any way he could. Now, as treasurer he continues to provide opportunities for other students.
While originally open to all kinds of law, she’s spent the past two years honing her skills in tax law, where she is in her fourth semester with the Philip C. Cook Low Income Taxpayer Clinic.
The College of Law offers students numerous hands-on learning opportunities and mentorship in a diverse learning environment.
Originally scheduled for March, the event was first postponed to October because of the COVID-19 pandemic, then eventually the decision was made to instead host it online.
Students in the Georgia State Law Legal Analytics Lab worked with the NAIC to assess state application of model consumer protection laws this summer.
Majoring in journalism during undergrad at the University of Georgia, her plan was always to make a career out of it, but her idea of what it meant to be a storyteller shifted when she took a course on public communications law.
Now in his third year at Georgia State Law, Espitia is getting hands on experience in this area by participating in the Immigration Clinic.
Peggy Walker retired in 2019 after 29 years on the bench. She continues her advocacy for Georgia children and families through policy work.
Varadarajan's scholarship explores the balance between protecting creative output without dissuading follow-on creativity and innovation.
Professors Charlotte Alexander and Anne Tucker received funding from the NSF for their research into the use of computational methods and data science to improve legal transparency.
Georgia State Law is one of the top schools for public interest law in the country, and a myriad of funding opportunities offered through the Center for Access to Justice help students make the most of it.
One year out from graduating, Burnett is beginning as an associate at Parks, Chesin & Walbert, after completing a judicial clerkship with a federal judge in the Southern District of Georgia.
Georgia State Law graduate Ana Maria Martinez was inspired to become an attorney by her grandfather. Now, she's giving back to the next generation through the Georgia Latino Law Foundation.
Georgia State Law health law students demonstrated resilience in responding to the challenges of the pandemic and seized the opportunity to work on COVID-19-related legal issues.
Jayla Grant wants to combine her interests in social justice and technology to eradicate the school-to-prison pipeline. She is set to be the first graduate of the J.D./M.S.D.A. dual degree program.
Kreis specializes in civil rights and constitutional law, where he’s been able to make an impact not only with his scholarship but also with public facing work.
Georgia State Law’s Center for Law, Health & Society hosted a virtual panel discussion to dive into the recent important cases impacting the LGBTQ community.
Georgia State Law faculty members have responded to the pandemic’s legal issues through policy development, research and advocacy.
Georgia State Law faculty reflect on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's visit to the College of Law as well as her impact on legal education and the nation.
All three off-campus clinics are dealing with new challenges this year working remotely as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In spite of these challenges, students are continuing to gain valuable practice experience beyond the classroom.
After working as a public defender and civil rights attorney, Nirej Sekhon started researching constitutional regulation of American criminal justice practices.
While the world shifted toward remote work over the summer, Georgia State Law students built on their classroom experiences by participating in virtual externships.
Known for their capability to spark engaging debates and critical thinking, constitutional law courses at Georgia State College of Law are often a favorite of our students.
The law students’ project, “Standing with Our Neighbors: How Community Lawyering Can Break the Cycle of Children’s Health Disparities” was recognized with the “Break the Cycle” award.
Advocacy is at the core of Davynn Brown’s legal interests. Her long-term goal is to run a firm that helps small, minority-owned businesses startup and stay in motion.
Scott was instrumental in developing the College of Law to be the accredited school it is today. The health law program has been ranked in the top 10 in the country consistently over the past decade, currently sitting at the #2 program in the nation.
Mary Jo Schrade saw a need to give back to Georgia State Law amidst the pandemic and the rising visibility of the Black Lives Matter movement. She recently made a significant gift to provide tuition assistance to students.
Professor Anne Tucker joined an exclusive group of legal professionals recently when she was elected into the American Law Institute.
The Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth has published a new edition of its Journal of Comparative Urban Law and Policy in honor of Julian Juergensmeyer, who is retiring at the end of this semester.
The Center for Access to Justice hosted its annual Public Interest Keynote to inspire law students to pursue careers in public interest law and policy.
The idea for law school came to Shah as she was negotiating contracts with the landlord of a studio. Not only did she enjoy it, but she realized how much there was to it through her own research.
As CEO of Alvarez & Marsal's tax practice, Georgia State Law graduate and Board of Visitors member, Ernesto "Ernie" Perez, strives to set his clients and employees up for success.
The goal of the Center for Professional Development is to help students navigate their legal careers, but the COVID-19 pandemic has the department pivoting to determine how best to teach these skills.
Georgia State Law's reputation early on for training lawyers in a meaningful and practical way was what drew McEvoy to attend. He’s used that practical preparation to launch a successful career serving in the judicial, prosecutorial and private practice sectors.
Before joining the Georgia State Law faculty as part of the Lawyering: Foundations program, Byrd was the lead writer at her firm. She was winning cases without even walking into the courtroom, by drafting complex motions and appeals.
Initially, she figured she would become a criminal defense attorney. But as she got older, she started shifting her interest towards health law, which is also a field where she can make a large impact on people’s lives.
In this edition of the Georgia State Law class notes, judges are on the move and graduates are embarking on new adventures in the profession.
Georgia State University College of Law welcomes 256 new students—one of the largest incoming classes in recent years-- and the most women in the college's history.
As the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, Georgia State Law student Rahma Taha, is deeply invested in helping immigrants who are caught in a broken system.
Georgia State Law students will have the opportunity this fall to take a course on the career of entertainer and entrepreneur Kandi Burruss. The course will be taught by professor Mo Ivory as a part of the Entertainment, Sports and Media Law Initiative, which began in 2018 to prepare students for practice in Georgia’s growing entertainment industry.
Trey Barnett has spent most of his life strengthening his empathy muscle. This summer, he participated in a virtual clerkship Fulton County Public Defender’s Office and is ready to pound the pavement to help the people who are often left behind.
As one of the leading scholars on children’s rights issues, Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law Jonathan Todres recently published a new book, The Oxford Handbook of Children’s Rights Law.
The mathematician turned lawyer joined the faculty in February 2020. His scholarship focuses in the areas of privacy, cybersecurity law and policy, and the ethics of technology and innovation.
Now, in his second year at the Georgia State College of Law, Cohen is soaking up every experience he can with the hopes of becoming a formidable district attorney.
Timothy Graves’ path to law school was anything but traditional. Graves (J.D. ’20) first attended art school, but quickly realized he preferred it to be a passion, rather than a career. Once he decided law school was the right next step, he said Georgia State Law was the obvious choice for where he would pursue his degree in Atlanta.
As assistant director of the Georgia State Law Center for Access to Justice, Darcy Meals believes that her job is to get law students out of the textbooks and into the community.
She’s heading into her final year at Georgia State Law, where Watkins has excelled not only in the classroom, but also as the president of the Black Law Students Association and a member of the Moot Court Competition Team.
Anna Foote (B.I.S. '83) helps clients learn financial survival skills and get access to financial resources that are often lacking in communities of color.
Eight Georgia State Law students participated in virtual summer internships offered through the Georgia Latino Law Foundation.
Kelli Wolk (J.D. '99) talks about how Georgia's Probate Courts are adapting during COVID-19 and why she ranks Georgia State Law among her best life choices.
While the COVID-19 pandemic required many aspects of life to be shut down or put on hold, the Health Law Partnership (HeLP) Legal Services Clinic has learned how to transform to continue representing its clients.
Brooke Silverthorn has been named co-director of the Health Law Partnership (HeLP) Legal Services Clinic in the College of Law and assistant clinical professor.
Students and faculty in the Center for the Comparative Study for Metropolitan Growth contributed research to a new book from UN-Habitat, “Effectiveness of Planning Law in Land-Rich Developed Countries.”
This summer she’s working for Baker Hostetler and is hoping to continue after graduating. Outside of the classroom, she’s involved in several co-curriculars including Law Review, the Jewish Law Student Association and she serves on the board of Wellness in Law Society.
Professors Lauren Sudeall and Daniel Pasciuti are working with Georgia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice and a number of other organizations to track eviction proceedings in courts across the state in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Philip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic is becoming a model for how other in-house clinics at Georgia State College of Law will operate in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The clinic had already planned to offer the course in the summer semester before the pandemic hit. Instead of scaling back, it has been operating completely virtual.
The case, Norman v. Xytex, concerns whether a commercial sperm bank is subject to any form of liability for marketing and selling sperm with readily knowable undisclosed genetic abnormalities which cause genetic abnormalities in a fetus.
Eli Cohen (J.D. '20) shares his journey of balancing life as a soldier, police officer, and now, attorney.
After finishing out his undergrad degree at Georgia State University, Theodore had his eyes set on Georgia State Law because he had grown to love Atlanta and the opportunities the city was filled with. Now, one year after graduation, he’s working as an Equal Opportunity Specialist for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Georgia State Law professors Charlotte Alexander and Anne Tucker co-authored an amicus brief filed in the Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org Inc. Supreme Court case. In the brief, they urged the court to keep legal codes with their corresponding annotations available to the public.
Sharnell Simon (J.D. ’19) says growing up, she was always witty with a lively personality, and people were quick to point out she would make a good lawyer. Increasingly noticing the need for change at a young age, while she originally wanted to be a teacher, she set eyes on her goal of becoming an attorney.
In Patrice Ruffin's 15 years working as a city planner, she sat across from countless zoning attorneys. Now, she's decided to pursue a career in law.
In his 36 years with the institution, Kaminshine has made an impact in both the classroom and the administration, teaching courses such as Civil Procedure, Labor Law and Employment Discrimination Law and serving as the dean of the College of Law from 2004 to 2017.
The Philip C. Cook Low Income Taxpayer Clinic is paving the way for how clinics will interact with clients as social distancing is continually encouraged. On June 16th, the clinic hosted its first virtual IRS Pro Bono Day.
Hannah-Lynn Apicelli (J.D. '19) has always been a champion for the underdog. At Georgia State Law, she worked in the Olmstead Disability Rights Clinic and Animal Legal Defense Fund. Now, as an associate at Shewmaker & Shewmaker, she is getting a full education on family, military, and criminal law.
The team composed of Georgia State Law students Brian Aton, Brittany Stocus and Kayla Watkins successfully convinced the judge to grant their client Supplemental Security Income benefits for her child.
After graduating from Georgia State Law in 2019, Ptacek now practices full time as an associate for Finch McCranie. In her six months of practice, she’s done her own depositions, mediations and settled several cases.
Mary Katherine Byrne has a passion for service and teamwork. Her ambitions are set toward the JAG Corps and eventually becoming the U.S. Secretary of Education.
A second-year student in the College of Law, Stacy Marie Psomiadis, a mother of six, has relied on her experience as a longtime nurse to balance her studies with work, her new role during the pandemic as a teacher to her children and preparations for a November wedding.
Tanya Washington Hicks has felt the impacts of the coronavirus first-hand. It will forever change the way she helps educate future generations of lawyers.
In this month's class notes, two Georgia State Law graduates are appointed to the Superior Court, and Dawn Jones takes the helm of the State Bar of Georgia.
As Professor Mary Radford puts it, the College of Law was “just a toddler” when she joined the faculty in 1984. She’s survived many of the growing pains, and now, retiring after 36 years of dedication to the institution she watched grow, she finally has the chance to look back and reflect on her time.
Steven Kaminshine, Mary Radford, Charity Scott, Doug Yarn and Julian Juergensmeyer are all retiring in 2020. Together, the professors have contributed more than 150 years of service to the College of Law.
For the first time, the College of Law held its annual Swearing-In Ceremony virtually on June 5. Hosted in an online meeting, 22 Georgia State Law graduates who passed the State Bar’s February exam were sworn into the Georgia Superior Court.
Jarvarus Gresham shares experiences from his first year of practice at Baker Hostetler and reflects on his time at the College of Law.
As the associate dean for library and information services in the College of Law and a clinical professor of law, Kris Niedringhaus encourages students to explore legal technology.
Georgia State University College of Law has the highest bar passage rate in Georgia based on results for the February 2020 exam. The College of Law’s rate was 88.9 percent for first-time test takers and 84.2 percent overall.
