2006 Georgia State Law Review Symposium To Address Critical Issues In Redevelopment
In Atlanta as throughout the U.S. and the rest of the world, people are flocking to live in metropolitan areas. This global trend daily puts pressure on urban environments to redevelop abandoned, underused and neglected areas. More »
COL Board of Visitors Chair John T. Marshall Awarded Highest State Bar of Georgia Honor
John T. Marshall, Chairman of the Georgia State University College of Law Board of Visitors and partner at Powell Goldstein LLP, has received the State Bar of Georgia’s most prestigious honor. More »
Scott Frank and Cliff Stanford Receive 2006 Service to the College of Law Award
Scott M. Frank (’94) and Clifford S. Stanford (’95) were named recipients of the 2006 Service to the Georgia State University College of Law Award during the State Bar of Georgia Midyear Meeting Alumni Breakfast Jan. 6. More »
Spring Miller Lecture Series Event To Feature Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Bassiouni March 14th
The 38th Henry J. Miller Distinguished Lecture Series at Georgia State’s College of Law this spring will feature Nobel Peace Prize nominee M. Cherif Bassiouni. More »
College of Law Staff Member to Exhibit at Carter Center
The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum in Atlanta is hosting an exhibit that is the first of its kind in America, which was created Dr. David Smith Jr., the assistant director/public service advisor in the Career Services Office. More »
Associate Dean Anne Emanuel Chairs ABA Team Study On Georgia’s Death Penalty
Georgia State College of Law Associate Dean Anne S. Emanuel is making headlines this week as the chair of the American Bar Associations Georgia death penalty assessment team. More »
2006-2007 Law Review Editorial Board
The Law Review is pleased to announce the 2006-2007 Editorial Board. More »
2006-2007 Moot Court Executive Board Announced
Congratulations to the following 2006-2007 Moot Court Executive Board Officers. More »
New Scholarship Opportunity
Four scholarships will be awarded annually. Each scholarship will be in the amount of $1000. More »
Governor Perdue Appoints COL Alum to Judicial Post
Governor Sonny Perdue recently announced the appointment of College of Law alumni Christopher Brasher (’91) to the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit. More »
CALI Award Winners Announced for Fall 2005 Classes
The Georgia State University College of Law has announced its CALI Excellence for the Future Awards® for Fall 2005 classes. More »
2006 Law Review Symposium: Most Successful Event to Date Focused on Metro Redevelopment
The Georgia State University Law Review and the Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth at the Georgia State University College of Law presented a thought-provoking symposium. More »
COL Student’s Battles for the Innocent Receive Well-Deserved Recognition
Lindsay Reese often felt like she was investigating a crime scene as she read hundreds of prisoners’ letters and trial transcripts as an intern at the Georgia Innocence Project. More »
Georgia Court of Appeals Hears Oral Arguments at College of Law
As a celebratory event during its Centennial Year, a panel from the Georgia Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in three cases March 27 on campus at Georgia State's College of Law. More »
2006 Ben F. Johnson Jr. Service Award Honors Alumna Linda K. DiSantis
For the first time in the 13-year history of the Georgia State College of Law Ben F. Johnson Service Award, the recipient is one of our own - COL alumna Linda K. DiSantis ('88), City Attorney for the City of Atlanta. More »
All Law Students Invited to Attend COL Honors Day 2006 Wednesday, April 12
Georgia State University’s College of Law will recognize outstanding students for the past academic year during the second annual Honors Day breakfast and ceremonies Wednesday, Apr. 12. More »
Law Library Now Offers Faculty Publications Online
Finding the full text of your professors' publications (before taking their exams) or keeping up with your favorite professors' accomplishments is now much easier. More »
Mattingly Named COL Professor of the Year During Barristers Ball Festivities
Basil H. Mattingly has been selected by the student body of Georgia State University’s College of Law as the 2005-2006 Professor of the Year. More »
IP Panel Discussion at COL Focused On Copyright and the Internet Issues
A thought-provoking Intellectual Property Hot Topics panel discussion on Copyright Law and Media Distribution on the Internet was held April 13. More »
Colleges of Law and Business Collaborate to Host First-Ever Corporate Intellectual Property Roundtable
Georgia State University’s College of Law and Robinson College of Business have entered a unique collaborative partnership to present Atlanta’s first-ever Corporate Intellectual Property Roundtable April 20 at the Student Center Ballroom. More »
Johnson’s Book Recognized With Online Version Release
Nancy P. Johnson, Law Librarian and Professor of Law, recently had her print publication, Sources of Compiled Legislative History, converted to online format. More »
COL Center for Law, Health & Society Hosts Women's Policy Group Legislative Wrap-Up Event
The Georgia State University College of Law’s Center for Law, Health & Society hosted the Women's Policy Group's (WPG) 2006 Legislative Wrap Up May 17 at the College. More »
COL Student Recognized in Elder Law Writing Competition
