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Annual Report 2008-2009, Office Of Development

Annual Donor Report

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Dean's Report 2009, Rebecca H. White

Other Law School Publications

This year marks the 150th anniversary of our law school, one of the nation’s oldest and most successful public law schools. Although legal education has changed in significant ways over the past 150 years, the markers of a great law school have not. Putting academically rigorous teachers into classrooms with intellectually serious and highly motivated students results in a first class learning experience that produces professionals of the highest caliber. We are committed to continuing that proud tradition at Georgia Law and to enhancing what is already an outstanding work product. It is my pleasure to provide you this report …

Rfk And The Jfk Assassination: Bobby Never Bought The Lone-Gunman Theory, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.

Popular Media

One of the myths propagated by defenders of the Warren Commission and the Warren Commission Report is the canard that President John F. Kennedy's brother Robert accepted the commission's conclusion, embodied in its Report, that JFK's assassination was committed by a lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald, and that there was no conspiracy behind the president's murder.

News @ Georgia Law, November 2009, Office Of Communications And Public Relations

News @ UGA School of Law

11th service learning opportunity created at Georgia Law; Performer to portray legendary social justice attorney Clarence Darrow; Rusk Center's IJTP hits the road; Georgia Law revamps its Web site; Chancellor Chandler serves as visiting professor; 10th Annual Legal Ethics and Professionalism Symposium: Faculty on the Record: Paul J. Heald, Thomas A. Eaton, Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge, Paul M. Kurtz, Ronald L. Carlson and Walter Hellerstein; Ellington honored with Blue Key Award; Georgia Law teams finish strong across the board; Georgia Law named best value; Shipley appointed as UGA faculty athletics representative; EJF/WIPI presented with Outstanding Campus Event award; Historic video …

When And How (If At All) Does Law Constrain Official Actions?, Frederick F. Schauer

Sibley Lecture Series

University of Virginia Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law Frederick Schauer delivered the University of Georgia School of Law's 105th Sibley Lecture. Schauer's lecture titled "When and How (If at All) Does Law Constrain Official Action?" took place Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 4:30 p.m. in the Hatton Lovejoy Courtroom. According to Schauer, although Americans claim to live in a country whose decisions are highly influenced by law and courts, the reality may be quite different. "Across the political spectrum officials and public figures are politically and reputationally rewarded for doing the right thing even if it violates the law and punished …

Student Organization Officers 2009-2010, Office Of Registrar

Materials from All Student Organizations

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New Ruralism, Emily M. Stratton

Land Use Clinic

This paper explores how New Ruralism expounds upon the principles behind New Urbanism, showcases examples of local communities experimenting with the novel idea, and addresses the potential of the movement to be a nationwide occurrence.

Medellin, Delegation And Conflicts (Of Law), Peter B. Rutledge

Scholarly Works

The case of Medellin v. Texas presented the Supreme Court with a recurring question that has bedeviled judges, legal scholars, and political scientists-what effect, if any, must a United States court give to the decision of an international tribunal, particularly where, during the relevant time, the United States was party to a treaty protocol that bound it to that tribunal's judgments. While the Supreme Court held that the International Court of Justice's ("ICJ") decision was not enforceable federal law, its decision reflected an important recognition that the issues presented in that case were not limited to the specific area of …

There's A Pennoyer In My Foyer: Civil Procedure According To Dr. Seuss, Elizabeth Chamblee Burch

Scholarly Works

This is what it purports to be: a Seussian take on civil procedure. It’s a short, fun essay that covers (1) the iron triangle of civil procedure - the role of lawyers, judges, and juries, and (2) prominent civil procedure doctrines, such as personal jurisdiction, Erie, pleading, discovery, and joinder.

State-Created Property And Due Process Of Law: Filling The Void Left By Engquist V. Oregon Department Of Agriculture, Michael Wells, Alice Snedeker

Scholarly Works

Several years ago, in Village of Willowbrook v. Olech, the Supreme Court recognized a 'class-of-one' Equal Protection theory, under which individuals charging that they were singled out for arbitrary treatment by officials may sue for vindication. Last term, in Engquist v. Oregon Department of Agriculture, the Court barred recourse to this type of claim on the part of government employees. The reasoning of Engquist, which emphasizes the discretionary nature of employment decisions, threatens to eliminate a wide range of class-of-one claims outside the employment area as well. There is a pressing need for an alternative. This article proposes another basis …

In Defense Of Ideology: A Principled Approach To The Supreme Court Confirmation Process, Lori A. Ringhand

