Posts Tagged: imported

Learning to act like a lawyer – International conference explores new vision of legal education March 25, 2008 By the time a student exits law school, he or she has been taught to think like a lawyer, says John Berry. But has he or she been taught to act like a lawyer? Berry, the legal… Read more »

Opening up the Pipeline: College of Law hosts summer camp June 24, 2008 Jermaunte Lamar knows what kind of law he wants to practice. “International corporate law,” the 15-year-old rising sophomore said after a recent discussion at the Georgia State University College of Law. “There’s so much that goes on in corporate law.” Lamar is… Read more »

Zwerner Pledges $5 Million for New Business and Law Complex Auditorium April 20, 2007    L-R: Georgia State Vice President for Development Nancy Peterman, Carl Zwerner, Dean Steven Kaminshine and Robinson College of Business Dean Fenwick Huss Carl R. Zwerner, entrepreneur and graduate of Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business, has pledged… Read more »

Juergensmeyer publishes book on impact fees August 25, 2008 When a local government is trying to find revenue to fund the construction and improvement of public infrastructure, it often turns to impact fees levied on new development, using the money to offset the cost of the services required by that development. But what effect do… Read more »

5-year-old health law program ranked among top in nation

Radford helps rewrite Georgia’s Trust Code, Georgia legislature passes revisions May 21, 2010 ATLANTA—Georgia State University College of Law Professor Mary Radford has spent much of the past decade helping to revise the state’s Trust Code. But now she can close this chapter of work. A Georgia bill introducing a revised Georgia Trust Code passed… Read more »

Law alumni well represented among this year’s new partners, “Super Lawyers” March 6, 2009 Five Georgia State University College of Law alumni, Sarah J. Hawk (’00), Natasha Moffitt (’01), Shanon R. Stevenson (’97), Jill Wasserman (’01), and Jason B. Yost (’99), were among 21 Atlanta attorneys recognized in the Fulton County Daily Report’s “Meet Atlanta’s… Read more »

Flying into a hurricane all in a day’s work for law student Nicole Mitchell April 28, 2009 ATLANTA— Flying into the eye of a hurricane and hanging from the ceiling during a zero gravity airplane flight are just a few ways Nicole Mitchell has spent her free time while studying law at Georgia State University…. Read more »

Julian Juergensmeyer writes about the pros and cons of wind energy in new book August 6, 2009 ATLANTA – Will cities throughout the world one day harness the power of the wind to illuminate their homes and businesses? That possibility and the significant challenges wind farming poses, is the subject of a recently-published book co-authored… Read more »

Laws that automatically transfer juvenile offenders to adult court don’t work, Velez writes in opinion pieces September 22, 2010 ATLANTA — Luis A. Velez, a 2010 graduate of Georgia State University College of Law, recently published opinion pieces in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Florida Times-Union examining why laws that automatically transfer juvenile offenders to adult… Read more »