From law student to professor, Leila Lawlor shares how the LLM program allows her to see students' dreams come back to life and why she loves the College of Law.
As Brewer explains, tax is a giant puzzle that permeates every area of the law. Whether it’s divorce, selling a house, starting a business or non-profit, etc., tax is implicated. If tax law merely was about “doing the math,” there would be no need for tax lawyers.
Morrison says the exploration in her scholarship over the past 11 years at Georgia State Law has allowed her to learn and grow, but it’s her students and colleagues that she most enjoys.
After a career in entertainment law and radio, professor Mo Ivory shares her contract negotiation and intellectual property law skills with the next generation of entertainment attorneys.
Georgia State College of Law held a virtual celebration to acknowledge the class of 2020 featuring photos, videos and well wishes.
Ryan Malone (J.D. ’20) realized pursuing a career in law was the right path for him after thriving on the debate team at the University of Texas. While Malone studied English and Philosophy during undergrad, he was drawn to Georgia State for the Center for Law, Health & Society. The college being in an urban setting with tons of opportunity and staying in the south checked Malone’s other boxes, and made Georgia State Law the clear choice for him.
Professors Natsu Saito and Tanya Washington reflect on how classroom conversations have and have not changed after 25 years of teaching Race, Ethnicity and the Law.
It’s no surprise that after practicing law for a couple years, Spencer established the Arden Group in 1989, a fully integrated real estate company focusing on acquiring, developing and managing high quality real estate assets throughout the U.S.
After working in human resources for more than a decade, Georgia State Law alumna and Board of Visitors member Lisa "Lee" Schreter decided to go to law school and pursue a new career.
Segall is now going on 29 years at Georgia State Law, where he is yet to take one semester off. In addition to teaching federal courts and constitutional law, he has also authored two books, Supreme Myths: Why the Supreme Court is not a Court and the Justices are not Judges and Originalism as Faith.
Faculty and students in the Center for Access to Justice engage with housing justice issues through research, pro bono work and the annual State of the South Conference.
As student director of the Pro Bono Program at Georgia State Law, Alex Estroff's passion for service started early. Now, he encourages everyone to give back.
Courtney Anderson, associate professor in the College of Law, studies the intersection of health equity and the law.
Hansinger says with their power, a prosecutor can ensure that justice is served and fair punishments are handed out, but also can be progressive in their approach and advocate for social change.
Imagine being able to produce a child with your favorite movie star using the DNA from a strand of hair or flake of skin. What sounds like the plot to a sci-fi thriller is actually not that far from reality.
Curcio’s scholarship stretches from critiquing the bar exam as a measure of competence in lawyers, to gender equity issues, and campus sexual assault. While these topics may appear distinct, Curcio does find a common denominator amongst them.
Not forgetting where he started is important for Najjar, which is why he’s remained so involved with Georgia State Law. Along with serving on the Board of Visitors, Najjar also endows a scholarship that a first-year law student receives every year.
Growing up during the Civil Rights Movement inspired Professor Bill Edmundson to pursue a career in law. In his class 'What is Justice,' he teaches students the principles of social contract theory.
Georgia State Law opened a new Immigration Clinic in spring 2020 in order to address the state's growing need for immigration attorneys and judges. Students in the clinic work with clients who are facing deportation.
Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. In recent years, Georgia State Law alums with experience in the Tax Clinic have become top choice recruits.
Beginning law school is a tough adjustment for most, and Lamarr was not exempt. But he’s not one to back down from following his dreams, even when it doesn’t go according to plan.
Georgia State Law professor Corneill Stephens keeps students on their toes in the classroom in order to prepare them for the courtroom.
Growing up, Georgia State professor of law Russell D. Covey never pictured himself becoming a lawyer. The idea only occurred to him while attending graduate school studying political philosophy at Princeton University. Political philosophy can get pretty esoteric, and Covey was on the hunt for a career that would be filled with practical as well as engaging work.
Steve Dickson talks about how his Georgia State Law education prepared him for his new role as Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
The College of Law has added two new experiential courses designed to give students a closer look at two highly-specialized legal areas: Mental Health & Criminal Law Practicum and Legal Technology Competencies & Operations.
After sleeping in his car on a Chicago winter evening, Glenn Wells enlisted in the Marines and decided to change his life.
College of Law class notes include an appointment to the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Atlanta Magazine 500 list, new partnerships and more.
Every spring, Georgia State College of Law hosts an Honors Day Program to celebrate student accomplishments. Due to the Coronavirus, the College of Law held a virtual Honors Week by recognizing outstanding students on Facebook and Instagram.
Georgia State Law graduate Bill Grob gives back by serving on the Board of Visitors while co-chairing the Sports and Entertainment Practice Group at Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Georgia State Law graduates share how taking coursed offered through the Legal Analytics & Innovation Initiative helped them find unexpected careers.
Ted Afield, director of the Philip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic and Georgia State associate professor of law is hoping to bring his unique viewpoint to IRSAC. Afield began a three-year term on the council in January.
Since starting at Georgia State in 2012, Anderson has developed a course in law, health and equity, and also teaches real estate transactions and property. She said an advantage to being in Atlanta is having students that care about their community and want to remain attached to it.
Professor Tameka Lester, associate director of the Tax Clinic, gives back to the community and trains law students to help real clients reconcile their accounts with the IRS.
Heled wants to ensure that the law reflects a balance between innovation and patient access to these new pharmaceuticals. However, biologics also cost significantly more to develop and manufacture than traditional drugs, and thus cost significantly more for patients needing these advanced therapies.
Georgia State University College of Law alumnus Robert Rohr (J.D. ’90) recently joined the Sun Life Family Health Center as the director of human resources and corporate compliance.
Georgia State Law professor Anne Tucker expands the bounds of legal analytics by using computer analysis to assess whether mutual funds are working for you.
In her latest book, Georgia State Law professor Natsu Saito unpacks the 17th century colonial attitudes that are undergirding race relations in America today.
Georgia State Law Review is hosting its annual symposium; this year’s topic is “Prioritizing Prevention in Human Trafficking Research, Innovation and Advocacy.” Susan Coppedge, who served as the Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons under President Barack Obama, will serve as the keynote speaker.
Scott says student well-being should to be an institutional priority. She is working to make that commitment to the students with her new course, The Reflective Lawyer.
The clinic and IRS jointly invite Georgia residents with upcoming court dates for federal tax disputes to the College of Law. The event allows them access to free legal representation from the clinic and an opportunity to discuss their case with IRS attorneys.
College of Law students, faculty and alumni were in attendance for the 65th Henry J. Miller Distinguished Lecture held in the ceremonial courtroom Thursday, March 5.
Georgia State Regents’ Professor and Bobby Lee Cook Professor of Law Paul Lombardo is known across the globe for his work on the legal history of the American eugenics movement, but what’s now the focal point of his career actually came about by accident.
Georgia State Law research centers collaborate on micromobility research with a focus on the pervasiveness of e-scooters in Atlanta.
Lester and Yaun educate the volunteers on basic components of the tax return such as filing status and what to look for to make sure the people actually qualify for different credits. More recently, Lester has also created an advanced training program to help volunteers address more complicated tax scenarios such as self-employment.
Will Miller joined the Immigration Clinic faculty this spring. He talks about what it is like to practice immigration law and what he hopes to achieve at Georgia State.
Kendall Kerew has been leading the externship program at Georgia State Law for the past decade. She says that she has a passion for clinical legal education, which is rooted in the unique way that it blends student learning of the profession’s knowledge, skills, and values through hands-on experiences.
Amid the continuing opioid epidemic in the United States, a new report on opioid prescribing from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine claims guidance for treating acute pain is lacking, which could play a factor in the crisis.
The Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth hosted a lunchtime lecture with Brazilian professor Romulo Sampaio.
The opportunity to do clinical work played a big factor in her decision to attend Georgia State Law. At the time, she never imagined practicing law. Instead, she saw herself as a researcher. After two semesters in the Health Law Partnership (HeLP) Legal Services Clinic, her desired career path had changed.
Georgia State University’s College of Law has partnered with the Squire Patton Boggs Foundation to offer a prestigious public policy fellowship to law students with an interest in public service.
Racquel McGee came to Georgia State Law after working as a psychologist in the penal system and public defender's office. Now, in her final semester of law school, she shares her path from family law to entertainment law.
An increase in donor generosity is helping more students at Georgia State Law get the most out of their education. This year, 183 students are scholarship recipients, the greatest number the college has ever seen.
As a fourth generation educator, Georgia State Law professor Tanya Washington wants to encourage all of her students to change the world.
The Health Law Partnership (HeLP) Legal Services Clinic allows law students to work on health-related legal cases, representing families of children with disabilities, most often fighting for supplemental security income. While the clinic usually has one or two hearings to prepare for, in the fall of 2019, there were five.
Georgia State Law professor Jonathan Todres and Dr. Angela Diaz spoke about their new book, which looks into how sex and labor trafficking can be prevented using public health methods.
Georgia State health law student Ngan Nguyen shares her family's immigration story from Vietnam and talks about going from pre-med to pursuing a legal career.
On Jan. 16, Georgia State Law alumni and students gathered to celebrate a 26-year partnership with the Atlanta Law School Foundation. They have provided $3.7 million in support to the College of Law since 1994.
Veronica Macias talks about her journey from working in her parents' Mexican restaurant to giving back to her community as president of the Latinx & Caribbean Law Students Association.
Associate professor Erin Fuse Brown has been named the director of the Center for Law, Health & Society at Georgia State College of Law effective January 1. She follows Leslie Wolf, who was appointed interim dean of the law school last summer.
The Center for Access to Justice has announced five Alternative Spring Break opportunities for Georgia State Law students in 2020.
In the new book, “Preventing Child Trafficking," College of Law professor Jonathan Todres and Dr. Angela Diaz, director of the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center, recommend a using public health approach to end trafficking.
Experts from around the globe gathered at the College of Law on Dec.10 for the annual meeting of the Academy of Food Law & Policy. The Center for Law, Health & Society hosted the event, where scholars discussed pressing issues ranging from reducing obesity to the future of beef.
The Georgia State Law LL.M. program helped Robert Moses return to environmental law after moving to the U.S. from Australia. As an assistant attorney for the City of Atlanta, he provides legal counsel for the Department of Watershed Management and Atlanta City Council.
From pre-med to post-grad, Jasmine Becerra plans to use her education in health law to make healthcare accessible to everyone.
A new course in the Entertainment, Sports and Media Law Certificate program focusing on rapper Ludacris gives students an inside look at key contracts in the Atlanta rapper’s career.
David A. Martin, Warner-Booker Distinguished Professor of International Law Emeritus at the University of Virginia School of Law, delivered the 64th annual Henry J. Miller Distinguished Lecture in the College of Law on Thursday, Nov. 21 at 5:30 p.m. in the ceremonial courtroom.
Georgia State Law swore in 99 graduates to various state courts on Nov. 15. Held in the college's ceremonial courtroom, family and friends gathered to see graduates take oaths for the State Superior Court, Court of Appeals and/or Supreme Court.
Register for the Center for Access to Justice's State of the South Conference, Feb. 20-21. The focus of this year’s conference is housing justice.
Law professor Clark Cunningham is using linguistic analysis to shed light on the original meaning of America’s founding documents.
Law student Sierra Lawrence wants to use her competitive drive to ensure that everyone has access to legal representation.
Georgia State Law interim dean, Leslie Wolf, discusses her path to academia and her plans to expand the school's reputation for diversity, value and innovation.
Entertainer and entrepreneur Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, and Tom Luse, former executive producer of “The Walking Dead,” will participate in a full-day master class Nov. 16 presented by the Entertainment, Sports and Media Law Initiative and the Creative Media Industries Institute.
Georgia State Center for Law, Health & Society hosted a lecture with professor Timothy D. Lytton about his book “Outbreak: Foodborne Illness and the Struggle for Food Safety” on October 30, 2019.
Georgia State Law graduate Abby Howd shares her passion for helping the wrongfully convicted and how her theater degree made her a better litigator.
John T. Marshall discusses working in New Orleans post Hurricane Katrina, building resilient cities and teaching students to consider the environment first.
