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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 »

Legislature Recognizes 10 Years of Health Law The Georgia House of Representatives recognized Georgia State University College of Law and its Health Law Partnership (HeLP) at the state capitol on Feb. 24 with a resolution and a bill recognizing medical-legal partnerships. During the session, House Resolution 1549 was read on the floor honoring Georgia State… Read more »

Mayor Kasim Reed To Speak at Law Commencement ATLANTA — Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed will be the keynote speaker at Georgia State University College of Law’s 29th commencement and hooding ceremony at 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 17, in the Georgia State Sports Arena. The College of Law will confer law degrees on 173 graduates of… Read more »

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Alumnus Gives Unwavering Support When Ron Freeman (J.D. ’85) staked his future on the College of Law in the early 1980s, it was an upstart with no accreditation. Looking back on his law career, he smiles when he thinks about where it all started. Nearly 30 years later, Freeman is managing member of Johnson &… Read more »

Student Co-Writes Land Use Book Georgia State University College of Law’s Urban Fellow Jill Skinner (J.D./M.C.R.P. ’14) can now count a published book among her accomplishments. Through her research assistant position at Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco she co-wrote Zoning and Land Use Law in Georgia along with Seth G. Weissman and G. Douglas Dillard…. Read more »