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LECTURE: Violence as a Public Health Issue October 20, 2004 A Public Lecture by DR. MARIA HELENA MOREIRA Director of International Programs, Viva Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Georgia State welcomes Dr. Moreira, an internationally-known political economist, who has taught at leading universities in the US and Latin America and actively works for political, social… Read more »

Deputy Attorney General Visits College of Law March 5, 2002 Larry D. Thompson, Deputy Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice will be speaking at the Georgia State University College of Law as part of the College’s 20th Anniversary commemoration events. Prior to his current appointment, Mr. Thompson serveda as the U.S. Attorney… Read more »

Metro Growth Center sponsors first moot court team in international competition January 27, 2011 ATLANTA — The Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth is pleased to sponsor a moot court team to compete in an international moot court competition. The First Annual Inter-American Sustainable Development Law moot court competition will be held March 17-20, 2011… Read more »

Drew Early recognized for work with military legal assistance February 28, 2011 ATLANTA – The State Bar of Georgia presented the inaugural Marshall-Tuttle Award to Drew N. Early of Lynch & Shewmaker LLC in Atlanta, in recognition of his outstanding support of the Bar’s Military Legal Assistance Program, which over the past 14 months has… Read more »

College of Law Graduates and Friends Exceed All Previous Years Gifts to the Law School January 27, 2004 The College of Law received gifts from graduates, friends, faculty and staff and organizations totalling $549,920 for fiscal year 2003, a 20% increase over last year.   Law school graduates themselves increased their giving by 15% to… Read more »

Jerri Nims Joins Health Law Center July 22, 2004 Jerri Nims joined the Center for Law, Health & Society as Assistant Director. Ms. Nims is responsible for overseeing the Center’s daily operations and programmatic activities including educational programs, research projects, grants and contract administration, communication and outreach, budget and personnel management, and coordination of special… Read more »

Professor Landau profiled in Georgia Bar Journal October 22, 2004 Professor Landau is profiled in the cover story of the October 2004 issue of the Georgia Bar Journal. See, A Slice of Life:The Daily Practice of 11 Georgia Lawyers. (Vol.10, No. 2, p33.) Professor Landau led a panel discussion among Atlanta Intellectual Property Lawyers including… Read more »

College of Law Employee Wins Sparks Award April 11, 2002   The College of Law at Georgia State University is pleased to announce that Ms. Valencia Lewis, has been named one of the newest recipients of the Sparks Award. Valencia was selected from a rather competitive pool of nominees in the staff category. To be… Read more »

Georgia State Law wins national ABA arbitration competition January 28, 2011 ATLANTA — In its first appearance in the American Bar Association’s Mock Arbitration Competition, Georgia State University College of Law garnered the National Championship in Chicago January 21-22. The team consisted of law students Lisa Bobb, Andrew Hagenbush, Madeleine Peake, and Wes Starrett. Professor Doug… Read more »

Randall L. Hughes creates a virtual law office in Second Life February 28, 2011 ATLANTA — Randall L. Hughes, a Faculty Fellow in the Center for Law, Health & Society, wanted to engage the law students in his health care regulation course in the kind of practical problem-solving and client advising that goes on in… Read more »