Faculty Events

The 14th Annual Global Educational Forum is an instrument of diversity in research, teaching, and service across the University of Georgia campus and Athens community, with featured scholars coming within and outside the University sharing the state-of-the art scholarship to inform current human developments in local and global context. While past forums focused on women in science and medicine, Olympics and development, and human health, the 2020 forum centers on sport, development, and community in worldwide communities.

You are invited to the first One Read event of the semester, our One Read Book Talk on "We Shall Not Be Moved: The Desegregation of the University of Georgia by Robert A. Pratt" Wednesday evening, September 30, from 7-8pm on Zoom.

The United Kingdom's Garden Court Chambers presents the international series "Black Lives Matter," which will feature the law school's Associate Dean Andrea Dennis speaking about the criminalization of rap lyrics.

The American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA) and the Dean Rusk International Law Center are hosting this year's International Law Weekend, South.

President of the American Branch of the International Law Association, Leila Sadat, will give an introductory address. Panels will be moderated by UGA Law faculty members.

Please visit the website for more information and to register.

UGA's Institute of Native American Studies will host Stacy Leeds, a former justice of the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court and former dean of the law school of the University of Arkansas. She is a recognized expert in tribal justice and federal Indian law and will deliver a talk titled "Cherokee Justice: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow."

Students and faculty will be recognized for their achievements at the Law School for calendar year 2019 at 4:30 pm on April 14, 2020. Visit the Awards Day 2020 webpage at 4:30 pm to view the awards recipients and join in the celebration.

BLSA is organizing a march to take place on September 4, 2020. The purpose of this event is to bring awareness to issues affecting law students at UGA (specifically black and brown students) and issues affecting the minority community in Athens, GA.

Masks required. All participants must stay on the sidewalk.