Posts Categorized: News

Center for Law, Health & Society | News and Events | Center News | 2013 Archive | Spotlight: Examining the Impact of Law and Policy on Health Outcomes Spotlight: Examining the Impact of Law and Policy on Health Outcomes May 10, 2013 ATLANTA – Recent graduate Megan Daugherty Douglas (JD ’12) is using her legal… Read more »

Welcome: John T. Marshall John T. Marshall, assistant professor of law, joined Georgia State University College of Law this fall as a member of the interdisciplinary Second Century Initiative “Shaping the Future of Cities.” Marshall will work with faculty from across the university — including the Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth —… Read more »

Bankruptcy Judges Visit Campus A career and networking session for students will be held at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30, at Georgia State University College of Law during the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges 87th annual event in Atlanta. The student session, “Developing a Successful Bankruptcy Career: Judges and Lawyers Share Their Secrets,” and networking… Read more »

Center for Law, Health & Society | News and Events | Center News | 2013 Archive | Graduate Spotlight: Always Something New Graduate Spotlight: Always Something New DECEMBER 9, 2013 ATLANTA – Charlotte Combre (J.D. ’97), partner at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, focuses her practice on the bread and butter of health law: regulatory… Read more »

First Place for Moot Court After three days of competition, 64 teams and eight rounds, Georgia State University College of Law’s Bankruptcy Moot Court team took first place at the national Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition in New York on March 3. Team members Fareed Kaisani (J.D. /M.B.A. ’14), Clay Roberts (J.D. ’14) and Paul… Read more »

Special Events Ben F. Johnson Public Service Award   The Ben F. Johnson Jr. Public Service Award is named for the College of Law’s founding Dean, Ben F. Johnson. The award is presented annually to a Georgia attorney whose career accomplishments reflect the high tradition of selfless public service that Dean Johnson exemplified throughout his life and work…. Read more »

Center for Law, Health & Society | News and Events | Center News | 2013 Archive | Spotlight: Keeping a Hand in Health Law Spotlight: Keeping a Hand in Health Law May 14, 2013 ATLANTA – Cynthia Honssinger Coffman (JD ’91), a member of the sixth graduating class of the College of Law, is the… Read more »

Transforming the Writing Program The Georgia State University College of Law introduces this fall Lawyering: Foundations, an innovative first-year writing program that will emphasize more practice-based assignments and greater faculty feedback. The program spans two semesters and will feature smaller sections and more assignments — legal memoranda, trial and appellate briefs, business emails, client letters,… Read more »

Nominate an Exceptional Lawyer ATLANTA – Georgia State University College of Law is accepting nominations for the 2014 Ben F. Johnson Jr. Public Service Award to honor a Georgia attorney who has selflessly committed to public service in the tradition of the college’s founding dean. “Ben F. Johnson Jr. displayed an unwavering commitment to public… Read more »

Center for Law, Health & Society | News and Events | Center News | 2013 Archive | Recent Graduate Awarded Law and Government Fellowship Recent Graduate Awarded Law and Government Fellowship DECEMBER 9, 2013 ATLANTA – American University Washington College of Law has selected Samuel Park (J.D. ’13) as an LL.M. fellow in law and… Read more »