Pictured above are (l. to r.) First Amendment Clinic Director Clare Norins and School of Law alumna Kellianne Elliott at the recent Access & Accountability conference at Yale.
First Amendment Clinic’s work highlighted at Yale Law School Access & Accountability conference

Class of 2026 School of Law graduate Kellianne E. Elliott presented her work on the First Amendment Clinic's legislative watch project as part of the panel titled “Success Stories” at the Access & Accountability 2026: Restoring Accountability & the Rule of Law conference at Yale Law School during October. The legislative watch project is a tool that provides research and analysis to educate members of the public on proposed laws implicating free speech and press rights and government transparency.

Pictured above are (l. to r.) Judge Sara Doyle, Judge William Ray II (J.D.’90), Dean Usha R. Rodrigues, Judge Britt Grant, Will Stowers, Elijah Echols, Justice Charles Bethel (J.D.’01), Judge Sarah Geraghty and Adjunct Professor Cole Harper (J.D.’22).
UGA Law wins annual courtroom battle against Florida

Congratulations to third-year law students William P. “Wil” Stowers and Elijah T. Echols for capturing the trophy in the 2026 Florida/Georgia-Hulsey/Gambrell Moot Court Competition. Their win adds to UGA's outstanding performances in this annual University of Georgia/University of Florida courtroom battle and brings our school’s overall tournament record to 30-12-2! The team was coached by Director of Advocacy Emerita Kellie Casey and Adjunct Professor Cole M. Harper.

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West serves as advising faculty member at free speech scholars workshop

Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West recently served as an advising faculty member for the Aspiring Free Speech Scholars Workshop. The event was cosponsored by the Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law and the Stanford University Hoover Institution. 

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Faculty present/publish at Yale, NYU, Texas, UNC and Harvard

Hosch Professor Jason A. Cade, Smith Professor Hillel Y. Levin, Assistant Professor Meighan Parker, Associate Dean Laura Phillips-Sawyer and Alston Chair Anne M. Tucker recently presented or published their scholarship at Yale Law School, the New York University School of Law, the University of Texas Civitas Institute, the University of North Carolina School of Law and the Harvard Business School.

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In Memoriam: Erica J. Hashimoto

The School of Law regrets to share news of the passing of Erica J. Hashimoto, who was a member of the law school’s faculty from 2004 to 2016. She served as the school’s associate dean for clinical programs and experiential learning and held the Allen Post Professorship. In 2015, Hashimoto was awarded UGA’s highest recognition for excellence in instruction at the undergraduate and graduate levels, a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professorship. In addition to teaching courses in criminal law, evidence and criminal procedure, she created and oversaw the law school’s Appellate Litigation Clinic. Please keep the Hashimoto family in your thoughts and prayers during this sorrowful time.