Coughlin specializes in criminal trials, criminal investigation, criminal law and feminist jurisprudence. She is the Class of 1941 Research Professor at Virginia and has published several articles and co-authored a casebook. The Edith House Lecture Series, hosted annually by the Women Law Students Association, is named for one of the first female graduates of the UGA School of Law. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed. The chemistry department is also investigating student complaints about Majetich's behavior, but no action will be taken until the federal probe is complete and it is not known how long that might take.
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The regents also awarded one of the 1997 Regents Teaching Excellence Awards to C. Henry Edwards, UGA professor of mathematics. The other two winners were JoAllen Bradham, professor of English at Kennesaw State University, and Charlyn Harper-Browne, professor of psychology at Atlanta Metropolitan College. He was released from the hospital the following day and has offered a written public apology to the university and Athens community. UGA police have charged him with public drunkenness, underage possession of alcohol and obstructing an officer, and are investigating, with Athens-Clarke police, possible charges against those who supplied him with the alcohol. A police investigation of underage drinking at Athens bars and restaurants had already been under way for two weeks, and has resulted in 13 arrests of restaurant employees.