Posts Categorized: News

Alumni Reunion and PILA Auction To Be Held Jointly Saturday, Feb. 17

Health Law Partnership Awarded “Health-Care Hero” Recognition May 25, 2007 Every year, the Atlanta Business Chronicle puts out a call for nominations for its “Health-Care Heroes” Awards.  Last Spring, the Health Law Partnership (HeLP) was nominated and was a finalist in the Community Outreach category. The three HeLP partners (Georgia State College of Law, the… Read more »

Lombardo’s book topic of news stories, critical reviews

Cunningham interviewed in Channel 2 whistleblower investigation into Oxendine July 2, 2010 ATLANTA—Georgia State University College of Law Professor Clark Cunningham was interviewed for a WSB-TV Channel 2 Investigation which uncovered records that reveal an unflattering incident in the brief legal career of current Insurance Commissioner and gubernatorial candidate John Oxendine. Before he ran for state office, he… Read more »

Georgia State Law students win regional moot court competition March 31, 2009 Georgia State University College of Law students Alexis Fairweather and Matthew McNeill won first place in the Southern Regional Competition of the 2009 Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Competition, held in Houston, Texas, March 20-22. Now in its thirty-sixth year, the AIPLA Moot Court… Read more »

Record number of students headed for Brazil this summer May 18, 2009 For 19 Georgia State University College of Law students, summer school will mean trekking into the Atlantic rain forest to study the threat urbanization poses to one of the world’s most delicate ecosystems, or a trip inside one of the world’s most impoverished… Read more »

Students invited to special sitting of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit October 14, 2010 ATLANTA — Georgia State University College of Law students are invited to a special sitting of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Tuesday, November 2, at 2 p.m. at the Supreme Court of Georgia, 244 Washington… Read more »

Scholars, lawmakers discuss controversies in stem cell research January 18, 2008 When scientists announced a decade ago they had isolated human cells with the potential to become virtually any type of cell or tissue in the body, a storm of controversy followed that still rages in some circles today. On one side are supporters who… Read more »

Law Librarians Win Photo Contest April 30, 2008 The GSU Law Library was one of the big winners in the 2008 Day in the Life of the Law Library Community Photo Contest conducted by the American Association of Law Libraries. Law Libraries all over the country sent in photos of their activities to compete for… Read more »

COL Student Plays Key Role in Release of Wrongly Imprisoned Man January 26, 2007 Georgia State College of Law student Cliff Williams was a youngster in Cartersville, GA, when Willie O. “Pete” Williams was wrongfully imprisoned in nearby Fulton County almost 22 years ago. But today the third-year law student‘s internship with the Georgia Innocence… Read more »