Congratulations to third-year students Nicholas R. “Nick” Lewis, Courtney H. Robinson and Akash P. Shah for winning the 2023 Hunton Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship. This invitation-only tournament is reserved for the top 16 moot court programs from law schools across the country based on performances from the previous academic year. With this victory, the School of Law now has three championship trophies at this “best of the best” courtroom competition. The other championship years are 2014 and 2019.
Appellate Litigation Clinic participant and third-year student Noah C. Nix argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Harris v. The Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County. The client was suing under Title VII for disparate treatment, a hostile work environment and retaliation after her supervisor made a racist remark. Former students and 2022 graduates Courtney M. Hogan and Kirstiana A. Perryman helped prepare the case.
Louis B. Sohn spent his life promoting international law and peace. Considered one of the world’s most eminent international and legal scholars, Sohn was the inaugural holder of the Woodruff Chair in International Law at the School of Law for a decade – teaching and mentoring students, many who then spent their legal careers leading international humanitarian efforts, combating human trafficking, and helping to maintain peace and security throughout the world. Sohn is the subject of a Georgia Groundbreakers article produced by UGA Marketing and Communications that was published 1/22/23.
Congratulations to Jaquarius Raglin on his receipt of a President's Fulfilling the Dream Award. The 2023 winners demonstrated a commitment to the Athens-Clarke County community, the Clarke County School District and the University of Georgia through their civic engagement by utilizing Dr. King’s philosophy to resolve conflict and foster goodwill.
During 2022, the Business Law Clinic provided 2,400+ hours of individual-client work, which included partnering with UGA’s Innovation District to provide free legal services and self-help resources to entrepreneurs and small businesses, assisting a sustainability-focused tech startup align its products with existing and emerging environmental regulations and forming a nonprofit organization seeking to establish a Black history museum in Athens, among others.