Georgia State College of Law is No. 2 in bar passage for the July 2019 exam, with an overall bar passage rate of 84.8 percent — the state average is 65.8 percent.
In his new book, law professor Timothy Lytton examines the history and complex workings of the country’s food safety system.
College of Law graduate, Paul Panusky, uses his experience as an ASL interpreter to bridge the gap between the Deaf community and the legal system.
Eugene Butler grew up in South Georgia and chose to attend Georgia State for his bachelor's and law degrees. Now, he wants to use the law to serve underprivileged youth.
Georgia State Law hosted the LatCrit Biennial Conference, featuring scholars from across the country discussing how marginalized people experience the law.
Georgia State Law alumna Catherine Henson uses her legal experience to advocate for educational equity and give back her alma mater. In the College of Law, she serves on the board of visitors, named the atrium, and endowed a professorship and scholarship.
Linguists and attorneys collaborate on young scholars' papers at Law & Linguistics Workshop hosted by professor Clark Cunningham at Georgia State Law.
Kinda Abdus-Saboor, a lecturer and externship supervisor in the College of Law, talks about helping young attorneys develop cultural awareness and her passion for juvenile justice.
College of Law alumnus Mawuli Davis on fighting for justice, giving back and why he stays connected to Georgia State Law.
The College of Law is ranked No. 7 overall Best Value in preLaw Magazine, and received accolades for its business law, tax law and trial and advocacy programs.
Recent College of Law graduate Furhawn Shah wants to use his law degree to help domestic violence victims and make his mom proud.
The Georgia State Law community includes successful alumni from around the world. Look at what our graduates have been up to in our digital class notes.
2019-2020 Georgia State University Law Review editors Kassi Conley and Parth Matalia discuss why law reviews still matter and tackling human trafficking.
Jason Fletcher's work as a state trooper inspired him to transfer his law enforcement experience from the streets to the courtroom.
Faculty in Georgia State Law's Center for Law, Health & Society have been awarded a grant to develop an undergraduate diversity in bioethics course. Students in the Honors College can enroll in spring 2020.
The Georgia State Law chapters of The Order of the Coif and The Order of Barristers inducted 27 students and two honorary alumni this week.
Alexis Martinez joined the Georgia State Law leadership team last year. She is making it her mission to help students make the most of their law degree.
Attorneys Carolina Antonini (J.D. '89) and Martin Rosenbluth came to Georgia State Law to discuss the state of immigration law in Georgia and the college's new clinic.
PreLaw Magazine featured Georgia State Law in the 2019 Back To School issue for excellence in employment outcomes and health law.
The College of Law marked Constitution Day with a debate about Originalism vs Living Constitutionalism, and whether judges should be bound to, or persuaded by, history.
Dan Johnson (J.D. '19) was determined to change his life after working in the restaurant industry. He came to Georgia State Law and fell in love with data privacy law.
Brooke Silverthorn wants to help professionals in the M.J. program expand their career possibilities and discover their passions.
College of Law professor, Erin Fuse Brown, received a grant to study policy and regulation of air ambulance bills in order to protect consumers.
Meagan Chinnis decided to pursue a career in law after losing a close friend to violent crime. Here, she talks about finding her place and the pursuit of justice.
Georgia State Law student Lina Machado Bejarano shares her journey of leaving Colombia, seeking asylum in America and preparing to graduate from law school.
Georgia State Law alumnus Gregory Fosheim (J.D. '14) combines his experience as a microbiologist and passion for health law to help underserved communities.
Three law students from the Health Law Partnership (HeLP) Legal Services Clinic won a court victory for a child with a disability this spring.
Professor Jonathan Todres, whose research areas of expertise include children's rights and human trafficking, was one of three faculty members awarded the title of Distinguished University Professor this year.
Susan Navarro Smelcer joins the Legal Analytics & Innovation Initiative after starting her career in antitrust law. Here, she talks about her journey to teaching and why there's no getting around big data.
Mawuli Davis (J.D. '02) Davis delivered the Public Interest Keynote through the Center for Access to Justice. Davis encouraged students to find what they're dedicated to and build a career in public interest law.
The Center for Law, Health & Society at Georgia State University College of Law and Atlanta Legal Aid Society hosted the “Olmstead at Twenty: The Past and Future of Community Integration” symposium on August 8 and 9.
A law professor for most of the day, Samuel Donaldson also turns a trade as a builder of puzzles and often finds ways to cross one with the other.
Professor Ryan Rowberry discusses his research on cultural heritage preservation, climate change and creating a better learning environment for law students.
This summer, Georgia State Law faculty led the Study Space workshop in Lisbon, Portugal that examined the effects of the sharing economy and over-tourism on cities.
Georgia State Law’s Pro Bono Law Program is partnering with The Justice Collaborative and Georgia Lawyers for the Arts to offer law students more practice opportunities.
Georgia State University College of Law welcomes 220 first-year students to campus—one of the largest incoming classes in recent years.
Georgia State University College of Law ranks as the 17th best law school in the country for black students, according to the Black Student’s Guide to Law Schools and Firms.
Ted Afield, associate clinical professor of law and director of the Philip C. Cook Low Income Taxpayer Clinic at Georgia State University’s College of Law, has been named chair of the Section on Teaching Methods for the Association of American Law Schools.
Third-year law student Casey Tuchscher (J.D. ’19) argued an Earned Income Credit case at the IRS calendar call on April 29, and won her case.
Emily Torstveit Ngara will lead the new Immigration Law Clinic at Georgia State University College of Law. The clinic will start taking clients in January 2020.
The IRS paid a visit to Georgia State Law's Philip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer clinic to collaborate on ways to better serve Georgians.
Whitney Woodward has many titles—wife, mother, vice president of Total Rewards and risk management at RaceTrac and now student in Georgia State Law’s part-time J.D. program.
Lisa Radtke Bliss, clinical professor and associate dean the College of Law, will teach a health law course and a human rights clinic this fall in the Czech Republic as a Fulbright Distinguished Chair.
For low-income families, tax season can be especially stressful, and that’s where the Georgia State Law’s Philip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic steps in. The clinic sponsors two IRS Pro Bono Days per year to help Georgia residents resolve federal tax disputes.
Georgia State University College of Law is introducing the Entertainment, Sports and Media Law Certificate to prepare students to practice in Georgia’s growing entertainment industry.
Claudio Sandoval (LL.M. '19) was once a political exile. Now, as the Venezuelan ambassador to Honduras he hopes to bring about democratic changes in his native country.
In January, Professor Charity Scott spoke about health & wellness in legal education at a symposium entitled “The Integrated Lawyer: A Symposium on Well-Being and the Practice of Law” at the University of California Hastings College of the Law.
Georgia State University College of Law had the highest bar passage rate in Georgia for the February 2019 exam.
Leslie Wolf, Distinguished University Professor and director of the Center of Law, Health & Society, has been appointed the interim dean of the College of Law at Georgia State University, effective July 1.
Wendy Hensel, dean of Georgia State University’s College of Law since 2017, has been appointed interim provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the university, effective July 1.
Georgia State University College of Law announces exciting changes to the name and scope of its affiliated Atlanta Center for International Arbitration and Mediation (ACIAM). The center expands its mission on July 1, 2019, to include domestic arbitration and mediation services.
Georgia State Law’s health law program, ranked second in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, was well represented at the 21st annual conference on the Fundamentals of Health Care Law.
Michael Murphy's (J.D. ’19) path to law school was anything but traditional. Murphy served in the Georgia Army National Guard before starting at Georgia State University College of Law, including a 2005 deployment to Mahmudiyah, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Georgia State University is part of a national group of leading innovative institutions that has received a $2.4 million grant from the Strada Education Network to redesign the college-to-career pathway.
In just the last year and a half, the Pro Bono Program has facilitated more than 1400 hours of student pro bono service under the supervision of practicing attorneys in the nonprofit, public, and private sectors.
The State Bar of Georgia offered a new three-day conference to address the crisis in the legal profession regarding attorneys’ increasing levels of stress, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and suicide.
Located at the intersection of law and medicine, the HeLP Clinic is well positioned to train the next generation of lawyers and physicians to address the complicated, multi-faceted problems of today in a collaborative, dynamic way.
On January 24 and 25, the Center for Law, Health & Society at Georgia State University College of Law hosted the Journal of Legal Medicine’s inaugural symposium, “Solving America’s Drug Pricing Problem.”
Next week, Hannah Clapp (J.D. ‘20), Kishan Patel (J.D. ‘19), and Samuel Richards (J.D. ‘20) will be in White Plains, New York, to represent GSU Law at the Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition.
Lisa Radtke Bliss, clinical professor and associate dean of experiential education and clinical programs in Georgia State University’s College of Law, has been named a Fulbright Distinguished Chair, the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board have announced.
The Georgia State University Alumni Association has named the honorees in its 2019 class of distinguished alumni under the age of 40.
A new semester brings fresh opportunities to achieve academic success. Georgia State is excited to welcome back all of our new and returning students for the spring 2019 semester.
Adebola Akinola-Aguda (B.S. ’15) writes programs for robotic systems that solve lots of problems for other people.
Luz Lituma (B.B.A. ’11), an avid hiker and adventure lover, founded LatinXhikers to promote a culture of diversity in the outdoors and to help protect and preserve our lands for the future.
Georgia State University College of Law will give its community-oriented programming to the Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance (GIPA) in a new collaboration to begin in 2019.
Professor emerita, nutrition consultant and author Chris Rosenbloom (Ph.D. ’89) tells us how folks of all ages can create healthy habits that can last a lifetime.
At a time when the national bar passage rates are at a 34-year low, Georgia State University College of Law’s state bar passage rate has increased from 2017 for first-time test takers and overall test takers.
In a new book, law professor Eric Segall examines the contentious doctrine of “originalism” — the interpretation of the U.S. Constitution that claims to follow the document’s original meaning — and how it’s evolved from judicial theory to political weapon.
Georgia State Law’s Center for Law, Health & Society has partnered with the American College of Legal Medicine on its interdisciplinary publication, the Journal of Legal Medicine.
Gabe Mobley, a four-year starter for the football team, is in his second year of law school.
In 1986, Georgia State Law appointed Marjorie Fine Knowles as dean. At the time, only a handful of law schools were helmed by women — around six percent. Wendy F. Hensel, who was named dean in November 2017, is the fourth woman in the law school’s top role (out of six total deans). While Georgia State Law has had a history of women leadership, women have only begun to close the gap nationwide.
In my first year, I have found myself floating between feeling confident in my grasp of what is going and then feeling completely overwhelmed and realizing there aren’t enough hours in the day. Sometimes it feels like my first year is just one big initiation into living life in six-minute intervals and constantly turning to legal search engines.
During his 30 years on the bench, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy angered people across the political spectrum. His decisions on gay rights, abortion, and prayer in school alienated the right, while his decisions on corporate speech, sovereign immunity and congressional power disturbed the left.
With the rapid growth in film and TV production in Georgia, there is a need for good legal representation at all levels of the business and this provides a way to build that legal talent locally, said Mo Ivory, professor and director of Georgia State Law's Entertainment, Sports and Media Law Initiative.
Learn how to set up your entertainment business, what you should know about contract provisions, how to protect your intellectual property and more at this all-day seminar featuring experts in the legal, entertainment and sports fields.
A panel of constitutional law scholars will discuss U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s opinions, as well as his role as the court’s key swing vote at “The Swing Justice: Reflections on the Career of Justice Anthony Kennedy” at Georgia State University College of Law on Friday, Oct. 5, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
When Phi Nguyen (J.D. ’09), litigation director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice –Atlanta, chose to pursue law school, the decision didn’t feel entirely like her own, but she quickly discovered that being an attorney armed her with the skills to fight injustice.
Beatrice Yorker’s research on serial murder by health care professionals and Munchausen by Proxy has led to more safeguards to protect patients and children.
I love being handed a problem and the resources to answer it, marrying research and advocacy skills.
