Congratulations to second-year students Dustin M. Batchelor, Grace K.S.Y. Johnson, F. Marion Kronauge, Morgan E. Pfohl and Ellis H.P. Schmitt for finishing in the top 32 teams out of 162 teams at the international round of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition after winning the East Coast regional earlier this year. Johnson and Schmitt tied for ninth in the best oralist category. The 2025 competition featured the largest pool of teams ever, with a total of 805 teams from 104 competing countries and jurisdictions globally. Third-year students Joseph M. "Joe" Colley, Katherine A. Lewis and Brennan A. Rose served as student coaches, while J. Caleb Grant (J.D.'23) was the alumni coach.
Congratulations to second-year student Dresden L. Day and third-year student M. Drake Jones for finishing among the top four teams in the country in the National Trial Competition. In addition, the duo was selected as the most professional team and Jones was named best advocate, an honor never before won by a UGA student. Jeremy Dailey (J.D.’14) and Haley Kairab (J.D.’22) coached the team, and second-year students Brianna N. House and Ethan Thomas served as witnesses.
Congratulations to second-year students H. Maddi Hughes and Alexis Bartholomew for winning the Best Brief Award and finishing as finalists at the Intrastate Moot Court Competition. A second UGA team, composed of Avery C. Hill, Charlotte L. Umanoff and Harsh Patel, finished as semifinalists. The teams were coached by third-year students Benjamin W. "Ben" Sowell, Natalya D. Moody and Michael E. Lomax with advisement from 2022 alumnus Cole Harper.
Congratulations to Danish Ali, Paria Keramatkhah, Samuel Kuo and Fabienne Taller for winning the 12th LL.M. International Commercial and Investment Arbitration Moot Competition this past weekend. The team was coached by former Dean & Talmadge Chair Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge and current third-year student Gloria M. Correa (LL.M.'23). Hosted by the American University College of Law, this event was created specifically for LL.M. students to foster the study of international arbitration for the resolution of international business and investment disputes.
The First Amendment Clinic recently argued Sullivan v. Prospero before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Third-year student E. Grace Lane and Clinical Associate Professor & First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins presented the case while former Legal Fellow Allyson Veile assisted with writing the brief.