Congratulations to third-year student Jacob M. Blott for being named a Law Student of the Year by National Jurist. The article titled “Future Legal Leaders: Meet the next generation of lawyers making a difference in policy, advocacy and legal innovation” was published in the spring 2025 issue.
Congratulations to first-year students Julia A. Terry and Divya Kishore and to all of the other participants who made the 2025 First-year Moot Court Competition a great success. The final round was judged by UGA President Jere W. Morehead (J.D.’80), Supreme Court of Georgia Justice Verda M. Colvin (J.D.’90) and U.S. Circuit Judge Stephanie D. Thacker. Terry was named champion and received the Morehead Best Oralist Award, while Kishore finished the tournament as finalist.
Congratulations to second-year students Dustin M. Batchelor, Grace K.S.Y. Johnson, F. Marion Kronauge, Morgan E. Pfohl and Ellis H.P. Schmitt for finishing in the top 32 teams out of 162 teams at the international round of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition after winning the East Coast regional earlier this year. Johnson and Schmitt tied for ninth in the best oralist category. The 2025 competition featured the largest pool of teams ever, with a total of 805 teams from 104 competing countries and jurisdictions globally. Third-year students Joseph M. "Joe" Colley, Katherine A. Lewis and Brennan A. Rose served as student coaches, while J. Caleb Grant (J.D.'23) was the alumni coach.
Congratulations to second-year student Dresden L. Day and third-year student M. Drake Jones for finishing among the top four teams in the country in the National Trial Competition. In addition, the duo was selected as the most professional team and Jones was named best advocate, an honor never before won by a UGA student. Jeremy Dailey (J.D.’14) and Haley Kairab (J.D.’22) coached the team, and second-year students Brianna N. House and Ethan Thomas served as witnesses.
Congratulations to second-year students H. Maddi Hughes and Alexis Bartholomew for winning the Best Brief Award and finishing as finalists at the Intrastate Moot Court Competition. A second UGA team, composed of Avery C. Hill, Charlotte L. Umanoff and Harsh Patel, finished as semifinalists. The teams were coached by third-year students Benjamin W. "Ben" Sowell, Natalya D. Moody and Michael E. Lomax with advisement from 2022 alumnus Cole Harper.