When I began as a student at Harvard Law School more than two decades ago, I heard stories about the days when there were only a handful of women law students in attendance. I remember being incredibly grateful that these women had the courage to demand a seat at the table for me and my female classmates, who then filled about 30 percent of the incoming class.
When changes in her profession urged her toward a new career, Dawn Jones (J.D. ’00) walked across the street from Grady Hospital, where she was a full-time nurse, to Georgia State Law, where she enrolled as a part-time student.
“I didn’t have a clue about being a lawyer or navigating law school,” said Jones. “It was painful, but I figured it out.”
The kindness of students was one thing that helped her.
When I started my career, there were not a lot of women in the public sector. Now there are more women in law school, more women in general counsel positions and slightly more women in the public sector. There are more women in the workforce, but I’d like to see more women in leadership roles.
ATLANTA—Commissioner Kara M. Stein of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will deliver the 62nd annual Henry J. Miller Distinguished Lecture at Georgia State University College of Law at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 27. The event is invitation-only.
The eight-year-old girl put a chilling title to her written and pictorial narrative of sexual abuse by her mother’s boyfriend: “It Happens at Night.” That little girl is one reason Chris Cohilas (J.D. ’02), a partner at Watson Spence, helped create Lily Pad, a sanctuary for the sexually abused in Albany, Georgia.
While writing her dissertation in neuroscience, Susanne Hollinger (J.D. ’08), now head of patents for The Coca- Cola Company, discovered something. She was about to become the world’s expert on one specific protein.
As lawyers, our practice includes the constant process of teaching others. And if you already have a mentee (or several), you know about reverse mentoring: even experienced practitioners have much to learn. You can give back to others and reap the benefits of mentoring. Here are some ideas that you can implement today, with particular focus on mentoring women.
Georgia State University is ranked the second most innovative university in the nation and second in the country for its commitment to undergraduate teaching in the 2019 Best Colleges edition of U.S. News & World Report magazine.
Georgia State University College of Law was named among the top law schools for public interest law by preLaw magazine. The college was one of 12 to receive an A+ ranking by the magazine in its Back to School 2018 issue.
The Honorable Catherine M. Salinas, United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, delivered the second annual Public Interest Keynote address at Georgia State University College of Law. Salinas encouraged students to begin thinking about their professional identity as lawyers and to commit to serving the public interest, whether full time or by doing pro bono work as part of a different full-time career.
Litigation was not the obvious choice for Maria Batres (J.D. ’11) when she decided to pursue a law degree. An introvert, the former middle and high school social studies teacher wasn’t entirely comfortable with public speaking outside of the classroom.
Georgia State University College of Law and the Center for Law, Health & Society welcome Margaret Middleton to the Health Law Partnership (HeLP) Legal Services Clinic. Middleton will serve as co-director of the HeLP clinic, following the retirement of HeLP’s founding director Sylvia Caley (MBA '86, J.D. '89).
Veronica Macias (J.D. ’21) sorted through books with a group of incoming first-year Georgia State Law students while volunteering at Books for Africa. During their community service project, the students reminisced about the books they read as children.
Georgia State University College of Law has a new senior director of Law Admissions, as of May 2018. Monique McCarthy is in position and has already began to set goals for the Law Admissions department.
Law and analytics students work together to build predictive models for case outcomes in Legal Analytics Lab sprint.
Like many leaders and faculty members at Georgia State Law, Associate Dean for Student Affairs Kelly Cahill Timmons puts students first. In fact, it’s part of why she has decided to step down from this role. After serving in the position for 11 years, she’s ready for a change, but there are some extraordinarily selfless reasons too.
Leslie E. Wolf, professor of law and director of the Center for Law, Health & Society, was among the five Georgia State University faculty to receive a Distinguished University Professorship. This prestigious honor recognizes faculty who have an outstanding record of scholarship, as well as a history of substantial contributions to the University and profession.
On May 5, 2018, (nearly six years after meeting in Georgia State Law Orientation), Kristin Roquemore (J.D. ’15) and Trent Duke (J.D. ’15) exchanged wedding vows at The Trolley Barn in Inman Park – and Associate Dean for Student Affairs Kelly Cahill Timmons officiated.
Dawn M. Jones (J.D.’00) was installed as treasurer of the State Bar of Georgia, Ana Maria Martinez (J.D. ’09) was appointed to its Board of Governors and J. Antonio DelCampo (J.D. ’94) was elected to the board's executive committee.
The State Bar of Georgia recognized recently retired Georgia State Law professor Roy Sobelson’s service to legal education and the justice system during its annual meeting in June.
Joyce Gist Lewis (J.D. ’99) and Sutton Connelly (J.D. ’09) have been elected to the State Bar of Georgia Board of Governors and were installed during the State Bar’s annual meeting in June. They will serve for two years.
When Lauren Sudeall Lucas, associate professor of law and faculty director of the Center for Access to Justice, wrote “Keeping Gideon’s Promise: Using Equal Protection to Address the Denial of Counsel in Misdemeanor Cases,” she wanted to engage practitioners and policy-makers with its ideas and influence their thinking about how to advance indigent defense reform.
Georgia State University Law Dean Wendy F. Hensel, along with professors Eric J. Segall, Ryan Rowberry and Julian C. Juergensmeyer, will speak at the Poland-U.S. Conference on the Rule of Law held by The Center for American Law Studies at the University of Warsaw Faculty of Law and Administration on June 26.
“Investing has the ability to change an individual’s life, to take your family from one place and one plan to another, or to help you achieve a new goal,” said Commissioner Robert Jackson of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at a town hall meeting held at Georgia State University College of Law on June 13.
Georgia State University College of Law’s Center for Access to Justice has released a report, “Mississippi’s No-Counsel Courts,” detailing the denial of counsel in state criminal courts in Mississippi in violation of the Constitution’s Sixth Amendment.
In May, the Atlanta Bar Association leadership transferred from Margaret Vath, senior lecturer in law, to Nicole Iannarone, associate clinical professor—the first time presidents representing a law school have served in immediate succession.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Atlanta Regional Office will host an Atlanta Investor Town Hall from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 13, at Georgia State University College of Law, 85 Park Place NE.
Georgia State University College of Law is ranked No. 25, tied with Cornell University, for bar passage rates in the Internet Legal Research Group’s 2017 Raw Data Law School Rankings Report.
“It’s revolutionary,” Chief Judge Stephen Dillard of the Georgia Court of Appeals said of Georgia State Law students’ linguistic and historical research into the original meaning of various provisions of the U.S. Constitution and its Bill of Rights using the Corpus of Founding Era American English (COFEA) database.
The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) recognized the Georgia State University College of Law chapter with a 2018 ACS Program Award, which honors ACS student chapters that conducted at least 20 “substantive and compelling events” during the school year.
Margaret “Meg” Elizabeth Butler, associate director for public services, wrote three chapters in the book Negligence: Policy, Elements, and Evidence, which will be available in the coming weeks.
Georgia State University College of Law graduates finished with an 88 percent passage rate for first-time takers on the February 2018 exam, well ahead of the state rate of 70.4 percent and that of other law schools.
“I encourage you to allow yourself the grace to seek out a place where you can do what you really want to do, and what you do best,” Attorney General of Colorado Cynthia H. Coffman (J.D. ’91) said to graduates at the 2018 Commencement and Hooding Ceremony on May 11. Georgia State Law awarded 183 juris doctor and 18 master of laws degrees during the ceremony.
The outgoing Georgia State University Law Review board celebrated its achievements that include amending its bylaws and editing process at its annual luncheon on April 19, as well as sharing the vision of the incoming board.
Attorney General of Colorado Cynthia H. Coffman (J.D. ’91) will deliver the address at Georgia State University College of Law’s Commencement and Hooding Ceremony at 10 a.m., Friday, May 11, in the Georgia State University Sports Arena, 125 Decatur St. The graduating class of 183 J.D. and 18 LL.M. students chose Thomas Michael “Mike” Hodell (J.D. ’18) as the student speaker.
As a child, Yasmin Assar (J.D. ’18) would sit down with her parents every week to watch one of their favorite TV shows, the legal drama “The Practice.” From then on, when she was asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, her answer never wavered—a lawyer.
More than 300 guests joined Georgia State University College of Law faculty and staff to celebrate and recognize the exceptional service of Sylvia Caley (M.B.A. '86, J.D. '89), Cheryl Jester-George, Paul Milich and Roy Sobelson, who are retiring this year.
Over her 30 years at the College of Law, Cheryl Jester-George was success and leadership served as a model to others, said Steven J. Kaminshine, professor of law.
Some titles are formal; others are not. Professor Roy Sobelson has gained several since joining Georgia State Law in 1985. Official positions he has served in include professor of law, associate dean for academic affairs, and director of the LL.M. program. In addition, students have given him nicknames like Sobe-Wan Kenobi and The Law School’s Dad to describe the roles he has played in their law-school experiences and lives.
When Brandon Reed (J.D. ’18) came to Georgia State Law, he’d been working as a sales representative for a medical device manufacturer for five years. The Georgia Institute of Technology graduate loved what he did. However, he wanted to continue his education; he just wasn’t sure in what way — at first.
As part of Teach For America, Andrew “Andy” Navratil (J.D. ’18) taught fourth- and fifth-grade math and science for two years in Miami before becoming a coach to train new teachers and then an academic dean of a charter middle school. After eight years in education, Navratil decided to pursue the career that he had thought about since middle school.
Jessica Williams-Vickery (J.D.’18), editor-in-chief of the Georgia State University Law Review, is more of a carrot than a stick kind of person when leading others toward a goal.
While at Georgia State Law, Karina Deochand (B.S. ’15, J.D. ’18) took advantage of several opportunities that piqued her interest in pursuing a legal career in an area with an international scope.
As the student commencement speaker this year, Thomas Michael “Mike” Hodell, 52, wants to impart what it has meant to him personally to attend Georgia State Law and embark on what he calls “my third career.”
He won the lottery. Now he’s graduating from law school—again. Serge Luhaga (LL.M. ’18), recipient of this year’s Pro Bono Award, graduated from law school and worked as an in-house counsel in his native Democratic Republic of the Congo when the manager of his father’s cybercafé, similar to a “FedEx Office,” urged him to apply online for the United States’ diversity visa.
“Jack Hardin is the quiet man in Atlanta who has been effective, diligent and determined over so many years in dealing with the problem of homelessness, indigent defense, health care for the needy and so forth,” said Emmet J. Bondurant. “He has never sought credit or the limelight for [his service]. He has been the quiet man for which the community depends on so much of its progress.”
A Georgia State Law Moot Court team won Best Brief and advanced to the quarterfinals at the Cardozo Entertainment and Copyright Law Moot Court Competition in New York City for the second year in a row. The Cardozo competition is one of the premier intellectual property law competitions in the nation.
Attorney Edward J. “Jack” Hardin, an advocate and leader in efforts to protect and enable homeless and poverty-stricken people for decades, will be honored with the Ben F. Johnson Jr. Public Service Award on Thursday, May 3, at Georgia State University College of Law.
When I saw the college was offering mindfulness training, I was hopeful it would provide the tools I needed to manage my stress and anxiety.
Because of their defense for that Basil Elerby, two Georgia State University College of Law alumni are receiving the Gideon’s Promise Award from the Southern Center for Human Rights at a ceremony on Tuesday, May 1.
Collaboration among students and professors is not uncommon at Georgia State University College of Law, but "swing pricing" isn’t a topic that typically brings them together. However, when the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized rules authorizing the mutual fund pricing mechanism, Holly van den Toorn (J.D. '19) and Anne Tucker, associate professor of law, decided to collaborate on an article about their mutual interest, which the Columbia Business Law Review published April 2.
Sylvia Caley (MBA ’86, J.D. ’89) is retiring at the end of this school year after 11 years as the director of the Health Law Partnership (HeLP), a medical-legal community collaboration among Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, the Atlanta Legal Aid Society and the College of Law and the co-director of the HeLP Legal Services Clinic, which she helped found.
On April 11, the Georgia Latino Law Foundation honored Georgia State University College of Law alumna Jessica J. Wood (J.D. ’94) with the Trailblazer Award.
