The 35th Annual Equal Justice Foundation will be held on March 22-27, 2021. This auction will raise funds for public interest scholarships by auctioning off donations from local businesses, faculty/staff, and the UGA Law community.
The 32nd Annual Red Clay Conference, titled "Overcoming Toxic Relationships," will address coal ash disposal, brownfield redevelopment in Georgia and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water.
UGA faculty, staff and students are invited to participate in the American Red Cross blood drive to be held on campus. You can sign up for a blood drive appointment by going to this link - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSee8uEg_IgZvwZPsMBYB6r24F7wJ5q0QgL2X6b17NK3qa5P0Q/viewform .
Finally, ACS is proud to team up with the Davenport-Benham Black Law Students Association to co-host a discussion of the right to vote in Georgia and voter suppression tactics such as racial gerrymandering, voter ID, polling place closures, etc. Panelists will discuss solutions for working together to ensure access to the ballot this November and beyond. Register here.
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.
School of Law 2006 alumna Tamika R. Montgomery-Reeves, who presently serves as a Supreme Court of Delaware justice, will present on navigating corporate fiduciary duties and other corporate governance issues. Before joining Delaware's highest court, Montgomery-Reeves served as a vice chancellor on the Delaware Court of Chancery, which is the most important and prestigious court for business law in the United States.
The Executive Mock Trial Board cordially invites all students, faculty and staff to attend the final round of the 2020 Beaird 1L Closing Argument Mock Trial Competition.
Help us kick off Random Acts of Kindness Week on National Random Acts of Kindness Day (Feb. 17)!
The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation wants you to make kindness the norm all week, and so do we. The Path to Lawyer Well-Being even recommends law students help fellow law students to create a community of well-being.