More than 210 students matriculated at the University of Georgia School of Law last week. Members of the Class of 2029 – the most academically credentialed class in school history – were joined by 13 Master of Laws and 10 Master in the Study of Law candidates.
Congratulations to second-year students Caroline E. Schrum and Tori E. Weatherley on being selected for Asia-Georgia Internship Connection Scholarships, which support University of Georgia students participating in academic, credit-bearing internships conducted in Southeast Asia. Both Schrum and Weatherley completed their experiences in Tokyo, Japan, as part of the Global Externships Overseas program through the Dean Rusk International Law Center.
The University of Georgia School of Law hosted a delegation of 13 lawyers and judges from eight North African and Middle Eastern countries last month through the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). The half-day visit to Athens – which included meetings with officials from the Institute of Continuing Judicial Education, the Dean Rusk International Law Center and the Alexander Campbell King Law Library – was part of a three-week regional project titled “The U.S. Judicial System.”
With the dream of a career as an “appellate litigator working in the public interest sphere,” rising third-year law student Divya Kishore felt her summer fellowship was a key step in her journey toward achieving that goal. The recipient of the School of Law’s largest summer public interest grant, the Bool Simkins Summer Fellowship, Kishore said the funding provided the perfect opportunity to pursue her passion without worrying about how she would support herself.
Director of the Dean Rusk International Law Center Sarah Quinn has been selected for the Council on Foreign Relations Higher Education Ambassador Program. As part of the program, she will engage with other educators across the country “who are dedicated to helping students make sense of the world around them.”