Members of the Georgia State University College of Law Student Trial Lawyers Association (STLA) finished as finalists in the annual South Texas Mock Trial Challenge, March 22-25, which brings together nearly 30 teams from law schools across the country.
Georgia State University College of Law is known for educating well-rounded, diverse students. Gabriel Mobley (B.S. '17, J.D. ’21) is no exception, besides his Cure Bowl championship ring of course.
Professor William A. Edmundson, Regents Professor of Law and professor of philosophy, will give the final presentation at the Inaugural Property and Political Economy Conference on Saturday, April 21, at Chapman University’s Smith Institute for Political Economy and Philosophy, in Los Angeles.
Spencer Hsu, investigative reporter for The Washington Post and keynote speaker at the 2018 Georgia State Law Review Symposium, discussed weaknesses in forensic science and his 2012 series, Hsu was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize gold medal for public service.
Keeping a database of police and prosecutor misconduct can change the system by holding those accountable and preventing further wrongdoing, said Barry C. Scheck, co-founder and co-director of the Innocence Project at the 61st annual Henry J. Miller Distinguished Lecture at Georgia State University College of Law on Thursday, April 5.
Georgia State University College of Law is ranked the No. 2 best law school for those looking to minimize and repay their student loan debt, according to Student Loan Hero, an online site that helps borrowers manage student loans for the second year in a row.
Juvenile courts continue to be haunted by historical misunderstandings about the role of child welfare court, and there is a great need for advocates to effect change, said Jerry Bruce, Court Improvement Program director for the Georgia Supreme Court Committee on Justice for Children, during the Law Week 2018 keynote lunch on Tuesday, April 3.
Equal Justice Works has selected John Gainey (J.D. ’17) to serve as a legal fellow for the Georgia Housing Corps (GHC), a new fellowship program sponsored by the Georgia Bar Foundation, which addresses barriers to housing stability in Georgia’s rural and urban communities.
Brad Czerwonky (J.D. ’18), Mitch Foley (J.D. ’18) and Brandon Reed (J.D. ’18) took first place in the third annual International Patent Drafting Competition, held in Detroit in February.
Shelby McKenzie (J.D. ’18) has been selected as an American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) Next Generation Leader, one of a small group of students selected from its nearly 200 chapters who have demonstrated commitment to ACS engagement and strong leadership qualities.
A cornerstone of the Center for Access to Justice’s Pro Bono Program is the Alternative Spring Break, which allows students to spend a week immersed in a substantive legal area while engaging in related pro bono service. For the second year, the spring break program received more applications than available spots.
Georgia State University selected the Center for Access to Justice’s Pro Bono Program to receive the 2018 Carl V. Patton President’s Award for Community Service and Social Justice: Outstanding University Program Award.
Jerry Bruce, Court Improvement Program director for the Georgia Supreme Court Committee on Justice for Children, will be the keynote speaker for Law Week 2018, held April 2-6 at the College of Law.
Just as there are multiple causes that led to the opioid crisis, there are multiple intersections of response needed to address it, said Abbe R. Gluck, professor of law and the faculty director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School at Georgia State Law’s Order of the Coif Distinguished Lecture on March 27.
Georgia State Law is developing a program using data analytics to identify early warning signs for bar failure and to target interventions for at-risk students, which will further improve the college’s good bar passage rate.
Georgia State University College of Law’s programs in environmental law and intellectual property law were highlighted by preLaw Magazine as among the best in the country. The college’s new law building also was ranked No. 15 for law facilities.
ATLANTA-Attorney General of Colorado Cynthia H. Coffman (J.D. '91) will speak at Georgia State University College of Law's Commencement and Hooding Ceremony at 10 a.m., Friday, May 11 in the Georgia State University Sports Arena, 125 Decatur St.
ATLANTA—Barry C. Scheck, co-founder and co-director of the Innocence Project and professor of law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, will deliver the 61st annual Henry J. Miller Distinguished Lecture at Georgia State University College of Law at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 5. The event is invitation-only.
Seven College of Law graduates will be honored with Georgia State University Alumni Association’s 40 under 40 award, which recognizes the most influential and innovative alumni who are under 40 years of age, at a reception at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 22.
The 2018 Moot Court team of Cody Batchelor (J.D. ’19), Karina Deochand (J.D. ’18), Caitlin Fox (J.D. ’18),and Casey Holloway (J.D. ’18) will represent Georgia State Law at the Wilhelm C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition in Vienna on March 23-30.
Ana María Martinez (J.D. '09) is an attorney for Judge Dax E. López of the DeKalb State Court. She is co-founder of the Georgia Latino Law Foundation, an organization dedicated to increase diversity in the legal profession by supporting the Latino legal community pipeline, and to increase the Latino community's access to the legal system by educating and empowering Latinos to join the legal profession.
Lisamarie N. Bristol (J.D. '09) is an assistant solicitor-general in the Office of the DeKalb County Solicitor-General where she is a part of the Special Victims Unit.
Petrina McDaniel (B.A. '01, J.D. '04) is a partner at Squire Patton Boggs. She is a commercial litigator and a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) whose practice uniquely blends complex litigation, regulatory compliance, and privacy counseling.
Manoj Mishra (J.D. ’02) works in strategic customer engagement for Amazon web services. He is a senior business executive and attorney with nearly 15 years background in managing world-class teams.
Carrie O'Brien (B.B.A.'07, J.D. '14) is the chief operating and compliance officer for Arcan Capital, a privately held real estate company focused on the acquisition and management of apartment properties throughout the southeast, mid-Atlantic and south-central United States.
Barbara Rogers (MBA '08, M.H.A. '09, J.D. '15) is an associate in the health care practice at Arnall Golden Gregory LLP. She focuses her practice on providing regulatory counseling for a variety of clients in the health care and life sciences industry, including nursing homes, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, assisted living facilities, hospices, physician groups and other healthcare providers.
A founding partner at Williams Teusink, Eric Teusink (J.D. '08) concentrates his practice in corporate formation, corporate governance, commercial litigation and transactions, nonprofit law, real estate agreements, real estate litigation, foreclosure, title disputes, real estate tax, real estate tort, business tort and community association law.
ATLANTA—Jack Williams, professor of law, and Jessica Gabel Cino, associate dean for academic affairs and associate professor of law at Georgia State University College of Law, will be featured panelists at the Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute (SBLI) March 22-24 in Atlanta.
Georgia State University College of Law’s health law program rose to No. 3 and the part-time program rose to No. 10, while the full-time program held steady at No. 65 in the 2019 U.S. News & World Report rankings that were announced on March 20.
Nicole Motter (J.D. ’12) has been passionate about social change for as long as she can remember. However, after beginning her career working on the ground level in nonprofits, she became frustrated with many aspects of the nonprofit world.
Law practices are seeing emergent artificial intelligence (AI) technology beginning to change their world. It’s happening on many frontiers: web robots, or bots, aid in document search processes, sometimes analyzing millions of pages for information relevant to a proceeding. Many legal research platforms now include some form of AI technology and data analytics.
A DNA sample taken from a larger sample of mixed human DNA implicated Billy Ray Johnson in burglaries and sexual assaults. Johnson denied committing the crimes, but he received a sentence of life in prison without parole. Prosecutors based their case on results of a law enforcement tool running a sophisticated algorithm called TrueAllele.
Here’s a look at just a few issues that are being explored by Georgia State Law faculty in the Legal Analytics Lab.
The decline in bar passage rates has raised many questions in legal education, including prospective students wondering whether law school is worth the investment.
Charlotte Alexander, an associate professor of legal studies in the Department of Risk Management and Insurance at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business with a secondary appointment at the College of Law, is leading the charge down this path for law students. Alexander is director of the university’s new Legal Analytics Lab, which brings business and legal scholars together with data scientists to take on legal problems and questions using data analytics tools.
"My entire life I swore I'd never be a lawyer, and if I did, I said I'd never do criminal defense," said criminal defense lawyer Jason Sheffield (J.D. '05). The former actor has been recognized by Georgia Super Lawyers for criminal defense work. He is also a law professor and author.
Artificial intelligence (AI) will soon become an indispensable resource to lawyers practicing in virtually every field of law.
In the fall, the Center for Professional Development & Career Strategies implemented a mandatory eight-week Professional Development course for first-year students. In my opinion, the most important information I shared was this simple insight: relationships matter.
Data analytics will be the great disrupter and differentiator for lawyers. That is particularly true in my practice, which is mostly concentrated in complex employment litigation, primarily class and collective actions. Data about the class, the claims, the jurisdiction and the individuals who are bringing these lawsuits can be the difference between a winning case and a losing one.
This spring, after 34 years, Paul Milich, professor of law and director of Lawyering Advocacy, will teach his last Evidence class. He's been a member of Georgia State Law's faculty since a year after the school opened its doors. Many former students say he played an integral role in helping them become successful litigators.
Legal education and the practice of law are undergoing significant changes. Advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, programming, high-performance computing and other forms of technology are transforming the way attorneys conduct research, evaluate cases and interact with clients. To date, few law schools have made any effort to adapt their curriculum to prepare for this new reality.
Historically, businesses have had to declare themselves either nonprofit or for-profit. But some businesses are blurring the lines of these long-established categories by having two main objectives: doing public good and making money.
In my practice, the most predominant use of legal analytics is in workflow automation, document analysis and document preparation — whether it is something as simple as generating contracts through an automated workflow completed by the client or something more complicated like using software to review a markup and prepare a responsive draft based upon pre-defined parameters.
In February, the Philip C. Cook Low Income Taxpayer Clinic completed its second Pro Bono Settlement Day with the IRS in February, after successfully holding the first one back in August.
Georgia State Law’s Civil Pre-Trial Litigation course focuses on developing students’ pre-trial skills via hands-on learning. The course covers initial intake interviews, depositions and a mediation based upon information learned in depositions.
Georgia State Law faculty members continue their leadership in the area of professional identity formation through their participation in a national effort through the Holloran Center for Ethical Leadership in the Professions to inventory and create tools to support initiatives in this area.
Lawyers increasingly found themselves sifting through these digital landfills. Some wanted ways to responsibly reduce volume (and risk), others searched for “smoking guns” that might create risk for the organization, and still others sought evidence tied to litigation agendas.
More than 300 people, including Georgia State Law professors Lisa Radtke Bliss, Kendell Kerew and Sylvia Caley (MBA '86, J.D. '89), attended Breaking Down Walls: The Transformative Power of Justice Education, the 9th annual Global Alliance for Justice Education (GAJE) worldwide conference in Puebla, Mexico.
Law schools tend to focus, perhaps understandably, on the knowledge and skills lawyers need to serve their clients. But, in some states, 80 percent to 90 percent of litigants are unrepresented, and the number of these pro se litigants is on the rise. Understanding how lower-income people experience the civil and criminal justice systems is a vital part of a complete legal education.
Douglas Yarn, professor of law and director of the Consortium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, has incorporated innovative aspects of learning to his mediation seminar and alternate dispute resolution (ADR) course to help enhance student's practical experience.
Georgia State Law’s program allows full- and part-time students to learn and gain practical experience while taking care of work and family commitments. The Investor Advocacy Clinic, offered in the evening, enables students with daytime responsibilities to represent people with disputes with their broker.
The Health Law Partnership (HeLP), a community collaboration between healthcare providers and lawyers that works to improve the health and well-being of low-income children and their families, was approved as a Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) by the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH).
Georgia State Law’s Center for Access to Justice received a $24,000 American Bar Endowment (ABE) Opportunity Grant to support a pilot study on individuals’ experiences and interactions with dispossessory courts, which handle eviction proceedings.
ATLANTA — The Northern District of Georgia Bankruptcy Court selected visiting assistant professor B. Summer Chandler to serve on its Bench and Bar Committee in January.
ATLANTA—The Georgia State University Law Review will host its 2018 symposium, “From the Crime Scene to the Courtroom: The Future of Forensic Science Reform,” from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, April 6, in the Marjorie and Ralph Knowles Conference Center in the College of Law.
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, the deputy research director of the Singapore Academy of Law and president of the Singapore Heritage Society, will present “Sense of Place: The Intersection between Built Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage in Singapore” at noon Monday, March 5 , in Room 342.
