As a first-year UGA law student, Tara was murdered in her east Athens home on January 19, 2001, a day before her 24th birthday.

Tara graduated cum laude from Georgia College in Milledgeville in 1998, earning dual degrees in political science and paralegal studies in three years. She first worked for Hancock & Echols in Forest Park, then served a year as a real estate legal assistant at Fortson, Bentley & Griffin in Athens.  In May 2003, the University of Georgia School of Law awarded Tara Louise Baker her law degree posthumously.

Ways to Give
  • Mail:
    • Check payable to: UGA Foundation
      For: Tara Baker Memorial Scholarship (72482003)

      University of Georgia School of Law
      Law School Advancement Office
      225 Herty Drive
      Athens, GA 30602-6012
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Fund Type
Student Scholarship

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For more information, please contact the Law School Advancement Office at
(706) 542-7639 or lawgifts@uga.edu.