Congratulations to third-year student M. Drake Jones on being named an inaugural Academic All-American Trial Advocate by the National Association of Legal Advocacy Educators. Jones is one of 20 students nationwide to receive the honor, which recognizes students who have had exemplary success in courtroom advocacy competitions, modeled good leadership and fellowship within the law school community and excelled academically.
Jones will also represent UGA at the upcoming Top Gun XVI National Mock Trial Competition, an elite, invitation-only tournament for law schools that have excelled at mock trial competitions during the past year.