The 2024-2025 Law Journal Editorial Board and its Faculty Advisor Editor since 2015, Professor Van Detta, are pleased to announce the election of the six new members of the Editorial Board of the Law Journal for 2025-2026. Be sure to visit the Law Journal site here to see all past publications.
Madeline Townsend
Editor-in-Chief
Madeline Townsend, a 3L student in the full-time J.D. program, grew up in the small town of Statham, Georgia. Mrs. Townsend earned a B.A. in Political Science, with a minor in Criminal Justice from the University of Georgia. Following graduation, Madeline worked as a supervising paralegal for two years in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
During her time at AJMLS, Madeline received the CALI Award for Critical Race Theory. Mrs. Townsend has served time volunteering at local domestic violence shelters and serving unsheltered communities in and around Atlanta. Mrs. Townsend has served as a contracts professor’s research assistant for the 2024-2025 academic year, primarily focusing on conflict-of-law issues. Mrs. Townsend served as a provisionally licensed extern during her 1L summer at Henry County Public Defender’s office, where she represented clients in both Magistrate and Superior Courts. She also participated in First Appearance, Bond Hearings, Preliminary Hearings and Violation of Probation hearings.
As a staff editor in her 2L year, Mrs. Townsend authored her legislative summary on Senate Bill 498, which proposed the creation of an interagency initiative to address homelessness in Georgia. Her case note examines Reyes v. The State, a Georgia Supreme Court case addressing whether a Georgia trial court may consider immigration status during sentencing.
As Editor-in-Chief, working under the professional guidance of Law Journal Faculty Advisor and John E. Ryan Professor of Int’l Business & Workplace Law, Professor Jeffrey A. Van Detta, Mrs. Townsend is humbly honored to collaborate with the Vol. 19 Editorial Board to continue fostering critical engagement with jurisprudence and promote the outstanding leadership and unique perspective within the AJMLS community. Mrs. Townsend is committed to supporting the continued development of legal research and writing skills for all Law Journal members.
Mrs. Townsend currently resides in Atlanta with her husband. Outside the classroom and studies, Mrs. Townsend loves to cook, travel, garden and spend time with her nieces and nephews.
Jacob Moskowitz
Executive Managing Editor
Mr. Moskowitz is a Georgian by choice, having moved to metro Atlanta in 2016 to follow his first career as a corporate communications manager. He is a full-time 3L student, and returned to school after most of a decade developing communications initiatives on behalf of a range of organizations, with most of the time spent at the former Turner Broadcasting on communications surrounding its live multiplatform coverage of the NBA, NCAA March Madness, Major League Baseball and other sports properties.
Jake earned his B.S. in Public Relations from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in 2015. During his time at Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School, he was named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2023 semester, served as a criminal law professor’s research assistant, and spoke in court during more than 100 hours of county judicial proceedings while working for an Atlanta area public defender’s office.
As staff editor, he wrote a legislative summary on the now-enacted Georgia Squatter Reform Act (HB 1017), which was intended to give Georgia property owners and their agents a procedural shortcut through the traditional legal process of eviction. He also authored a case note that examines the procedural and pleading hurdles that individual owner-members of a Georgia homeowners’ association must clear, in order to advance a lawsuit against the association.
As Executive Managing Editor, Mr. Moskowitz plans to collaborate with the Journal’s Vol. 19 Editorial Board to develop and institute improved editorial procedures and increased editorial proficiency among Journal staff.
David Smith
Executive Legislative & Recent Case Summaries Editor
David Smith is a full time 2L law student with a projected graduation date of May 2026. He has recently been appointed to the AJMLS Law Journal Executive Board as Executive Legislative & Recent Case Summaries Editor with the unanimous recommendation of the previous Executive Board, including Anthony Zahn, his peer mentor and friend, who previously served as Co-Executive Legislative & Recent Case Summaries Editor alongside Morgan Knowles.
Mr. Smith graduated from the University of Georgia in 2022 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. Following college graduation, Mr. Smith worked as a librarian assistant at the Georgia State University Library, where he honed his research skills and read to his heart’s content. During his time as a law student at AJMLS, he has served as the treasurer and a founding member of RELS, the newly formed AJMLS Real Estate Legal Society. He also serves as a peer mentor to three 1Ls.