“Georgia State University College of Law had such a great deal to do with why I stand here as mayor of this city,” said Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (J.D. ’94) at a reception in her honor by the Ronald J. Freeman Chapter of the National Black Law Students Association (BLSA) on Wednesday, Feb. 28. “Georgia State helped create a work ethic in me that really has made all the difference.”
For her commitment to developing future lawyers, to the advancement of justice and to equal access to the law, Tanya Washington, professor of law at Georgia State Law, received the President’s Award for Excellence from the Gate City Bar Association.
ATLANTA—Timothy D. Lytton, associate dean for research and faculty development, Distinguished University Professor and professor of law at Georgia State […]
Lauren Sudeall Lucas, associate professor of law and faculty director of the Center for Access to Justice, testified Thursday, Feb. […]
Atlanta’s City Council, under the leadership of the newly elected Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (J.D. ’94), has unanimously adopted an […]
Two Georgia State Law Moot Court teams won the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition, South East Regionals, which took place […]
Georgia State University Law Review has announced its 2018-19 board members. Matthew Haan (J.D. ’19) will serve as editor-in-chief, and […]
What makes lawyers — and law students — happy? “Lawyer happiness is not correlated with extrinsic factors,” said Charity Scott, the Catherine C. Henson Professor of Law. “Income, class rank, whether you made Law Review—those things don’t correlate with happiness for lawyers in practice. Ironically, these factors are probably the very things that are causing you stress while in law school."
By Stacey L. Evans (B.A.'02) Six arrests, four overdoses, four detoxes, three inpatient rehabs, three outpatient rehabs and countless halfway […]
Actually providing a stable home is not something Jessica Hunt (J.D. '19) and fellow volunteer Monica Bai (J.D. ’18) can do for the renters facing eviction they serve at the Housing Court Assistance Center.
The many facets of the health care system can be as varied as the types of ailments that exist and […]
Charity Scott, the Catherine C. Henson Professor of Law, received the Section on Law, Medicine and Health Care Award for […]
If you just received your first-semester grades and are wondering whether you’re going to survive law school, I’m sympathetic. I’ve […]
Anne Emanuel, professor of law emerita, was a featured panelist at The Federal Judicial Center’s National Symposium for the United […]
In November, the Women Works Media Group named Ana Maria Martinez (J.D. ’09) and Phi Nguyen (J.D. ’09) as 2017 Law & Justice Women of the Year Honorees. The award recognizes the Georgia State Law alumnae’s devotion to public interest and the high level of professionalism and integrity they’ve e
Sarah Lathrop (J.D. ’13), assistant director of admissions, received the 2017 Marjorie L. Girth Staff Achievement Award, which is given annually in recognition of Georgia State Law staff members who have given exceptional service to the college, Georgia State University, the public or who have achieved professional development goals.
Georgia State University College of Law is adding two concentrations, Intellectual Property Law and Environmental and Land-Use Law, to its master of laws (LL.M.) program in August 2018.
When children participate in discussions regarding health care options, their health outcomes improve. Yet children are often excluded from having […]
Law professor Courtney Anderson champions housing issues to break the cycle of poverty.
Georgia State University named Professor Wendy Fritzen Hensel dean of the College of Law, effective Nov. 15, after a nationwide dean search this fall. Hensel has been serving as interim dean since Steven J. Kaminshine stepped down this summer.
Both Talk About Need for Economic Justice for all Investors Qudsia Shafiq (J.D. ’18) missed her securities regulations class on […]
ATLANTA—Georgia State University College of Law has been ranked the No. 1 “Best Value” law school in the nation by The National Jurist magazine.
Georgia State Law’s Student Trial Lawyers Association (STLA) team of Andy Navratil (J.D. ’18), Brandon Reed (J.D. ’18), Casey Wilson […]
ATLANTA–Representatives from the Georgia State University Law Investor Advocacy Clinic will present to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Investor Advisory Committee at its meeting Thursday, Oct. 12, in Washington, D.C.
ATLANTA—Georgia State University and Georgia Institute of Technology will honor four individuals for their outstanding contributions to the community at the Intellectual Property (IP) Community Service Awards luncheon from noon to 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the College of Law’s Marjorie & Ralph Knowles Conference Center. The event is co-sponsored by the IP Sections of the State Bar of Georgia and the Atlanta Bar Association.
[fve]https://vimeo.com/234041162[/fve] Alumni, faculty and friends celebrated the 10th anniversary of The HeLP Legal Services Clinic Thursday, Sept. 14, with a […]
After a recent rain storm, Phil the Squirrel needed help. He had fallen down into the small patio outside Georgia […]
Thirty fellows from the United States and seven European countries, traveled to Atlanta this summer to participate in the 2017 […]
One of the perks of going to school in the heart of downtown Atlanta, is the abundance of great, local […]
ATLANTA—Owen D. Jones, the New York Alumni Chancellor's Chair in Law and professor of biological sciences at Vanderbilt University, will discuss how neuroscience and behavior interconnects with law at Georgia State University's College of Law in the 60th Henry J. Miller Distinguished Lecture in the Ralph & Marjorie Knowles Conference Center at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 10.
Incoming first-year students come from varied backgrounds, have different class schedules and career goals, but they were all on the […]
How well a person’s brain functions—and how it was operating during a specific timeframe, is a question often raised in […]
On Aug. 21, students, staff, faculty and alumni gathered on the Sixth Floor Library terrace to watch the solar eclipse. […]
As law students, we all spend a lot of time reading, writing outlines and studying in general but everyone has […]
Tameka E. Lester, clinical assistant professor and associate director of the Philip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic, took a unique […]
Students get a hands-on approach navigating through the corporate life cycle of a hypothetical business in the Corporations class taught […]
ATLANTA—As part of its goal to help identify and better understand the difficulties people face in navigating the justice system, the Center for Access to Justice produced an online Access to Justice map of Georgia.
As part of its goal to help identify and better understand the difficulties people face in navigating the justice system, the […]
The Student Bar Association (SBA) throws several events throughout the fall semester, the first of these events was a back-to-school […]
On Aug. 22, Stephen Bright, professor of practice, gave the inaugural Public Interest Keynote address for the Center for Access […]
The Planning and Law Division of the American Planning Association seeks applications from planning students and law students for the 2017-18 […]
Matthew Jones (J.D. ’11) received the Award of Achievement for Outstanding Service to the Profession from The Young Lawyers Division […]
More than 85 Warsaw law students received the certificates issued by the three cosponsoring universities: University of Warsaw, Georgia State […]
Each fall, the State Bar of Georgia’s Professionalism Committee and the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism, host a professionalism orientation […]
Through its partnership with the Securities Division of the Office of the Secretary of State, Georgia State Law’s Investor Advocacy […]
Prominent voices question the value of a law degree and suggest the best and brightest should look elsewhere for satisfying careers.
Clark D. Cunningham, Georgia State University According to a biographer of Donald Trump, “He’s been lying his whole life, almost […]
Lyn Rogers Knapp has been named senior director for Georgia State Law’s new Center for Professional Development & Career Strategies, […]
Georgia State Law is ranked No. 6 on Law Street Media’s “Top 10 Law Schools for Health Law” list. The […]
Stephen B. Bright, professor of practice, was honored with Attorney of the Year Award at the Daily Report's annual Professional […]
Dawn Smith (J.D. ’89) is a partner at Smith & Lake, where she practices family and education law. She has […]
Christopher J. Chan (J.D. ’98) is a member of the Intellectual Property Practice Group of Eversheds Sutherland. He serves on his firm’s […]
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As associate dean for student affairs, Kelly Cahill Timmons interacts with many students. She’s watched one in particular — Darlene Childers […]
For Manny Arora (J.D. ’94), Don Samuel possesses leadership qualities worth emulating. Arora observed Samuel, an adjunct professor, when they were […]
Linda K. DiSantis (J.D. ’88), Cathy Henson (J.D. ’89), Shawn Ellen LaGrua (J.D. ’87) Lawyers must have good leadership qualities, […]
There is no place like Afghanistan to show your leadership reflexes. You have to know how to perform on your own, […]
Several female colleagues were playing a game in which each selected a card she felt best described the “it” person. […]
A proven leader was needed to establish the new law school at Georgia State University. Ben F. Johnson Jr. was just […]
As a student, Luke Donohue (J.D. ’16) was helped to succeed in Complex Litigation by the leadership of adjunct professor Craig Cleland (J.D. […]
With the best views, the Law Library is “prime real estate” at the top of the College of Law building. This was the […]
I was never fortunate enough to have Steve as a professor, but I know a lot of people who did — and […]
Steve’s leadership has benefited students in numerous ways. Perhaps the most obvious is our beautiful law building, which would not […]
As was the case with our founding dean, Ben F. Johnson Jr., it is impossible to overstate the significance of Steve’s […]
Imagine a job where you look forward to your annual review because you know you will leave feeling confident and committed to […]
WHAT MAKES A GOOD LEADER? The answer to this typically philosophical inquiry has taken on a new urgency of late. […]
Envision a leader. For most people, a single, forceful individual comes to mind, a powerfully principled figure with absolute commitment, […]
It’s difficult to define the ways in which Steven J. Kaminshine leads. Colleagues, alumni and friends clamor to add something new: […]
As many will attest, Steve’s leadership at Georgia State Law has been notable in many respects. What stands out for me […]
Superior Court Judge Shawn Ellen LaGrua (J.D. ’87) was elected secretary-treasurer of the Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia […]
“When you’re passionate about what you do, burning the midnight oil and putting in long hours that often stretch into […]
Imagine walking into a classroom to learn from an attorney who just won a U.S. Supreme Court case. Georgia State […]
As a lawyer, you are called upon to be a leader in many settings: in your firm, in corporate settings, […]
Health disparities in the United States exist because of a history of systemic racism that is perpetuated by present-day structures, […]
Former FBI Director James B. Comey’s open testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee last Thursday, broadcast live on national television, […]
Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on June 13. AP Photo/Alex Brandon Did Attorney General […]
ATLANTA—Georgia State University is re-mounting portions of the exhibit “Health is a Human Right: Race and Place in America,” making materials originally displayed at the David J. Sencer CDC Museum available to the public for the first time since 2014.
