Peaceful Assembly as a Human Right at a Critical Time: A Discussion of General Comment No. 37 on Article 21 of the ICCPR

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Dr. Jonathan Peters, Associate Professor of Journalism at UGA's Grady College, will be leading the discussion.

Panelists will include:

Ilze Brands Kehris, the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Christof Heyns, the Human Rights Committee Rapporteur who drafted General Comment No. 37 Yuval Shany, former Chair of the Human Rights Committee, and H?l?ne Tigroudja, member of the Human Rights Committee.

Game Night!

Join some of your favorites from the Law Library and Student Affairs as we host Game Night on Thursday 4/22 at 4:30pm until ? Take your mind off exams for a little bit the night before the last day of class to channel your competitive energy into beating us at our favorite virtual games. Separate Zoom rooms will be offered for games such as Jackbox games (Trivia Murder Party, Joke Boat, etc.), virtual chess, and Among Us. If you don't know what any of those things are - please join us anyway. We will teach you! Register at the link below.

School of Law Virtual Commencement

Commencement will take place in a virtual format. More than 205 Juris Doctor, Master of Laws and Master in the Study of Law graduates will be recognized.

U.S. Court of Appeals Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan will deliver the keynote address. Srinivasan was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit in May 2013, after serving as the principal deputy solicitor general of the United States for two years and arguing 25 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Food Frenzy Tables

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UGA Law is competing in Food Frenzy once again and this year we are in it to win it! Visit an SBA representative outside of the law library every day from 11-1 to donate and to learn about this year's prizes!

All of Us: Candid Conversations about Mental Health

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The goal of this series is to break the silence around mental health in the law community by featuring a diverse panel of Georgia Law faculty, staff, students, and alum who will speak candidly and openly about their personal experiences and challenges. This event invites us all to be vulnerable and empathetic. We are not talking about numbers and statistics; rather, our speakers offer their own personal accounts on mental health and wellness.

William Elliott Stiles New Commission Unveiling

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William Elliott Stiles Jr. - an accomplished artist, Atlanta attorney and University of Georgia School of Law alumnus - will unveil a new work of art that was commissioned by the law school to commemorate the 60th anniversary of desegregation at UGA. The new creation will be displayed alongside other pieces of Stiles' "Concept Collection" that were donated to the school in 2018.

Stiles said in his new piece, titled "1961," he tried to depict the historic events of the desegregation of the University of Georgia and the Georgia public school system.

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