In Memoriam – Ben F. Johnson Jr. – 1914-2006

In Memoriam – Ben F. Johnson Jr. – 1914-2006 June 30, 2006     Dear Colleagues, Alumni and Friends: It is with sadness that I share the news that Dean Ben F. Johnson. Jr., a great public citizen and our founding dean, died peacefully this morning in his home in Atlanta.   Ben led an extraordinary… Read more »

Nominations Sought for the 2007 Ben F. Johnson Jr. Public Service Award

Nominations Sought for the 2007 Ben F. Johnson Jr. Public Service Award December 1, 2006 Nominate an exceptional Georgia lawyer now.   Ben F. Johnson Jr.  The Ben F. Johnson Jr. Public Service Award is presented annually by Georgia State University’s College of Law to a Georgia attorney whose overall accomplishments reflect the high tradition… Read more »

The College of Law Congratulates SUPER LAWYERS 2005

The College of Law Congratulates SUPER LAWYERS 2005 March 15, 2005 Atlanta Magazine – March 2005 Graduates of the College of Law Class Year Area of Practice Randall L. Allen 1986 Antitrust Litigation Mary M. “Peggy” Brockington 1986 Schools & Education George C. Calloway 1987 Real Estate Linda K. DiSantis 1988 Government David N. Dorough… Read more »

COL ranked as a “Best-Value” Law School

COL ranked as a “Best-Value” Law School September 13, 2007 The College of Law at Georgia State has been named the third best-value law school in the U.S. in the current “Back to School” edition of The National Jurists’ PreLaw magazine. In the cover article, titled Best Value Law Schools, the COL was selected as… Read more »

Todres’ Conference on U.N. Treaty on Children featured in AJC Editorial

Todres’ Conference on U.N. Treaty on Children featured in AJC Editorial November 26, 2007 An Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial by Maureen Downey highlights the issues addressed at the National Briefing Day on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child hosted by Professor Jonathan Todres on Friday, November 16, 2007.   Read the article…

COL Student’s Battles for the Innocent Receive Well-Deserved Recognition

COL Student’s Battles for the Innocent Receive Well-Deserved Recognition March 17, 2006    Lindsay Reese Lindsay Reese often felt like she was investigating a crime scene as she read hundreds of prisoners’ letters and trial transcripts as an intern at the Georgia Innocence Project. The second-year Georgia State University College of Law student is among… Read more »

Litigation Honors Recipients named for Spring 2006

Litigation Honors Recipients named for Spring 2006 July 28, 2006 John Leland Ammons   Millie Baumbush Robin Ann Besaw Tana Brackin Grant Brim Elizabeth Bulat Christopher Calhoun Mazie Lynn Causey Jocelyn Cerrito Henry DeBardeleben Leanne Mitchell Defoor Wesley Charles Dunlap Andrea Leigh Espie Katherine Mary Field Robert N. Friedman Brian Gardner Edward Terrell Gilbert Lee Gillis… Read more »

Team Wins Bioethics Mock Trial Competition

Team Wins Bioethics Mock Trial Competition December 4, 2006 Georgia State University’s College of Law won the 1st Annual NCCU Bioethics Mock Trial Competition Nov. 11 in Durham, North Carolina. The competition was hosted by North Carolina Central University’s Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Law Institute as an annual civil mock jury trial competition for U.S. law… Read more »