Staff Events

Please join UGA Law's ACS Chapter and the ACS Athens Lawyer Chapter for a state-specific training for ACS members that covers the history of voter suppression, what voter suppression looks like today, and how ACS members can fight for voting rights with advocacy tactics to ensure greater access to voting in the time of COVID-19 and racial injustice. The training will be provided by All Voting is Local's GA Campaign Manager (and triple Dawg!), Stephanie Jackson Ali.

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 Federalist Society is thrilled to host Clark Neily and Scott Keller for a discussion on Qualified Immunity. This is sure to be a great event and we would be honored for everyone to join!

Any questions may be directed to Anna Parks Muecke (anna.muecke25@uga.edu).

Join Professors Russell Gabriel (Criminal Defense Practicum) and Melissa Redmon (Prosecutorial Justice Program) for a dialogue surrounding law enforcement accountability in cases of alleged misconduct. The conversation will be moderated by 3L Anre Washington, Executive Symposium Editor of the Georgia Law Review, and will be presented through Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/92684890419.

The Davenport-Benham Black Law Students Association and American Constitution Society are cohosting this event.

Classes operate on a Monday schedule.

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.

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!

Come celebrate National Voter Registration Day with UGA Law ACS by registering to vote or requesting an absentee ballot between 12pm-2pm. National Voter Registration Day is a nonpartisan civic holiday celebrating our democracy. First observed in 2012, it has quickly gained momentum ever since. Nearly 3 million voters have registered to vote on the holiday to date. Celebrated on the fourth Tuesday of September, National Voter Registration Day will take place on September 22, 2020.