Mr. Smith wrote his legislative Summary on a Senate Bill that attempted to legalize Sports Betting in the state of Georgia. He wrote his Case Note on Schmitt v. State, a case that clarifies how Georgia courts will apply the affirmative defense of accident to prosecutions for Malice Murder. Upon receiving his Juris Doctorate, Mr. Smith intends to pursue a career as a closing attorney.
Kendice Armstrong
Executive Symposium Editor
Kendice Armstrong was born and raised in the country of Belize. She moved to Canada in 2018 to pursue higher education and graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland with a degree in Psychology and a minor in Sociology. Ms. Armstrong spent the remainder of her time in Newfoundland working with the youth in the child welfare system up until her admission into Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School.
Kendice Armstrong is currently a full-time student in her third and final year and enjoys working with the community through mentoring and volunteering opportunities. Ms. Armstrong is also a member of the Caribbean, Hispanic, and Latin American Student Association’s executive board (CHALLSA), a peer mentor, and a student ambassador.
Ms. Armstrong wrote her legislative summary on Senate Bill 390. This piece of legislation was introduced with the purpose of severing the American Library Association’s ties with Georgia’s public library system by prohibiting Georgia’s public libraries from accepting grants and funding from the American Library Association and any of its affiliates. The Bill also removed the educational requisite for Librarians so that certification from the American Library Association would not be required. In Spring 2025, Ms. Armstrong wrote her case note on Asekere v. State, a case that further refined the Court’s interpretation of discipline set forth in O.C.G.A § 20-2-1001. Ms. Armstrong is very optimistic and prepared to take on her role on Atlanta John Marshall’s Law Journal Editorial Board with zest and vigor and she looks forward to making a meaningful contribution.
Chloe Strickland-Teems
Executive Research Editor
Chloe Strickland-Teems, a Georgia native from the small community of New Georgia, is a part-time evening 3L law student with a projected graduation date of May 2026. Mrs. Strickland-Teems earned her B.S. in Human Services, with a concentration in Social Engagement and Advocacy, from Kennesaw State University in the spring of 2021. During her undergraduate studies, she completed internships with the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services and the Anna Crawford Child Advocacy Center—experiences that deeply reinforced her passion for helping others by providing firsthand insight into child welfare and advocacy efforts aimed at protecting vulnerable populations.
After earning her undergraduate degree, Mrs. Strickland-Teems began working full-time as a paralegal and obtained her certification to become a Certified Paralegal. She currently works full-time, assisting with a variety of case types, ranging from appellate matters in the Federal Courts of Appeals to administrative law proceedings.
During her time at AJMLS, Mrs. Strickland-Teems received the CALI Award for Torts II and has frequently made the Dean’s List. Since joining the Law Journal in the summer of her 2L year, she has authored a legislative summary on Senate Bill 517—a bill passed during the 2024 legislative session that amended O.C.G.A. §§ 16-3-24.2 and 51-11-9 to incorporate additional code sections into Georgia’s criminal and civil immunity statutes, thereby providing law enforcement officers with a clearer path to immunity when using force pursuant to Georgia law. Her case note discusses the Georgia Supreme Court’s recent decision in Ryan Milliron v. Manos Antonakakis and explores how Georgia’s Open Records Act applies to private contractors performing work for public agencies.
Mrs. Strickland-Teems was recently appointed to the AJMLS Law Journal Executive Board as Executive Research Editor. She is eager to take on this role, work with the Volume 19 Editorial Board, and hopes to serve as a bridge between part-time evening law students and the Law Journal.
Mrs. Strickland-Teems currently resides in Smyrna with her husband Colton and her two dachshunds, Whit and Wags. In her free time, she enjoys to travel and spend time with her friends and family.
Philip Pringle
Online Access & Internet Presence Editor
Phillip Pringle has tenaciously followed his calling to become an attorney since his elementary days in Lithonia, Georgia. He graduated from Oakwood University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications.
After his graduation, he started as an intern and rose to serve as the Senior Investigator of Newton County’s Public Defender’s Office. Having gathered over 1600 hours of courtroom experience, Mr. Pringle excels as a Teacher’s Assistant, participating in special projects such as the First Year Civil Procedure Simulation Program. Currently amidst completion of his third and final year, Phillip is set to become the first attorney in his family.
His legislative summary covered House Bill 1104, a bill that was intended to modify the Quality Basic Education Act. The Bill’s purpose was to provide mental health awareness provisions to student athletic associations to mitigate stress levels amongst student athletes.
As the Internet and Online Media Presence Editor, Mr. Pringle stands honored and excited to embody and amplify the identity of Law Journal.