Chester C. Davenport, who passed away in August of 2020, will now have the honor of having his name emblazoned on the rotunda of the University of Georgia School of Law. Davenport carries the distinction of being the school’s first Black graduate, and will also be memorialized with a soon-to-be commissioned portrait to be hung in the main entrance of the school.

While many agree the legal landscape is likely to look substantially different than it did before 2019, it remains to be seen exactly what will come of the traditional work-office arrangements that dominated the pre-COVID-19 world we have left behind.

As the summer months wane, property owners, tenants and their associated advocates are facing major legal considerations with respect to enduring state and federal eviction restrictions. A federal moratorium has been put in place with an expiration date set for Saturday, July 31, although a number of other state mandates, which have faced their own varying legal challenges, also remain in play.

A broad coalition of lawmakers, including President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and a number of House representatives from both sides of aisle, are pushing for a repeal of the legislation that authorized military action in Iraq.