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2020: News Releases
Emory Law students advance in national and international competitions
Professor Robert Schapiro named dean of the University of San Diego School of Law
Emory Law professor and former dean, Robert Schapiro, has been named dean for the University of San Diego School of Law, a position he will assume beginning in the January 2021 semester.
Emory Law launches Scholarly Commons
The Emory University School of Law is proud to announce the launch of a new digital repository to provide free, open access to Emory Law faculty scholarship and Emory Law journals, to showcase the scholarship of Emory Law centers, and to include other planned collections and multimedia content.
BLSA alumni, students, create new first-year scholarship to increase diversity at Emory Law
In just nine months, an effort spearheaded by the Black Law Students Association Advisory Board has created an endowment that will allow more Black students to choose Emory Law.
Dean Bobinski on the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Kristin Johnson joins Emory Law faculty, expanding corporate law program
Emory University School of Law welcomes Kristin Johnson to the faculty beginning in January 2021. Johnson comes to Emory Law from Tulane University Law School where she is the McGlinchey Stafford Professor of Law, associate dean for faculty research, an affiliate of the Murphy Institute for Political Economy, and the Gordon Gamm Faculty Scholar.
Gambrell Hall fitted with solar panels as part of university plan to self-generate power
John Rose 18L named one of Billboard’s Top Music Lawyers
This summer, John T. Rose 18L, associate with Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, and his law partner were named on Billboard’s list of 2020 Top Music Lawyers.
Emory Law hosts Conversations About 21st Century Racism series
Message from Dean Bobinski on the passing of Congressman John Lewis 14H
Professor Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im honored as ‘Great Immigrant’
The Carnegie Corporation of New York has included Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im among its annual list of Great Immigrants. The 2020 list honors 38 naturalized citizens who have enriched and strengthened our nation and democracy through their contributions and actions.
Dean Bobinski on how we move forward
Dean's Message to the Emory Law Community
SBA Letter Responding to Race-Based Violence
Virtual ceremonies seek to make distanced graduation more personal
The virtual version of this year's Emory University School of Law graduation ceremonies occurred May 11, following the university's online Commencement program. The event honored the law school’s more than 360 graduates in programs including master of laws, Juris Master, and Juris Doctor.
Brittain Award recipient leaves Emory Law as a practiced advocate for vulnerable populations
Years of anti-human trafficking experience led Newsom 20L to pursue JM
Captain of his own destiny: Eric Johnson 20L
Frederick Johnson, Captain, United States Air Force—or Eric Johnson 20L, as his Emory family knows him—will walk out of Emory Law with his juris doctor with high honors and march into a unique career as a judge advocate.
So much to do—and so well done: Catherine Zhu 20L, LLM grad
Emory Law Helps Medical Residents with Estate Planning During COVID-19 Crisis
The Emory University School of Law Volunteer Clinic for Veterans (VCV) launched a program to provide advance directives, wills, and other estate planning assistance to medical residents completing their training at Emory University School of Medicine.
Professor Charlie Shanor to receive Marshall-Tuttle Award
A letter to the Emory Law community
Health law scholar Matthew B. Lawrence to join Emory Law
Accomplished health law scholar and teacher Matthew B. Lawrence will join Emory Law’s faculty as associate professor of law this fall.
Veteran’s clinic hires new staff attorney, expanding capacity
The Emory Law Volunteer Clinic for Veterans (VCV) welcomed a new staff attorney.
2020 EPIC Award Winners
One of the law school’s signature events, the Emory Public Interest Committee’s (EPIC) Inspiration Awards,
Professor Elliott 66L to receive Thomas O. Marshall Professionalism Award
Elliott 66L will receive the 19th Annual Thomas O. Marshall Professionalism Award honoring an attorney and a judge who have and continue to demonstrate the highest professional conduct and paramount reputation for professionalism.
Emory University receives $1 million NoVo foundation grant to advance systems-based solutions to end commercial sexual exploitation
Emory University receives $1 million NoVo foundation grant to advance systems-based solutions to end commercial sexual exploitation. Emory Law’s Barton Child Law and Policy Center part of multi-sector partnership to advance systems-based solutions to support marginalized communities
How would Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. address injustice in present America?
Dean Mary Anne Bobinski invites us to reflect on how our actions, reactions, or inaction square with MLK's ideals. How would Dr. King define justice?
CSLR fellow Mark Storslee awarded 2020 Harold Berman Prize
McDonald Distinguished Fellow Mark Storslee was recently awarded the 2020 Harold Berman Award for Excellence in Scholarship by the Law and Religion Section of the Association of American Law Schools.