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Georgia Law Professor Nathan S. Chapman presents at international symposium in Italy

University of Georgia School of Law Professor Nathan S. Chapman presented “Christianity, Natural Rights, and Early American Constitutionalism” as part of an interdisciplinary, international symposium titled Natural Rights Across Denominational Divides at the University of Notre Dame‘s campus in Rome, Italy during November. 

This symposium invited Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox scholars to present and discuss papers debating and discussing the role of natural rights in their theological and legal traditions. The papers will be published in the American Journal of Jurisprudence (Oxford University Press).

Chapman currently serves as the law school’s associate dean for faculty development and holds the Cleveland Distinguished Chair of Law. He writes and teaches about constitutional law, especially constitutional rights, and law and religion. Most recently, he is the author, with Michael W. McConnell, of Agreeing to Disagree: How the Establishment Clause Promotes Religious Pluralism and Protects Freedom of Conscience (OUP, 2023).

Georgia Law Professor Victoria J. Haneman presents at RSM Global Legal Conference in Italy

University of Georgia School of Law Professor Victoria J. Haneman recently spoke at the RSM Global Legal Conference in Rome, Italy. Her presentation was titled “The Relationship Between Universities and Lawyers” and it explored how law firms can maximize their relationships with local universities in today’s shifting landscape of AI disruption and hyper-politicization.

Haneman joined the University of Georgia School of Law in the fall of 2025 as the holder of the Verner F. Chaffin Chair in Fiduciary Law. Haneman comes to UGA from Creighton University, where she was a member of the law school’s faculty for seven years. In 2023, she was appointed the associate dean for research and innovation. She also held the Frank J. Kellegher Professorship of Trusts & Estates and served as the interim director of the health law program for the 2023-24 academic year. Haneman has a particular interest in tax policy, death care services, industry disruption, emerging markets, and women and the law.