Shilpa M. Gokare, a third-year law student who just graduated from Georgia State’s College of Law, captured second place in the recent National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) Student Journal Writing Competition. More »
Georgia Association for Women Lawyers Honors COL Student
Georgia State College of Law student Adwoa Ghartey-Tagoe recently won the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers (GAWL) Outstanding Student Award. More »
Graduates Honored at Hooding Ceremony
The College of Law at Georgia State University held its 2006 Spring Hooding Ceremony on the evening of May 12 with more than 180 graduates donning academic regalia for the occasion. More »
Charity Scott Receives National Health Law Teaching Honor
Georgia State University College of Law Professor Charity Scott was named the recipient of the prestigious 2006 Jay Healey Distinguished Health Law Teacher Award at the National Health Law Teachers Conference. More »
COL Hosts Successful Legal Writing Institute Twelfth Biennial Conference
More than 550 attendees from the U.S. and around the world descended o
n Georgia State University’s College of Law for the 2006 Biennial Conference for the Legal Writing Institute (LWI) June 6-10. More »
In Memoriam - Ben F. Johnson Jr. - 1914-2006
It is with sadness that I share the news that Dean Ben F. Johnson. Jr., a great public citizen and our founding dean, died peacefully this morning in his home in Atlanta. More »
Team Wins Bioethics Mock Trial Competition
Georgia State University's College of Law won the 1st Annual NCCU Bioethics Mock Trial Competition Nov. 11 in Durham, North Carolina. More »
Nominations Sought for the 2007 Ben F. Johnson Jr. Public Service Award
The Ben F. Johnson Jr. Public Service Award is presented annually by Georgia State University's College of Law to a Georgia attorney. More »
COL's Newly Minted Lawyers Reception and Second Swearing-in Ceremony Held Nov. 15
A crowd of more than 250 witnessed Georgia State College of Law alum, the Honorable Cynthia J. Becker ('87), swear in 2006 graduates during the 8th Annual Newly Minted Lawyers Reception Nov. 15 at The Commerce Club. More »
Georgia State Law Team Wins Daniel National Invitational Mock Trial Competition
Georgia State University's College of Law won the 10th Annual William W. Daniel National Invitational Mock Trial Competition Nov. 19 in Atlanta. More »
New Law Building Closer to Reality as Ga. State Foundation Announces Purchase of Bank Property
Georgia State University President Carl V. Patton announced Nov. 10 that the Georgia State University Foundation, Inc., will purchase the SunTrust Bank, Atlanta property adjacent to the campus. More »
New Directions for Health Care Planning: Proposed Legislative Reform for Advance Directives in Georgia
Throughout the summer and early fall, individuals from multiple organizations that represent diverse interests and perspectives met to suggest revisions to Georgia's current Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care forms. More »
COL Student Jed Morton Awarded 2006 Attorneys' Title Guaranty Scholarship
He's a decorated former Air Force fighter pilot who now flies full time commercially. But Jed Morton is also a part-time student at the College of Law in his fourth year. More »
Princeton Review Ranks College of Law 5th in U.S. For Welcoming Older Students
Georgia State ranks fifth in the nation for being one of the most welcoming law schools for older students. So says the latest edition of The Princeton Review's “Top 170 Law Schools.” More »
Lombardo Lecture Oct. 18 Focuses on the 100-Year History of Forced Sterilization Laws
COL Professor Paul Lombardo, Ph.D., J.D., will trace the 100-year history of state-sanctioned eugenic sterilization and its use as a tool of public health policy around the world during a lecture at the College Wednesday, Oct. 18. More »
Loury to Speak During Miller Distinguished Lecture Oct. 9
Glenn C. Loury, the Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences at Brown University, will be the featured speaker during the 39th Henry J. Miller Distinguished Lecture Series at the College of Law Monday, Oct. 9. More »
New COL Clinic Accepting Student Applications Sept. 25-28 for Spring '07
The College of Law will open a new, in-house legal clinic for spring semester of 2007. More »
Curcio Awarded Fulbright Grant in China for Spring
Professor Andi Curcio has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture at South China Normal University in Guangzhou, [formerly Canton] China for the spring sem
ester, 2007. More »
Nationally Renowned Bioethics Scholar Lombardo Joins Faculty
The College of Law welcomes Professor Paul A. Lombardo, who has joined the law school faculty this fall to lead an interdisciplinary initiative in law, bioethics and science. More »
College of Law Welcomes Our First-Year and Returning Students
The College is pleased to welcome our incoming class of 220 first-year students, and welcome back our second and third-year law students. More »
Metro Growth Speaker Series Features Environmental Topics
All lectures will be held in room 170 of the Urban Life Center and are open to the public at no charge More »
College of Law Alum Named 2006 Georgia Solicitor General of the Year
Congratulations to COL alum Shawn Ellen LaGrua ('87), DeKalb County Solicitor General, who has been named 2006 Solicitor General of the Year by the Association of Georgia Solicitors General. More »