Georgia State Law alumni and faculty were recognized at the Atlanta Bar Association annual meeting and awards luncheon on May […]
In the mid-1990s, Vickie Brown had a meeting with former dean and faculty emerita Marjorie Girth and other administrators. It […]
Timur Selimovic (J.D. ’19) wrote “Court-Based Self Help Programs,” which outlines four programs developed to improve access to justice and […]
The Southern Center for Human Rights celebrated the legacy of attorney Stephen B. Bright, at its annual May Atlanta reception, […]
Georgia State Law is ranked No. 33 on Above the Law’s annual “Top 50 Law Schools” list, up 14 slots […]
Georgia State University College of Law is introducing a master of laws with a concentration in health law through its Center […]
Lower Tuition Combined with Higher Starting Salaries Earns College No. 2 Spot in '20 Best Law Schools for Avoiding Six-Figure Student […]
Kendall L. Kerew, clinical assistant professor and Externship Program director, received the David J. Maleski Award for Teaching Excellence for her innovation […]
Leslie E. Wolf, director of the Center for Law, Health & Society and professor of law, received the inaugural Steven […]
Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law Timothy D. Lytton will become associate dean for research and faculty development for Georgia […]
Erin C. Fuse Brown, associate professor of law, received the 2017 Patricia T. Morgan Award for Outstanding Scholarship, which recognizes […]
Members of the Atlanta Bar Association elected Margaret Vath, instructor of law, as president, Nicole G. Iannarone, assistant clinical professor, […]
Georgia State University’s Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth has launched an online journal, the Journal of Comparative […]
Georgia State University College of Law graduates passed the February bar exam with a 70.6 rate for first-time test-takers, well ahead […]
College, Alumni and Friends Celebrate Accomplishments of Dean's Tenure “It takes a village to build an institution, and this is […]
ABA President Linda Klein Tells Graduates 'To Do Good' “The moral arc of the universe does bend toward justice, but […]
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Michelle Namer (J.D. ’17) was teaching high school science and searching for her calling when her older brother Michael Namer […]
“Having taught at several other schools, what stands out to me about this school is its people,” said Ellen Taylor, […]
Linda Klein, president of the American Bar Association, will deliver the commencement address to 192 J.D. graduates and 26 LL.M. […]
Georgia State Law faculty members Charlotte Alexander, Erin Fuse Brown and Lauren Sudeall Lucas have been promoted to associate professor […]
The Adolf A. Berle Jr. Center on Corporations, Law & Society at Seattle University School of Law will sponsor its […]
Elizabeth Lester (J.D. ’05) received the specialist counsel award at the 2017 Corporate Counsel Awards, which are sponsored by the […]
Kabbage CEO Discusses Future of Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property at May 10 Hot Topic Luncheon
Rob Frohwein, chief executive officer and co-founder of Kabbage, will deliver the keynote at the 13th IP Hot Topics Luncheon […]
“How often do you get to interact on a day-to-day basis with the dean of your school like we do […]
As the dust settles over the bitterly partisan confirmation battles over Judge Garland and Justice Gorsuch, there is a large […]
A group of Georgia State Law students, faculty and staff helped local charity Caring for Others as part of the […]
Three Georgia State Law students, Lacey Wheeler (J.D. ’17), Ryan Brown (J.D. ’17) and Brandon Reed (J.D. ’18) fared well […]
'Investing in Your Future' Series Touts Importance of Philanthropy, Civic Engagement, Social Justice
A new lunch and learn series, “Investing in Your Future,” instructs students on how to develop their professional identity through the […]
It’s a little after 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, the first Tuesday of spring break. The Fulton County Magistrate Court […]
The criminal justice system is racist, and until that is addressed, we will continue to have a system that doesn’t […]
When the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) considers adopting a rule — or amending an existing one — that will […]
Kendall Kerew, assistant clinical professor and director of the Externship Program, helped launch LexternWeb, a website that is designed to […]
Since its soft launch last October, the Georgia State Law Pro Se Assistance Project (PAP) has received tremendous support from […]
How do you discover the facts that you need to support your claims? Once you know the facts, how do […]
“The facts are crucial,” said Ellie Miller (J.D. ’18) about the work she did last summer while interning for a […]
All Georgia State law students must take Lawyering Advocacy in the spring semester of their second year. The course is […]
Three of Georgia State Law’s moot court teams recently participated in international, national and regional competitions—earning honors at each. Jessup […]
Georgia State Law brought home the winning trophy and received the best brief recognition at the Intrastate Moot Court Competition […]
Marissa McCall Dodson, the public policy director for the Southern Center for Human Rights, will be the keynote speaker for […]
In her work at the Philip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic, Tameka Lester, associate director and clinical assistant professor, assists […]
Spending part of spring break learning about the lives, challenges, and hopes of people in immigrant squatter communities in San […]
Past and present Georgia Supreme Court justices, a former governor, members of the Defense Bar of Georgia, Georgia State University […]
The 25th annual Public Interest Law Association (PILA) auction raised more than $17,000 via a silent and live auction on […]
The state bar of Georgia’s Access to Justice committee recently launched a campaign to increase pro bono volunteerism among attorneys […]
The American Bankruptcy Institute Journal published “The Federal Student Loan Bubble,” by Marie Wilcox (J.D. ’16) in its February issue. […]
Stephen B. Bright joined the faculty at Georgia State University College Law and its Center for Access to Justice this spring. […]
Judge Shawn LaGrua’s (J.D. ’87) “My Journey Matters” program, formerly known as “My Life Matters,” awarded its first scholarships to […]
This spring, the Center for Access to Justice launched a program designed to “bridge” the gap between academics and practitioners working […]
On March 20, the Senate will begin the confirmation hearings for Judge Neil Gorsuch. Based on his meetings with a […]
Giving an overview of the litigation landscape for transgender rights, Georgia State University College of Law’s Center for Access to […]
ATLANTA — Georgia State University College of Law’s part-time program jumped three spaces to No. 11 in a three-school tie in […]
Anne Hopkins has joined Georgia State University College of Law as director of development. Hopkins has worked in the political […]
Bill Timm (A.B. ’65), associate director of the Philip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic, will receive a Sparks Award in recognition of […]
Although I didn’t know it, I had waited my entire academic career for this moment. Coming into law school, I […]
Why did you decide to pursue a career in politics? From an early age, my parents, both public school teachers, […]
What business wouldn’t like to save a little on its expenses? A good cost-saving measure can be achieved by minimizing […]
Constitutional scholars, Supreme Court commentators and judges and lawyers have long debated whether the Supreme Court is more of a […]
When it comes to law, ignorance isn’t bliss. It’s bias. Prejudicial policy continues to find its way into law despite […]
Why did you pursue a career in law? I wanted to make a positive difference in my community and in […]
Excellence in Sports Translates to Success in Law School Alex Hegner (B.S. ’16, J.D. ’18) and Monique Mead (J.D. ’18) […]
It is no secret that the legal industry is resistant to change, especially when it comes to technology. However, the […]
It is no secret that the legal industry is resistant to change, especially when it comes to technology. However, the […]
The legal profession has long had the ability to remove from its ranks lawyers whose conduct shows they lack ethical […]
Bias is a hot-button word in today’s cultural climate. Few other words will grab as much attention or spark such […]
The reconnaissance that goes into picking a jury is a combination of art and science, and it takes time. It […]
The second-year law school students watched in amazement. A woman gave testimony in a domestic violence hearing in Cobb County […]
Bobby Lee Cook will receive the 2017 Ben F. Johnson Jr. Public Service Award on Thursday, March 23, at the […]
She tells her students they’re biased. They can’t help it. And that’s okay. She also tells students if they want […]
Wendy F. Hensel, associate dean for faculty and research development and professor of law, has been selected to serve as […]
Charlotte S. Alexander, an assistant professor of legal studies in the department of Risk Management and Insurance at the J. […]
Georgia State Law made its debut at No. 50 on the National Law Journal’s “Go-To Law Schools.” The annual report […]
Quoting Robert F. Kennedy, Lisa Foster began the 59th Distinguished Miller Lecture Series with a question: “'Do minorities or people […]
Professor Fred Smith, in a Feb. 5 Atlanta Journal-Constitution opinion piece, says Democrats should give Judge Neil Gorsuch a respectful […]
Given President Trump's recent (and not so recent) attacks on the federal judiciary, it is not surprising that Justice Stephen […]
Adriana Heffley (J.D. ’19), an evening student and immigration paralegal at Elliott Immigration Law, spent the first week of January […]
The challenges facing cities around the world are not unique and different. Every city grapples with balancing urban growth issues […]
Georgia State Law received an A- rating in National Jurist's annual assessment of diversity in the nation's law schools, published […]
Leslie Wolf, professor and director of the Center for Law, Health & Society, recently presented, “Reconciling Criminal HIV Exposure Statutes […]
On Tuesday, federal appeals court Judge Neil Gorsuch took home the red rose when President Donald Trump nominated him to […]
The president's pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, […]
Visiting Professor Romulo Sampaio presented Relevant Regulatory Issues Regarding Public Parks Management, as part of the Urban Fellows Program on Jan. […]
In November, Sam Park (B.A.’09, B.S.’09, J.D. ’13), who is Asian-American, made history by becoming the first openly gay man […]
The Jan. 21 Atlanta March for Social Justice and Women, which was one of hundreds of demonstrations by millions of […]
Jessica Leiva (J.D. ’19) knew she wanted to be a lawyer since she was a teenager. But her dreams were […]
Addressing a special joint session of the Georgia Assembly on Jan. 25, Georgia’s new chief justice, P. Harris Hines, cited […]
Social enterprise is difficult to define and classify. Organizations as distinct as Habitat for Humanity (nonprofit), Warby Parker (for profit) […]
On Dec. 5, Professor John T. Marshall moderated a panel at the World Bank’s 2016 Conference on Law, Justice, and […]
Jan. 11 is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day as part of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Human trafficking's […]
The former director for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Access to Justice will speak about injustice under the […]
Austin Charles (J.D. ’18), with the help of his faculty advisor Charity Scott, the Catherine C. Henson Professor of Law, […]
Written by Mpho G. Bratton (LL.M. '17) They say that a journey of a thousand miles begins with one single […]
Four Georgia State Law students, Sean Robinson (J.D. ’18), Cameron Mobley (J.D. ’18), Andrew Navratil (J.D. ’18), and Annie Yasin […]
Douglas Hurt Yarn, professor of law and executive director of the Consortium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution was awarded the […]
Leslie Wolf, Georgia State Law professor and director of the Center for Law, Health & Society, was appointed to the […]
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin selected Judge Barbara Swinton (J.D. ’91) to serve on the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals. Prior […]
The eighth annual Georgia State Law December graduate luncheon was filled with laughter and many hugs on Dec. 15 at […]
Steven J. Kaminshine will step down as dean of Georgia State University College of Law this summer and return to […]
Two former Georgia State Law classmates, Andrew Egan (J.D. ’05, M.A. ’06) of Kutak Rock and Jon Pannell (J.D. ’05) […]
Lisa Radtke Bliss, clinical professor, associate dean of experiential education and co-director of the Health Law Partnership (HeLP) Legal Services […]
In 2014, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed SB 352, authorizing government funding of medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) that meet specific standards […]
Eric Segall, the Kathy and Lawrence Ashe Professor of Law, presented his “wild and crazy idea” for the U.S. Supreme […]
Forensic science has become a mainstay of many a TV drama, and it’s just as important in real-life criminal trials. […]
Donald Trump’s election as the 45th president of the United States came as a surprise to many. Regardless of one’s […]
Georgia State University College of Law Student Trial Lawyers Association team of Ryan Brown (J.D. ’17), Lacey Wheeler (J.D. ’17), […]
“Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not something to be waited […]
It has been a rough year for the Supreme Court of the United States. Justice Antonin Scalia passed away unexpectedly […]
Three Georgia State Law students, Yasmin Assar (J.D. ’18), Nathan Chong (J.D. ’18) and Matt Sessions (J.D. ’17) advanced to […]
Georgia State University College of Law’s new Order of the Coif chapter inducted 64 alumni in a ceremony on Thursday, […]
The Georgia State Law Intellectual Property (IP) moot court team earned best draft in the Sixth Annual Intellectual Property LawMeet […]
The Atlanta Bar Association’s Bard Show returns on Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 10-12, with a timely production, “Mock the Vote,” at SCADShow […]
The Georgia State Law Intellectual Property (IP) moot court team won best draft and best team at the Eastern Regional […]
The Buttonwood Foundation Inc. awarded Robert Noens (J.D. '18) with its annual J. Marshall & Jane H. Booker Graduate Scholarship […]
Gardner Armsby (J.D. ’15) may have graduated summa cum laude from Georgia State University College of Law in 2015, but […]
