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New Scholarship Opportunity February 22, 2006 Georgia State University College of Law Intellectual Property Scholarships Four scholarships will be awarded annually. Each scholarship will be in the amount of $1000. Two entering students who demonstrate an interest in and commitment to IP Law and two upper level students who have demonstrated both commitment to and… Read more »

Graduates Honored at Hooding Ceremony May 31, 2006 The College of Law at Georgia State University held its 2006 Spring Hooding Ceremony on the evening of May 12 with more than 180 graduates donning academic regalia for the occasion. The hooding ceremony was open to all students who graduated in the summer of 2005, fall… Read more »

New Law Building Closer to Reality as Ga. State Foundation Announces Purchase of Bank Property November 14, 2006    Current SunTrust Office Tower Georgia State University President Carl V. Patton announced Nov. 10 that the Georgia State University Foundation, Inc., will purchase the SunTrust Bank, Atlanta property adjacent to the campus. The $52 million purchase… Read more »

Fulton County Daily Report Publishes Third Intellectual Property Roundtable March 11, 2005 On February 28th, The Fulton County Daily Report, Atlanta’s premier legal newspaper, and part of the American Lawyer family of papers, published another Intellectual Property Roundtable, Unresolved Ownership Issues in Copyright Law, the third in a series of IP articles featuring Professor Michael… Read more »

COL student featured in new online legal publication COL student featured in new online legal publication September 22, 2005 Gabriel Azar, a second-year student at Georgia State’s College of Law, is featured in the lastest edition of a new online publication for the legal community sponsored by the Atlanta Bar Association called “The Complete Lawyer.”… Read more »

Johnson and Hartfield Honored With Recent Awards August 6, 2007 Professor and Law Librarian Nancy Johnson Professor Bernadette Hartfield Two College of Law faculty members have been recognized recently for their outstanding contributions in the legal field. Nancy Johnson, the College’s law librarian and professor of law, is the recipient of this year’s Southeastern Chapter… Read more »

Newly Minted Lawyers Sworn In with State’s Best Bar Pass Rate November 21, 2007    Newly minted Class of ’07 is sworn in   Nearly 275 people were on hand November 15 to celebrate the achievements of the College of Law’s recently graduated Class of 2007 at The Commerce Club in Atlanta during this 25th… Read more »

Governor Perdue Appoints COL Alum to Judicial Post February 23, 2006 Governor Sonny Perdue recently announced the appointment of College of Law alumni Christopher Brasher (’91) to the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit. The vacancy was created by the resignation of Judge M. Gino Brogdon. Brasher, 40, spent the past 10 years with… Read more »

Charity Scott Receives National Health Law Teaching Honor June 9, 2006 Georgia State University College of Law Professor Charity Scott was named the recipient of the prestigious 2006 Jay Healey Distinguished Health Law Teacher Award at the National Health Law Teachers Conference held at the University of Maryland School of Law June 1-3. The award,… Read more »

Georgia State Law Team Wins Daniel National Invitational Mock Trial Competition November 22, 2006 Georgia State University’s College of Law won the 10th Annual William W. Daniel National Invitational Mock Trial Competition Nov. 19 in Atlanta. The competition is hosted by the Young Lawyers Division (YLD) of the State Bar of Georgia as an annual… Read more »