Scholarly Works

In this paper, Professor Ringhand offers a principled defense of an ideological approach to the Supreme Court justice confirmation process. In constructing her argument, she does three things. First, she explores how the insights provided by recent empirical legal scholarship have created a need to re-think the role of the Supreme Court and, consequently, the process by which we select Supreme Court justices. In doing so, Professor Ringhand explains how these insights have called into question much of our conventional constitutional narrative, and how this failure of the conventional narrative has in turn undermined traditional objections to an ideologically-based confirmation …

The Sohn Collection Shines At Uga School Of Law, Thomson Reuters

Articles, Chapters and Online Publications

An interview with Anne Burnett, foreign and international law librarian at the Alexander Campbell King Law Library, reveals a unique library collection from a former world scholar.

Volume 43, Issue 1 (Fall 2009), University Of Georgia School Of Law

Advocate Magazine

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• "No Comment" or "Anything Goes" -- A retrospective view on the regulation of public commentary by lawyers
• Speaking out about school speech
• Renowned teacher and former dean retires
• Using investigative tools on the Internet
• Headlines
• Fourth graduate in five years to serve as U.S. Supreme Court clerk
• Gingrich serves as Sanders Scholar
• Puckett to be honored with AALL's highest award
• Georgia's chief justice to teach at Georgia Law
• Hirsch Hall Highlights
• Faculty Accomplishments
• Student Briefs
• Class of 2009 Commencement
• Alumni Activities
• Bondurant and Klein receive Distinguished Service Scroll Awards
• Class Notes
• The Law School Fund

Sustainable Commerce: Legal Overview And Case Studies, Peter A. Appel, T. Rick Irvin

Presentations and Speeches

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Lumpkin And Chattahoochee Inns Of Court Members, 2009, Kellie Casey Monk

Materials from All Student Organizations

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Uga School Of Law Strategic Plan, 2009-2019, University Of Georgia School Of Law

Strategic Plan Documents

This 31-page booklet includes a detailed strategic plan for the University of Georgia School of Law. It was approved by faculty members on August 19, 2009 to serve as a 10 year guide for the institution. Distributed with this booklet was a letter hand-written by professor Dan T. Coenen on May 21, 2010 and addressed to members of the Strategic Planning Committee. This letter is included below as an attached document to provide context for the extensive strategic planning text.

Georgia Law Review Editorial And Managing Boards, 2009-2010, Georgia Law Review

Materials from All Student Organizations

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News @ Georgia Law, August 2009, Office Of Communications And Public Relations

News @ UGA School of Law

Georgia Law enrolls its highest credentialed class ever; Bondurant and Klein receive Georgia Law's most prestigious award; Business Law and Ethics Program underway at law school; Faculty on the Record: Lori A. Ringhand, Leah Ward Sears, Walter Hellerstein, Rebecca Hanner White, Ronald L. Carlson; International programs continue strong enrollment; Homecoming BBQ tickets on sale; 27 graduates secure federal judicial clerkships; Opportunities to hire quality Georgia Law alumni; Introducing the 2009-11 Public Interest Fellow and the new assistant director of Legal Career Services; Alumni Directory update; Students on the record; Class Notes & In Memoriam

Student Handbook, 2009-2010, Office Of Registrar

Other Law School Publications

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Persuasive Arguments For Establishing An Institutional Repository, James M. Donovan, Carol A. Watson

Presentations

Presents the business case for creating an institutional repository (IR), including a comparison of the advantages and disadvantages with Social Science Research Network (SSRN); offers advice on obtaining faculty buy-in to the project in order to obtain content; reviews copyright right issues involved in depositing published materials into the repository; and suggests ways in which creating a repository can build relationships beyond the institution.

Book Review Of “Populations, Public Health, And The Law,” Wendy E. Parmet (Georgetown University Press, Washington, D.C., 2009), Elizabeth Weeks Leonard

Scholarly Works

Wendy Parmet's new book, Populations, Public Health, and the Law, is a provocative, milestone contribution to the growing body of public health law scholarship. This article reviews this scholarly work.

Collateral Damage? Juvenile Snitches In America’S 'Wars' On Drugs, Crime And Gangs, Andrea L. Dennis

Scholarly Works

The government’s use of children as informants in America’s 'wars' on drugs, crime, and gangs is little recognized and rarely discussed by scholars, policymakers, and the public. As with many governmental practices, only notorious instances make headlines, such as when a child is killed in retaliation for informing. Because public attention rarely is focused on the practice, it has not generated consistent documentation of, regulation of, or accountability for such use of child informants. As a starting point for discussion, this article illuminates the experiences of child informants, describing a facet of the snitching institution that generally operates under the …

Torture And The Tablets Of Eternity, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.

