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The deadline to make a gift to the annual fund is this Sunday, June 30, and we are very grateful for the many alumni who have already generously contributed! If you haven’t yet done so, we hope you will consider making a gift in any amount and joining the more than 25% of alumni who have participated. You can donate online at give.fsu.edu/law, where you will have the option to earmark your gift as you wish. For those who would like to support our current Pave the Way Campaign for student scholarships, simply select “scholarships” from the designation drop-down menu. Your support of FSU Law and our students makes a tremendous impact and is critical to our future success!
- Dean Erin O'Connor
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Prof. Logan’s Scholarship Cited in U.S. Supreme Court Dissent
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An article by Wayne A. Logan, the Gary & Sallyn Pajcic Professor at FSU Law, was recently quoted in the dissent authored by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch (joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Thomas) in Gundy v. United States. Logan’s article, “The Adam Walsh Act and the Failed Promise of Administrative Federalism,” was published in the George Washington Law Review in 2010. Gundy addressed whether Congress impermissibly delegated its legislative power to a federal agency, the Department of Justice, when it directed DOJ to decide whether the Adam Walsh Act was to be retroactive in its effect. The court rejected the “non-delegation” challenge but Justice Gorsuch’s dissent will likely figure in future challenges. Professor Logan’s George Washington Law Review article is part of his larger body of work concerning sex offender registration and community notification laws (a.k.a. “Megan’s Laws”), including his book Knowledge as Power: Criminal Registration and Community Notification Laws in America (Stanford Univiversity Press, 2009), which was cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in the majority opinion in United States v. Kebodeaux, 570 U.S. 387 (2013).
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Alum Profile: Elizabeth Chamblee Burch (’04)
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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch is the Fuller E. Callaway Chair of Law at the University of Georgia School of Law. She teaches and researches in the areas of civil procedure, class actions and mass torts. Her new book, Mass Tort Deals: Backroom Bargaining in Multidistrict Litigation, was just published with Cambridge University Press and her scholarship has been published in the New York University Law Review, Cornell Law Review, Virginia Law Review and Vanderbilt Law Review, among others. In 2015, Burch earned the American Law Institute’s Early Career Scholars Medal in recognition of her work on class actions and multidistrict litigation, and its potential to influence improvements in the law. She was elected to membership in the American Law Institute in 2013. Before joining the UGA law faculty in 2011, Burch was an associate professor at FSU Law, where she received a Graduate Teaching Award and was voted “Professor of the Year.” Prior to entering academia, Burch practiced at Holland & Knight in Atlanta.
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“Procedure makes the world go ‘round. If you want to save substantive law, you have to start with the procedures that bring it to life. And that’s true for everything from an individual sexual harassment suit to massive proceedings over opioids, talcum powder and pelvic mesh.”
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Student Profile: 2019 Grad Carter McMillan
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Desired Practice Location: Tallahassee, but open to other opportunities
Field of Law Sought: Primary interests are in family law, government law and policy, prison reform and public interest law; also open to non-traditional law positions
Carter McMillan is originally from Tallahassee. A double ’Nole, she earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Florida State University and is a May 2019 graduate of FSU Law. From July 2018 to May 2019, McMillan was a legislative intern at PinPoint Results, LLC. She assisted with government strategies to assist clients in legislative and executive branch lobbying, client research, bill research/tracking, policy research and appropriations tracking. The summer after her 2L year, McMillan was also a project specialist for Management Recruiters of Tallahassee, where she assisted with special projects including marketing strategy, team building and website development. During her 2L year, McMillan clerked at the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation in the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco. There, she conducted research, drafted legal memos, represented the division in informal hearings and drafted pleadings. The summer after her 1L year, McMillan externed at Legal Services of North Florida, where she assisted with client visits dealing predominately with domestic violence, foreclosure and landlord/tenant issues. She also drafted pleadings, conducted research, wrote memoranda, and attended hearings and mediation sessions. McMillan was a member of the Women’s Law Symposium, a mentor at Griffin Middle School and a student representative for Equal Justice Works. She loves to travel and spend time with her family, friends and two Labrador retrievers. If you are interested in hiring McMillan, visit her LinkedIn profile.
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“Hard work and positivity are two qualities I admire most in people and I strive to maintain them both within myself. I feel fortunate to be a part of the FSU Law family because the professors, staff, alumni and students all work together to support a positive and professional environment where everyone is given an opportunity to excel.”
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