Georgia State Law Professor Jonathan Todres and students Chae Mims (J.D. ’17), and Min Ji Kim (J.D. ’18) delivered more […]
FBI Director James Comey’s Oct. 28 bombshell letter to Congress – which has the potential to affect the presidential election […]
More than 50 students, faculty, staff and alumni prepared and distributed meals and extremity packages to the homeless near the […]
The Atlanta Bar Association honored State Court conflict defender Elaine T. McGruder (J.D. ’90) with the 2016 Public Service Award […]
LL.M. students Bar track: 25 General studies track: 12 Countries represented: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia, Georgia, Ghana, India, Israel, […]
Georgia State Law Review’s symposium, “Quinlan at 40 – Exploring the Right to Die in the U.S.,” will be held […]
The "beer lawyer" talks about community in craft breweries, giving back Upon graduation from Georgia State University with honors and […]
At mile 83, Kat Schuller (J.D. ’13) almost gave up. She had been running more than 20 hours in the […]
[row][column]Blinn Combs (J.D. ’17) The HeLP Clinic provides its students with a useful reminder that the law isn’t just a means of […]
While the legal hiring market has certainly picked up in the last few years, conducting a job search can still […]
Editor’s note: Peter Morris (J.D. ’07) became the executive vice president of the IMAX Entertainment unit and senior vice president […]
Chiquita Banks (J.D. ’09) is tax counsel at Viacom Inc. (parent company of brands MTV, BET, VH1, CMT, Spike, LOGO, […]
Cathryn Marchman (J.D. ’08) Advocates for the Homeless Cathryn Marchman (J.D. ’08) created her path to success. Although it was […]
Barriers leave many falling through the cracks in the justice system When confronted with some of life’s most difficult hardships — whether […]
Q&A with Executive Director Stephanie Everett (J.D. ’02) Lawyers for Equal Justice (L4EJ), an incubator program for newer solo attorneys, […]
Christina Cribbs (J.D. ’10) knows the scales of justice rise … and fall. In 2009, while interning at the Georgia […]
Tara Vogel (J.D. ’14), a staff attorney out of the Macon office of the Georgia Legal Services Program, bought a […]
“The experience of lower-income civil and criminal litigants is often fundamentally different from those with financial means,” said Lauren Sudeall […]
“A person is a person, no matter how small.” This classic quote from Dr. Suess’ Horton Hears a Who is […]
Three Georgia State Law professors, Clark Cunningham, Caren Morrison and Nirej Sekhon, presented works-in-progress at the ABA Criminal Justice Section’s […]
Georgia State University College of Law is No. 4 on PreLaw and National Jurist’s “Top 20 Best Value Law Schools” for […]
Donna Brazille, interim chair of the Democratic National Committee, and Republican strategist Margaret Hoover discussed “The Rise of the Millennial […]
Georgia State Law is hosting a nonpartisan panel discussion Monday, Oct. 10, on Amendment 1, a state constitutional amendment before Georgia voters […]
Close your eyes. Sit in a comfortable position with a dignified posture. Be aware of the feeling of your feet […]
Staff from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will participate in the 10th annual Georgia State University Corporate Intellectual […]
Now in its second year, the Externship Program’s required seminar for first-time externs facilitates each student’s deliberate exploration of their […]
Georgia State University College of Law has established the Center for Access to Justice, a regional and national base for […]
Georgia State Law students participating in the Investor Advocacy Clinic represent investors in all aspects of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority […]
The social, economic and physical conditions in which chronically ill or disabled children live can be detrimental to improving their […]
As the Supreme Court’s new term begins, many court watchers have observed that the justices don’t have the usual front-page, […]
Charity Scott, Catherine C. Henson Professor of Law, will kick off this year’s Women Inspire Speaker Series on Tuesday, Oct. […]
Beginning this semester, Georgia State University College of Law’s Investor Advocacy Clinic is partnering with Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s office to […]
The Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) awarded Samantha Jose (J.D. ’17) its Outstanding Student Award. Clinical Assistant Professor and Assistant […]
Bonnie Powell (J.D. ’99), director of the Landlord-Tenant Mediation Clinic, serves as the chair of the State Bar of Georgia Dispute […]
Participating in the Landlord-Tenant Mediation Clinic has been one of the most valuable learning experiences at Georgia State Law. The […]
Armin Naghashzadeh (J.D./M.B.A. ’16) enrolled in the Bankruptcy Assistance and Practice Program (B.A.P.P.) to gain practical work experience and skills, […]
Carolyn Lambert, director of programs for the Consortium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, along with Shannon Sliva, assistant professor of social […]
Fear of hackers reading private emails in cloud-based systems like Microsoft Outlook, Gmail or Yahoo has recently sent regular people […]
The hand-wringers are wrong—an evenly split Supreme Court would end a narrow majority imposing its out-of-step will and would be […]
Julie Goodrige. Jack Baker. Edie Winsdor. Mike McDonnell. April Deboeur. Jayne Rowse. Few recognize these names. They are just a few […]
By Andrea Beltran (J.D. ’18) Many of you probably remember Echo, the standard poodle, who attended my first year of law […]
More on Todres Watch Professor Jonathan Todres' book presentation>> Listen to a podcast with Professor Todres>> Todres and Higinbotham discuss […]
William Eskridge, the Garver Professor of Jurisprudence at the Yale Law School, discussed “The Story Behind the Marriage Equality Decision […]
Professor Neil Kinkopf testified Sept. 7 before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice about the […]
A team of Georgia State Law students, alumni, 23 local organizations and several law firms joined forces to create a […]
Paul A. Lombardo, Bobby Lee Cook Professor of Law, was awarded a Regents’ Professorship, the highest academic appointment in the […]
In an environment where most classes focus on distilling about 60 cases into three-sentence summaries, the HeLP Clinic provides students […]
The Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth at Georgia State University College of Law celebrated the launch of How […]
Donald Trump is running one of the most bizarre political campaigns in American history. His positions on Mexican immigration, Muslims, […]
Donald Trump is running one of the most bizarre political campaigns in American history. His positions on Mexican immigration, Muslims, […]
When Student Bar Association President Darlene Childers (J.D. ’17) learned of an opportunity to help a local charitable organization, she […]
How will lawyers survive and thrive in a rapidly changing world and profession? That question and more will be discussed […]
How will lawyers survive and thrive in a rapidly changing world and profession? That question and more will be discussed […]
[hero attachment_id="188703" align="bottomright" class="gunmetal" opacity="transparent"] Thursday, Sept. 8 Join assistant professor John T. Marshall for a book discussion about "How Cities […]
[hero attachment_id="188703" align="bottomright" class="gunmetal" opacity="transparent"] Thursday, Sept. 8 Join assistant professor John T. Marshall for a book discussion about "How Cities […]
The Georgia Association for Women Lawyers (GAWL) presented Jenna Rubin (J.D. ’16) with its annual Outstanding Law Student Award. She […]
This week at the Southeastern Association of American Law Schools Annual Conference, I will be leading a discussion group commemorating […]
This week at the Southeastern Association of American Law Schools Annual Conference, I will be leading a discussion group commemorating […]
Charity Scott, Catherine C. Henson Professor of Law, was recognized for her “Vision, Inspiration, and Resourcefulness” in the creation of […]
Charity Scott, Catherine C. Henson Professor of Law, was recognized for her “Vision, Inspiration, and Resourcefulness” in the creation of […]
There are a lot of barriers—especially for people with limited resources—to developing a product or starting a company, said Brad […]
Associated Builders and Contractors Georgia Chapter honored McCarthy Building Companies Inc. with an Excellence in Construction - Award of Excellence for its […]
The 2016 presidential election will almost certainly have a major and dramatic impact on the political direction of the United […]
Patrick Wiseman, Georgia State University If Senate Republicans are true to their word, the next president of the United States […]
How does a reliably liberal and feminist Supreme Court Justice get the New York Times Editorial Board, the Washington Post […]
A Peach Sheet, written by Alex Galvan (J.D. ’14) and Ashley Worrell (J.D. ’14) and published in the 2013 Georgia […]
A three-week immersive program, the 10th Annual Gate City Bar Association’s Justice Robert Benham Law Camp, has inspired local high […]
Even amidst the barbecues, beach trips, and sales during Fourth of July weekend, most Americans are quick to declare proudly that […]
Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird embodies our vision of the ideal lawyer — a man with a strong […]
Two judges on rehabilitation programs they started What led you to become a judge in juvenile court? Becoming a juvenile […]
Two judges on rehabilitation programs they started Tell us about the “My Life Matters” program that you started. I realized […]
Robert Bourne (J.D. ’88) and his son Elliot Bourne (J.D. ’16) share more than fond memories from the same alma mater. […]
Claiming the number one spot in the American Film Institute’s “Top 50 Movie Heroes of All Time” is a lawyer […]
In February 2015, Nelle Harper Lee stunned the literary world by announcing that she would be releasing for publication a […]
Author Harper Lee constructed an indelible portrait of a lawyer in To Kill a Mockingbird’s Atticus Finch. Though she herself […]
Here’s a hypothetical about fees. Given its lack of complexity, commonality and lawyers’ need for a clear answer, it ought to be […]
Professor gets a peek into the world of female law students in Saudi Arabia “There must be some kind of […]
Politics, jurisprudence and public service have all converged in Cynthia H. Coffman’s (J.D. ’91) career since her days in what was once […]
Linda DiSantis (J.D. '88) and Georgia Pacific's Tye Darland discuss why they serve on the college's Board of Visitors. [row][column]Linda […]
Mindfulness is awareness, cultivated by paying attention in a sustained and particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally. […]
Patricia “Tricia” Rackliffe (B.A. ’89) has scheduled her last exam, input her last grade, counseled her last student. After a 32-year career […]
I first encountered To Kill a Mockingbird in the sixth grade. I’m fairly certain I ended up buying the CliffsNotes […]
Julian Juergensmeyer, Ben F. Johnson Jr. Chair in Law, and director of of the Center for the Comparative Study of […]
Shana Tabak, Georgia State University On Thursday, the Supreme Court deadlocked on U.S. v. Texas, the most important immigration case […]
Timothy D. Lytton, Georgia State University Last year families of the Sandy Hook shooting filed a potentially precedent-setting lawsuit. They […]
The Atlanta Bar Association elected Margaret Vath, instructor of law, as president-elect, and Nicole G. Iannarone, assistant clinical professor, as […]
On June 14, the South Atlantic Chapter of the Construction Management Association of America awarded McCarthy Building Companies Inc. for […]
Jennifer Chiovaro (J.D. ‘85), senior principal lecturer, received the David J. Maleski Award for Teaching Excellence for her innovation in […]
Associate Professor Anne Tucker received the 2016 Patricia T. Morgan Award for Outstanding Scholarship. The award annually recognizes up to […]
Shelby R. Grubbs, executive director of the Atlanta Center for International Arbitration and Mediation, has been appointed chair of the […]
Georgia State University College of Law graduates led the state on the February bar exam, with an 82.1 percent passing […]
Russell Dean Covey, professor of law, participated in the 2016 American Bar Association (ABA) Leon Jaworski Public Program series as […]
Scholars from leading U.S. law schools gathered May 3 for a daylong conference to discuss and provide feedback on the […]
Candace Sneed (J.D. ’13) Firm: The Sneed Firm, LLC Specialty: Consumer protection, small business Community Involvement: Georgia Association of Black […]
The desire to help others is the driving force behind many who decide to purse a law degree. “When they […]
Alicia D. Mack (J.D. ’13) Firm: The Mack Law Firm, LLC Specialty: Personal injury, workers’ compensation (adding Grandparent Adoptions, Criminal […]
The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) recently named the Georgia State Law chapter as Rising Chapter of […]
Justice Antonin Scalia’s death dramatically affected the Supreme Court, the course of constitutional law, and the entire country. But there is […]
Cities can prepare for hurricane season by reforming shortsighted and outdated laws The 2016 Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1, and […]
In a 7-1 opinion in Foster v. Chatman written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the conviction […]
The Georgia State University College of Law new building, 85 Park Place, received an Award of Excellence from the Atlanta […]
At the Georgia State University annual faculty awards on May 10, several members of the Georgia State Law faculty, Natsu […]
Georgia State Law’s Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth continues to grow the number of Urban Fellows alumni, […]
The Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association (GAPABA) honored Georgia State Law alumni, Manoj Mishra (J.D. ’02) and Christopher J. […]
Attorney Ralph Knowles, 71, died May 17 after a battle with brain cancer. Knowles, a partner at Doffermyre Shields Canfield & […]
Taylor Retires After 25 Years Ellen Taylor, associate professor of law, retires in June after spending nearly 25 years teaching […]
Blasi Retiring After 30 Years In his 30-year tenure at Georgia State Law, Ronald W. Blasi, the Mark and Evelyn […]
Prior to Justice Antonin Scalia’s death in February, Justice Anthony Kennedy’s votes drove most five-to-four Supreme Court decisions. From 2010 […]
Georgia State University College of Law’s Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth welcomes 23 new Urban Fellows for […]
Nicole Iannarone, assistant clinical professor, Lauren Sudeall Lucas, assistant professor of law; and Margaret Hughes Vath, senior lecturer of law, rank among […]
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