For the 12th consecutive year, University of Georgia School of Law graduates have led the state in the Georgia bar exam passage rate. UGA Law graduates who sat for the July 2025 exam posted the highest rate for first-time takers among the state’s law schools and exceeded the overall passage rate by more than 6%.
During the 2024-25 academic year, approximately 425 School of Law students enrolled or re-enrolled in one of the school's 18 clinic/externship programs and cumulatively engaged in nearly 82,000 service-learning hours. More than 27,000 of those hours occurred under the direct supervision of law school faculty members directing in-house clinical programs – all of which provide access to justice services for underserved communities and individuals.
In its ongoing effort to redefine what it means to be a great national public law school, the School of Law is pleased to share that 100% of first-generation college graduates and military veterans enrolled in its Juris Doctor program are receiving scholarships for the fifth straight year. Last fall, the minimum award was raised to a one-quarter scholarship. This effort is supported by a range of funds focused on these two cohorts. Key catalytic donors include 1982 alumna Kathelen V. Amos and the Daniel P. Amos Family Foundation, 1980 alumnus E. David Hart Jr. and the Hart Family Foundation, and 1977 alumnus James E. “Jim” Butler Jr.
Congratulations to second-year student Emily Whitest for receiving a fellowship to attend the Food Law Student Leadership Summit at Harvard Law School in October. The summit is a premier conference for students who are passionate about improving the food and agricultural systems that impact society. This year’s summit is titled Food and Democracy: From Policy to Plate.
Just over 200 students began their academic journey to earn a law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law last week. Members of the Class of 2028 - the most academically qualified in school history - were joined by 14 Master of Laws and six Master in the Study of Law candidates.