School of Law alumna Yvette K. Daniels (J.D.'89) was featured on UGA Today for laying out a roadmap to be a quiet trailblazer as the keynote speaker at the 24th annual Mary Frances Early Lecture. This lecture series honors Early’s legacy of helping to integrate UGA in 1961 and recognizes her dedication to making UGA an institution of higher learning for all people.
Congratulations to third-year student Holly C. Jordan and second-year student M. Drake Jones for winning Region VI of the National Trial Competition. A second Georgia team comprised of third-year student Doraly G. Blanton and second-year students Caitlin M. Banks and M. Luke McGahren finished as regional semifinalists. Notably, McGahren was named best advocate of the competition. Jordan and Jones will represent UGA at the national tier of the competition to be held during April.
The University of Georgia School of Law is pleased to announce the creation of the Community Health Law Partnership Clinic Fund. The Thorpe family, which includes 2014 alumnus Benjamin W. “Ben” Thorpe and his mother Dr. Barbara Williams, has pledged $350,000 to enable the clinic to build on its tradition of interdisciplinary advocacy at the intersection of immigration status and health.
Appellate Litigation Clinic participants and third-year students Madeleine B. "Maddie" Hoss and Benjamin K. "Ben" Price argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Stout v. Preston County Sheriff’s Department, a case involving their client's excessive force claim against a deputy who ordered a K-9 to “apprehend” him during his arrest. Both Hoss and Price helped to write the briefs. Third-year student Leila Y. Harrison helped the pair prepare for the argument.
Appellate Litigation Clinic participant and third-year student Jake R. Shatzer argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Hernandez-Diaz v. Garland, a case involving two siblings’ requests for asylum and withholding of removal. Second-year student Vladyslav "Vlad" Rudzinsky and 2023 alumnus Justin W. Tilghman helped write the briefs, while third-year student Max J. Abramson helped Shatzer prepare for the argument.