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‘Quiet Man’ Hardin Honored with Ben F. Johnson Jr. Public Service Award

‘Quiet Man’ Hardin Honored with Ben F. Johnson Jr. Public Service Award

“Jack Hardin is the quiet man in Atlanta who has been effective, diligent and determined over so many years in dealing with the problem of homelessness, indigent defense, health care for the needy and so forth,” said Emmet J. Bondurant. “He has never sought credit or the limelight for [his service]. He has been the quiet man for which the community depends on so much of its progress.”

Politics, Law & Society

Georgia State Team Wins Best Brief at Cardozo Moot Court Competition

Georgia State Team Wins Best Brief at Cardozo Moot Court Competition

A Georgia State Law Moot Court team won Best Brief and advanced to the quarterfinals at the Cardozo Entertainment and Copyright Law Moot Court Competition in New York City for the second year in a row. The Cardozo competition is one of the premier intellectual property law competitions in the nation.

Politics, Law & Society

When Women Run For Office

When Women Run For Office

In their new book, “Gendered Vulnerability: How Women Work Harder to Stay In Office” (University of Michigan Press), political science faculty members Amy Steigerwalt and Jeffrey Lazarus analyze the unique pressures faced by female politicians and how those pressures affect not only their campaigns but their time in office.

Politics, Law & Society

Predatory Home Sellers Seek Uninformed Buyers, Study Finds

Predatory Home Sellers Seek Uninformed Buyers, Study Finds

The Contract-for-Deed (CFD) home “sale,” a predatory financing practice with a notorious urban history, has reemerged in predominantly black neighborhoods 30 years after federal laws were created to end the practice, according to research by Georgia State University urban policy expert Dan Immergluck.

Academic Unit News, Politics, Law & Society

Mutual Interest Results in Collaborative Article by Law Student and Professor

Mutual Interest Results in Collaborative Article by Law Student and Professor

Collaboration among students and professors is not uncommon at Georgia State University College of Law, but "swing pricing" isn’t a topic that typically brings them together. However, when the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized rules authorizing the mutual fund pricing mechanism, Holly van den Toorn (J.D. '19) and Anne Tucker, associate professor of law, decided to collaborate on an article about their mutual interest, which the Columbia Business Law Review published April 2.

Health & Wellness, Politics, Law & Society

Caley (MBA ’86, J.D. ’89) Leaves Mark Fighting for Health Equity As She Retires

Caley (MBA ’86, J.D. ’89) Leaves Mark Fighting for Health Equity As She Retires

Sylvia Caley (MBA ’86, J.D. ’89) is retiring at the end of this school year after 11 years as the director of the Health Law Partnership (HeLP), a medical-legal community collaboration among Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, the Atlanta Legal Aid Society and the College of Law and the co-director of the HeLP Legal Services Clinic, which she helped found.