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The Alexander Campbell King Law Library has received a Digital Library of Georgia grant to digitize and describe a collection of photographs encompassing 50 years of legal and political history. The law library was one of eight institutions (and nine projects) that are recipients of the ninth set of service grants awarded in a program intended to broaden partner participation in the DLG and engage with diverse institutions across the state of Georgia.

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The University of Georgia School of Law is pleased to announce the establishment of the Justice Robert Benham Scholars Program Fund, an endowed fund that will support those who have overcome significant adversity and who have a demonstrated connection with or intent to return to and serve rural or legally underserved communities. This fund – named for retired Georgia Supreme Court Justice Robert Benham who became the law school’s second African-American graduate in 1970 – provides permanent funding for the school’s scholars program named in the jurist’s honor.

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Alumnus Joey M. Loudermilk and his wife, Ramona, have established a premier scholarship to honor former Associate Dean Paul M. Kurtz at the University of Georgia School of Law. Distinguished Law Fellowships provide some of the school’s brightest students unparalleled offerings while they earn their law degrees. In addition to financial aid, students receive an educational experience that may include domestic and international externships, guided research experiences as well as opportunities to meet some of the country’s top legal, business and government leaders.

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The School of Law is pleased to welcome two new faculty members this fall – Assistant Professors Zohra Ahmed and Adam D. Orford. Ahmed will teach Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law and a seminar titled Crime and Punishment, while Orford will teach Environmental Law, Renewal Energy Law and Policy, and a Climate Law seminar.

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As students prepare to return for the fall semester, the University of Georgia is strengthening its measures to protect the university community from the ongoing threat of the COVID-19 virus. These steps include new incentives to encourage vaccinations, continuation of COVID-19 testing, mandatory reporting of cases via DawgCheck, special cleaning and disinfection protocols that are now standard operating procedures, and major HVAC system improvements that will be ongoing. Of all these measures, getting vaccinated is paramount.