Closing the Courthouse Doors

Closing the Courthouse Doors February 15, 2012 ATLANTA – In case after case over the last year, influential scholar Erwin Chemerinsky told an audience of more than 400 people at Georgia State University on February 9, the U.S. Supreme Court is closing the courthouse doors to those who want to sue corporations or the government,… Read more »

Legacy of Morgan, Maleski rewards law faculty

Legacy of Morgan, Maleski rewards law faculty Professors continue to influence through work of peers Thirty years is a short history for a law school, but long enough for impassioned professors to make a lasting impact – even in careers cut short by illness. At Georgia State University’s College of Law, which was founded in… Read more »

Student Story: Exonerating the Innocent

Student Story: Exonerating the Innocent My PILA Fellowship Experience  by Lindsay Anglin After hearing the executive director of the Georgia Innocence Project speak about her work at a Public Interest Law Association career panel last fall, I knew I wanted to assist the project in its mission to use DNA evidence to free those unjustly… Read more »

Erin Ann O’Mara (J.D. ’05) Chosen for Fellowship

Erin Ann O’Mara (J.D. ’05) Chosen for Fellowship Forsyth County assistant solicitor-general Erin Ann O’Mara (J.D. ’05) was selected to participate in the National Association of Prosecutor Coordinators/National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Prosecutor Fellow Program, which is awarded to only one prosecutor nationwide for up to two years.  “I am deeply honored to have been… Read more »

Welcome: Timothy Kuhner

Welcome: Timothy Kuhner This semester the Georgia State University College of Law welcomes associate professor Timothy Kuhner to campus. Kuhner joins the faculty from the University of Navarra School of Law in Pamplona, Spain, where he served as associate professor of Anglo-American law for three years. At Georgia State, he will teach comparative law, public… Read more »

Keynote: Vision and Commitment

Keynote: Vision and Commitment “Lawyers have always had the talent and skill set to change the world. It’s part of why we’re here,” said Michael Manely (J.D. ’89) during the 2013 Law Week keynote speech on Monday. Manely, a family and international law practitioner based in Marietta, Ga., presented a brief and un-sanitized story of… Read more »