Staff Events

Second Year Moot Intramural Competition Finals

J. Ralph Beaird First Year Closing Argument Competition Finals to be held in Hatton Lovejoy Courtroom at 4:00 p.m. Reception to follow in Rotunda.

The University of Georgia will remember students, faculty and staff who passed away in the last year - including the law school's Davis Bergsagel - with a candlelight memorial service. 

The next UGA LL.M. Alumni Reunion is being planned for May 18-22 in Athens. More information can be found on the event webpage. 

Georgia Daze, a minority recruitment student organization, is hosting “A Dialogue with a Double Dawg” with Richard Deane. Deane graduated from the School of Law in 1977. He will be speaking on his time at UGA as well as his time in the legal profession. 

The modern information society is governed by a central tension between drives to promote transparency and open access to information, and a concomitant need to safeguard privacy and personal dignity. This series explores different issues within that dynamic, featuring leading speakers from academia, civil society and government, who have made unique contributions to how information is shared, protected and regulated.

As the spring semester quickly comes to a close, Dean Rutledge would like to provide you with a fun opportunity to unwind and spend some time with your peers outside of the law school.  As so, we have purchased a limited number of tickets to Escape the Space in Athens for Thursday evening, April 14.   

Join us for a conversation with Professor Aya Gruber. As a lifelong feminist, former public defender, professor of criminal law, and survivor, Professor Gruber has personally and professionally grappled with the issue of feminism's influence on criminal law for decades.

This event, moderated by Professors Zohra Ahmed and Thomas Kadri, will discuss Professor Gruber's book, The Feminist War on Crime, which seeks to engage the new generation of energized feminists who care deeply about women's equality and ending mass incarceration.

Please save the date for an event that CenHTRO is co-sponsoring with the Department of History and the Special Collections Libraries.

Immigration attorney Kent Felty is a widely-recognized figure for his work on human trafficking cases. Felty travels to Athens to deliver his records for a new collection on human trafficking and will give a talk at Special Collections.

Many of us have been watching the news and current events taking place in Ukraine. Several faculty, from departments across campus, will come together to discuss the most recent developments. 

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