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Eighteen second-year students received the Best Brief Award for the Litigation Program. The award is given to students whose outstanding summary judgment briefs show clear and succinct writing, along with the appropriate use of legal authority and research. The students are Mark Bryce (J.D. ’14), Jason Cramer (J.D. ’15), Todd Dupree (J.D. ’14), Kyle Evans… Read more »

31 Years of Generosity “Before Google, there was Jim, and I’d venture to say his signal to noise ratio is better,” said Patrick Wiseman, professor of law, in tribute to James L. Bross, retiring professor of law and founding faculty member of the college. “He’s a font of information, much of it useful,” Wiseman said… Read more »

Teaching Innovation Grants Enrich Curriculum This fall, three professors, Jessica Gabel, Corneill Stephens and Leslie Wolf, will teach new or enriched courses designed to enhance students applied or experiential learning. The three professors received three $11,000 teaching innovation grants this summer to design or revise their courses as part of a pilot program. Faculty submitted… Read more »

Alumnus Writes Trial Problems In his first year at Georgia State University College of Law, Randy Rich (J.D. ’92) made the mock trial team as a witness. He continued as an attorney during his second year and was elected president of the Student Trial Lawyers Association in his third. Twenty-one years later, the National Institute… Read more »

Cobb Judge Honored with Scholarship Fund Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Debra Bernes will be remembered through a $45,946 gift to Georgia State University College of Law to create a scholarship fund for law students hoping to pursue public service careers. The judge, who died in 2010, was a president of the Cobb County Bar… Read more »

Wolf to Lead Health Law Center in June After 10 years, countless hours of community outreach and an incredible amount of energy spent building and expanding curricular offerings, Georgia State University College of Law’s Center for Law, Health & Society’s founding director, Charity Scott, will step down June 30. Professor of Law Leslie Wolf will… Read more »

STLA Fares Well in Texas Competition The Georgia State University College of Law Student Trial Lawyer Association team placed fifth in the South Texas Mock Trial Challenge in Houston over Spring Break. Joe Brock (J.D. ’14), Elizabeth Haase (J.D. ’14), Matt Hurst (J.D. ’13) and Vandana Murty (J.D. ’13) competed against 42 other schools, including… Read more »

Fundamentals Course Offers Confidence Hands-on case experience, a win for their client and confidence to start their own practice—that’s what eight students took away from the Fundamentals of Law Practice Spring 2013 course. The students obtained four orders of protection against domestic violence from the Cobb County Superior Court under the direction of Clark Cunningham,… Read more »

Bliss Named Director of Experiential Education Lisa Radtke Bliss, associate clinical professor and ­co-director of the Health Law Partnership (HeLP) Legal Services Clinic, has been named the College of Law’s first director of experiential education.  “The College of Law has reached the point of needing a director of experiential education,” says Steven J. Kaminshine, dean… Read more »

Holt Beats the Challenge Up to a challenge, Jeff Holt (J.D. ’13) entered law school at Georgia State University during a recession. Three years later, Holt finished with a job thanks to networking through Georgia State Law events. Previously at the helm of a nonprofit, Holt aspired to attend law school for years before he… Read more »