Popular Media

The question is whether there should be investigation, prosecution and punishment of those in the Bush administration who authorized or directed torture of prisoners, or who did the actual torturing.

Class Of 2009 Commencement, Lisa Godbey Wood

Graduation Addresses

Judge Lisa Godbey Wood of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia will deliver the keynote address at the University of Georgia School of Law's commencement ceremony on May 16. Wood served as a judicial clerk for Judge Anthony A. Alaimo of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia before joining the Brunswick law firm Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin in 1991. She became a partner in the firm during 1995. Nine years later, she was appointed as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. Then, in 2007, she was appointed to …

Death Penalty On Deathbed, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.

Popular Media

Capital punishment involves killing helpless prisoners. It is uncivilized. It is wrong for the same reasons torture is wrong.

News @ Georgia Law, May 2009, Office Of Communications And Public Relations

News @ UGA School of Law

Judge Lisa Godbey Wood to serve as graduation speaker; Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears to teach at Georgia Law; Georgia Law dominates state advocacy tournament - finishes strong in nationals; Puckett to receive AALL's highest honor; Georgia Law provides an excellent return on investment according to The New York Times; Indian Supreme Court Justice speaks on individual rights; Five professor earn promotions - one professor added; Listen online to recent lecturers and conferences; Faculty on the Record: professors David A. Brennen, Thomas A. Eaton, Usha Rodrigues, Harlan G. Cohen, Peter A. Appel and Dean Rebecca H. White; Ellington and O'Kelley …

The Pros And Cons Of Politically Reversible 'Semisubstantive' Constitutional Rules, Dan T. Coenen

Scholarly Works

Most observers of constitutional adjudication believe that it works in an all-or-nothing way. On this view, the substance of challenged rules is of decisive importance, so that political decision makers may resuscitate invalidated laws only by way of constitutional amendment. This conception of constitutional law is incomplete. In fact, courts often use so-called “semisubstantive” doctrines that focus on the processes that nonjudicial officials have used in adopting constitutionally problematic rules. When a court strikes down a rule by using a motive-centered or legislative-findings doctrine, for example, political decision makers may revive that very rule without need for a constitutional amendment. …

Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure For Scholarship In The Digital Age, Carol A. Watson, James M. Donovan, Pamela Bluh

Institutional Repository Supporting Materials

Librarians from the University of Georgia Law Library and University of Maryland Law Library discuss their experiences implementing Digital Commons' institutional repository product. Issues discussed include:

- Creating a business plan to persuade law school administrators to establish an institutional repository --effect of open access on citation rates, distinguishing Digital Commons from SSRN.

- Obtaining content for the repository -- promoting the repository, building buy-in from contributors, establishing content policies, determining types of materials to be included in the repository, self-archiving versus mediated archiving

- Copyright permissions -- appending supplemental language to publication agreements, SHERPA/roMEO, keeping track of copyright permissions, …

Southeastern Association Of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, University Of Georgia Alexander Campbell King Law Library, Beth Adelman, Constance Ard, Jan Baker, John Beatty, Erika Beck, Jennifer Behrens, Billie J. Blaine, Pamela Bluh, Elizabeth D. Bradsher, Pam Brannon, Kevin Butterfield, Charlene Cain, Sean Chen, Terrye Conroy, Jessica De Perio Wittman, Marin Dell, James M. Donovan, Maureen A. Eggert, Robb Farmer, Elizabeth Farrell, Vicen Feliu, Sarah Glassmeyer, Suzanne R. Graham, Ismael Gullon, Edward T. Harte, Christine Heaton, James Heller, Sally Irvin, Kate Irwin-Smiler, Faye Jones, David Lehmann, Andrew Lentini, Terry Long, Shannon L. Malcolm, Terrance Manion, Roxanne Marmion, Katherine Marsh, Sarah Mauldin, Rebekah Maxwell, Pamela R. Melton, Marian Parker, Merryl Penson, Gordon Russell, James C. Smith, Dick Spinelli, Kay Todd, Robert T. Trotter, Carol A. Watson, Julie Webster-Matthews, Laura Weidig, Sarah K. Wiant, Patrick Wiseman

Conferences and Symposia to 2010

The 2009 SEAALL Annual Meeting was held in Athens Georgia, April 16-18, 2009.

Awards Day 2009, Office Of Registrar

Other Law School Publications

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