Legislature Recognizes 10 Years of Health Law

Legislature Recognizes 10 Years of Health Law The Georgia House of Representatives recognized Georgia State University College of Law and its Health Law Partnership (HeLP) at the state capitol on Feb. 24 with a resolution and a bill recognizing medical-legal partnerships. During the session, House Resolution 1549 was read on the floor honoring Georgia State… Read more »

Mayor Kasim Reed To Speak at Law Commencement

Mayor Kasim Reed To Speak at Law Commencement ATLANTA — Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed will be the keynote speaker at Georgia State University College of Law’s 29th commencement and hooding ceremony at 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 17, in the Georgia State Sports Arena. The College of Law will confer law degrees on 173 graduates of… Read more »

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Alumnus Gives Unwavering Support

Alumnus Gives Unwavering Support When Ron Freeman (J.D. ’85) staked his future on the College of Law in the early 1980s, it was an upstart with no accreditation. Looking back on his law career, he smiles when he thinks about where it all started. Nearly 30 years later, Freeman is managing member of Johnson &… Read more »

Student Co-Writes Land Use Book

Student Co-Writes Land Use Book Georgia State University College of Law’s Urban Fellow Jill Skinner (J.D./M.C.R.P. ’14) can now count a published book among her accomplishments. Through her research assistant position at Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco she co-wrote Zoning and Land Use Law in Georgia along with Seth G. Weissman and G. Douglas Dillard…. Read more »

U.S. News Releases Rankings

U.S. News Releases Rankings Georgia State University College of Law’s part-time program continues to be among the nation’s best at No. 14, according to the 2015 U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of graduate schools. The college itself remains ranked in the top third of the nation’s 194 schools at 64, down from 54…. Read more »

Flynn (J.D. ’13) wins environmental writing competition

Flynn (J.D. ’13) wins environmental writing competition WASHINGTON — James E. Flynn III, (J.D. ’13) and visiting student at Florida State University College of Law, has been named winner of the eighth annual ELI-ABA-NAELS Constitutional Environmental Law Student Writing Competition. Flynn will receive a $2,000 cash award and publication in the Environmental Law Reporter, the… Read more »

Building Boosts Georgia State Momentum

Building Boosts Georgia State Momentum ATLANTA — “We have the opportunity to be here to break ground on what is going to be an iconic building that is worthy of the work that is being done at the Georgia State University College of Law,” said Mayor Kasim Reed in remarks at the law school’s groundbreaking… Read more »

2L Appointed 2013 Curtin Fellow

2L Appointed 2013 Curtin Fellow Urban Fellow Emily McClendon (J.D. ’15) has been selected as the 2013-2014 Daniel J. Curtin Jr. Fellowship for the Planning and Law Division of the American Planning Association after a competitive application process. Only one, $3,000 fellowship is awarded each academic year to a student interested in the intersection of… Read more »

Landau Gives IP Law Presentation to E.U.

Landau Gives IP Law Presentation to E.U. As the world gets smaller, intellectual property laws across borders increasingly collide, Georgia State University College of Law Professor Michael Landau says. Internationally recognized experts on intellectual property including Landau recently gathered in Brussels on Nov. 13-14 for a conference, “The Essentials of IP for European Officials.” As… Read more »