Attorneys Share Wellness Tips

Attorneys Share Wellness Tips ATLANTA – Practicing attorneys and personal development coaches, Plamen Russev (J.D. ’03) and Jonathan Ware, return Thursday, Feb. 6, to help students master strategies to reduce stress and promote success in law school. They will meet with students to discuss practical changes students have made since the attorneys’ initial visit during… Read more »

Justice Stevens: Data Collection ‘Price We Pay’

Justice Stevens: Data Collection ‘Price We Pay’ Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens weighed in on the government’s storing of telephone metadata, calling it the price society pays, during the 53rd Henry J. Miller Distinguished Lecture at Georgia State University College of Law on April 16. Justice Stevens, who retired in 2010, says… Read more »

Best Brief Award for the Litigation Program

Eighteen second-year students received the Best Brief Award for the Litigation Program. The award is given to students whose outstanding summary judgment briefs show clear and succinct writing, along with the appropriate use of legal authority and research. The students are Mark Bryce (J.D. ’14), Jason Cramer (J.D. ’15), Todd Dupree (J.D. ’14), Kyle Evans… Read more »

31 Years of Generosity

31 Years of Generosity “Before Google, there was Jim, and I’d venture to say his signal to noise ratio is better,” said Patrick Wiseman, professor of law, in tribute to James L. Bross, retiring professor of law and founding faculty member of the college. “He’s a font of information, much of it useful,” Wiseman said… Read more »

Teaching Innovation Grants Enrich Curriculum

Teaching Innovation Grants Enrich Curriculum This fall, three professors, Jessica Gabel, Corneill Stephens and Leslie Wolf, will teach new or enriched courses designed to enhance students applied or experiential learning. The three professors received three $11,000 teaching innovation grants this summer to design or revise their courses as part of a pilot program. Faculty submitted… Read more »

Alumnus Writes Trial Problems

Alumnus Writes Trial Problems In his first year at Georgia State University College of Law, Randy Rich (J.D. ’92) made the mock trial team as a witness. He continued as an attorney during his second year and was elected president of the Student Trial Lawyers Association in his third. Twenty-one years later, the National Institute… Read more »

Cobb Judge Honored with Scholarship Fund

Cobb Judge Honored with Scholarship Fund Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Debra Bernes will be remembered through a $45,946 gift to Georgia State University College of Law to create a scholarship fund for law students hoping to pursue public service careers. The judge, who died in 2010, was a president of the Cobb County Bar… Read more »

Wolf to Lead Health Law Center in June

Wolf to Lead Health Law Center in June After 10 years, countless hours of community outreach and an incredible amount of energy spent building and expanding curricular offerings, Georgia State University College of Law’s Center for Law, Health & Society’s founding director, Charity Scott, will step down June 30. Professor of Law Leslie Wolf will… Read more »

STLA Fares Well in Texas Competition

STLA Fares Well in Texas Competition The Georgia State University College of Law Student Trial Lawyer Association team placed fifth in the South Texas Mock Trial Challenge in Houston over Spring Break. Joe Brock (J.D. ’14), Elizabeth Haase (J.D. ’14), Matt Hurst (J.D. ’13) and Vandana Murty (J.D. ’13) competed against 42 other schools, including… Read more »

Fundamentals Course Offers Confidence

Fundamentals Course Offers Confidence Hands-on case experience, a win for their client and confidence to start their own practice—that’s what eight students took away from the Fundamentals of Law Practice Spring 2013 course. The students obtained four orders of protection against domestic violence from the Cobb County Superior Court under the direction of Clark Cunningham,… Read more »