Alumni Events

The day-long virtual symposium will discuss a range of topics related to voting in the United States, including the history of the Civil Rights and Suffrage movements, the Electoral College, and the future of voting rights litigation. This past election cycle has highlighted the importance of emerging swing states like Georgia. We invite students, practitioners, scholars, and any other interested parties to join us for this exciting discussion. The event is free to UGA students, staff, faculty, community members, and attorneys not seeking CLE credit.

An opportunity for students to network and learn from female alumni

Dr. Larry Richard is recognized as the leading expert on the psychology of lawyer behavior. He has advised hundreds of top law firms and major corporate law departments on leadership, lawyer well-being, building psychological resilience, management, and related issues such as teaming and collaboration, coping with change,

motivation, innovation, collaboration, influencing skills, talent selection, assessment, and other aspects of professional development and OD. Widely known as an expert on the lawyer personality, he has gathered personality data on thousands of lawyers.

The Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management will be hosting a Wednesday Webinar Series in which we will highlight offices participating in the Attorney General's Honors Program and Summer Law Intern Program.

For rising 2Ls & 3Ls, and for recent grads in judicial clerkships.

Monica Bell is an Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School and an Associate Professor of Sociology at Yale University. Her areas of expertise include criminal justice, welfare law, housing, race and the law, qualitative research methods, and law and sociology. The title of her presentation is "The Case for Racism Response Funds: A Collective Response to Racist Acts."

Professor Thomas Kadri will be the host for this lecture.

Please RSVP to Nikko.Terry@uga.edu by November 9 to receive the Zoom link prior to the event.

Bertis Downs: Bertis Downs lives in Athens, Georgia, where he received his law degree in 1981 from the University of Georgia's School of Law. He represented the band R.E.M. throughout the band's career and has remained an advisor to their various endeavors since disbandment. In 1988 Downs originated the Entertainment Law course at the University School of Law. Since then, he has regularly nourished his interest in teaching by speaking at various continuing legal education, law schools and music industry conferences.

Please join us for the University of Georgia School of Law Admitted Students Reception in Atlanta, GA with Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge, Dean of the UGA School of Law & Talmadge Chair of Law. You and your guests are invited to meet your future classmates, area law school alumni/alumnae and current law school students.

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A collaboration between several organizations, this unique program is designed to round out skillsets needed to navigate and succeed in the ever-changing legal landscape. Going beyond a speaker series, Passport to Practice will require modest pre-reads, session attendance, and brief learning comprehension checks. Participants completing the requirements will be awarded a Certificate of Completion.

The Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management will be hosting a Wednesday Webinar Series in which we will highlight offices participating in the Attorney General's Honors Program and Summer Law Intern Program.

For rising 2Ls & 3Ls, and for recent grads in judicial clerkships.

by invitation only