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Georgia State Law Alumnus Co-Writes Book on Rainmaking Georgia State graduate Lance LoRusso (J.D. ’99) helped write the book on one of the great skills of lawyering—rainmaking. His new book, co-written with business development coach Robin Hensley, is “The World Class Rainmaker: Raising the Bar in Your Law Practice.” The book offers strategies for a… Read more »

Faculty join AALS leadership Faculty Elected Section Officers at AALS Annual Conference Three Georgia State University College of Law faculty members, Lisa Radke Bliss, Emily Suski and Jonathan Todres, were elected officers for four American Association of Law Schools sections during the organization’s annual meeting Jan. 4-6 in New Orleans. Bliss, associate clinical professor and… Read more »

Suski Named Assistant Clinical Professor Emily Suski has been appointed an assistant clinical professor, teaching family law and continuing her work with the interdisciplinary Health Law Partnership (HeLP) Clinic. Suski has extensive experience advocating for children and adolescents with disabilities. “From my work prior to law school, I learned the value of interdisciplinary education and… Read more »

Todres appointed to IOM Committee February 3, 2012   ATLANTA – Georgia State University College of Law Professor Jonathan Todres has been appointed to the Institute of Medicine’s Study Committee on Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States. The Committee will examine the scope and severity of the problem, including… Read more »

Tax Clinic celebrates 20th anniversary March 23, 2012 ATLANTA – Georgia State University College of Law’s Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a gala to be held Thursday, March 29, at the Ansley Golf Club, 196 Montgomery Ferry Drive N.E., in Atlanta. Since 1992, the Tax Clinic has provided federal tax controversy… Read more »

Center for Law, Health & Society | News and Events | Center News | 2012 Archive | Criminal Prosecutor is Liaison to CDC Criminal Prosecutor is Liaison to CDC Kim Dammers, JD ’97, has been an Assistant United States Attorney at the Department of Justice since 2002. In 2008, she was named to a one-year… Read more »

Legacy of Morgan, Maleski rewards law faculty Professors continue to influence through work of peers Thirty years is a short history for a law school, but long enough for impassioned professors to make a lasting impact – even in careers cut short by illness. At Georgia State University’s College of Law, which was founded in… Read more »

Student Story: Exonerating the Innocent My PILA Fellowship Experience  by Lindsay Anglin After hearing the executive director of the Georgia Innocence Project speak about her work at a Public Interest Law Association career panel last fall, I knew I wanted to assist the project in its mission to use DNA evidence to free those unjustly… Read more »

Graduate Spotlight: At the Intersection of Public Interest and Health Law Lisa Liang, a 2008 graduate of the College of Law, is working as a staff attorney with the Health Law Unit of Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc. During law school, Liang interned for Legal Aid, and she continued volunteering there after graduation until a… Read more »

Erin Ann O’Mara (J.D. ’05) Chosen for Fellowship Forsyth County assistant solicitor-general Erin Ann O’Mara (J.D. ’05) was selected to participate in the National Association of Prosecutor Coordinators/National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Prosecutor Fellow Program, which is awarded to only one prosecutor nationwide for up to two years.  “I am deeply honored to have been… Read more »