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.
The Honorable Verda M. Colvin, a Georgia Supreme Court justice and School of Law alumna, will present the 2023 UGA Holmes-Hunter Lecture on Feb. 28 at 2 p.m. in the Chapel. Named in honor of Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Hamilton Holmes Sr., the first African American students to attend the University of Georgia, the lecture is sponsored by the Office of the President and focuses on race relations, civil rights and education. It has been held annually since 1985.
The School of Law’s Appellate Litigation Clinic has afforded participating students the opportunity to present oral argument in six federal appellate courts over the last five years. This includes the D.C., Second, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits. Its students were also the first law students to argue before both the Georgia Supreme Court and Georgia Court of Appeals. The clinic was founded in 2010, which makes it one of the older appellate clinics in the country.
Congratulations to Paula McBride, winner of the 2022 Emma Terrell Distinguished Employee Award. Presented annually by the Law School Staff Representative Group, the award recognizes “individuals who have demonstrated a strong work ethic, commitment to service, and exceptional job performance as well as the cooperation needed to ensure the School of Law meets and exceeds its goals.”