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Paving the Way for International Arbitration Having a campus near the state capitol in downtown Atlanta provides ample opportunity for Georgia State University students to learn through firsthand observation and experience. In the GSU College of Law, students and faculty not only can become involved in the legislative process, but are able to influence policy… Read more »

Law librarians honored with awards Two Georgia State College of Law librarians Nancy Johnson and Meg Butler were honored at the American Association of Law Libraries annual conference in July. Johnson, veteran librarian and retiring associate dean for library and information services received the Miriam Gallagher Lifetime Achievement Award, while Butler, associate director of public… Read more »

GSU Law Accepting Nominations for 2013 Ben Johnson Jr. Award Georgia State University College of Law is accepting nominations of Georgia lawyers whose overall accomplishments reflect the high tradition of selfless public service that its founding dean, Ben F. Johnson Jr., exemplified during his career and life. “Ben F. Johnson Jr. worked tirelessly to ensure… Read more »

Hands on Election Day Georgia State Law Students Volunteer for Voter Protection Georgia State University College of Law students put their studies into action last election day by volunteering for voter protection organizations. Assistant professor Anne Tucker organized an information session at the college where students learned about volunteering and registered for poll monitoring training…. Read more »

Fifty Years After Gideon v. Wainright

Professors Challenge DOMA in Brief Georgia State University College of Law associate professor Tanya Washington and two professors from the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law filed an amicus brief in United States v. Windsor on March 1. The case challenges the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act’s exclusion of same-sex married couples…. Read more »

U.S. News ranks Georgia State Law second in nation for ‘Financial Value at Graduation’ April 1, 2011 ATLANTA – Georgia State University College of Law recently was rated the No. 2 law school in the nation for its “Financial Value at Graduation,” according to a survey in U.S. News & World Report. Of 190 law… Read more »

Nelson tells Urban Fellows of ‘decade of calamity’ for housing market May 10, 2011 ATLANTA – The United States could be looking at a “decade of calamity” as forecasts call for a huge shift in housing from a market where homeownership greatly dominated to one where the demand for rental housing skyrockets, a visiting professor… Read more »

College Site | Development | TOC – Department Dev Sites | CLHS TOC | Center for Law, Health & Society | News and Events | Center News | Speaker Programs Explore Chronic Disability Through Film Speaker Programs Explore Chronic Disability Through Film March 30, 2011  ATLANTA – The Student Health Law Association co-sponsored two speaker programs… Read more »

College Site | Development | TOC – Department Dev Sites | CLHS TOC | Center for Law, Health & Society | News and Events | Center News | Berry’s Book Receives Critical Acclaim Berry’s Book Receives Critical Acclaim February 11, 2011 The Ethics of Genetic Engineering by Professor Roberta M. Berry, Faculty Fellow with the… Read more »