Second-year law students Kiyah J. Bussie, MariClaire "Claire" Kimbrell and Nicholas R. "Nick" Lewis won the Intrastate Moot Court Competition, bringing home this Peach State bragging right for the fourth consecutive year and for seven of the last 10 contests. UGA, Emory, Georgia State and Mercer field two teams in this annual state of Georgia law school rivalry. The second UGA team, comprised of Alexander S. "Alex" Balser, D. Brianna Barnett and Christian M. Sullivan finished as semifinalists. Lewis was named the best oralist of the competition.
The University of Georgia School of Law recently received a $200,000 grant from PetSmart Charities benefitting the Community Interventions for Sustainable Access to Care program. “This initiative will determine if it is cost-effectively possible to remove some of the access barriers to key resources so that more dogs and cats can stay in good, if under-resourced, homes and so the animals that are impounded despite the interventions require less rehabilitation at taxpayer expense,” Practicum in Animal Welfare Skills Director and Associate Professor Lisa Milot said.
The latest U.S. News & World Report rankings validate the University of Georgia School of Law’s vision of being one of the best returns on investment in legal education. "Coupled with our position as the #1 or #2 best value law school for the past five years, these most recent U.S. News rankings reaffirm UGA as Georgia’s highest-ranked law school, drawing on our strengths as a national leader in job placement, bar passage and low debt, including a guarantee of financial aid to all enrolled first-generation college graduates and veterans," Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge said.
Each year we look forward to Awards Day and the occasion it provides to celebrate the many accomplishments of our students and faculty. The hard work of those selected certainly deserves recognition, credit and acknowledgment of a job well done. Congratulations to all!
School of Law graduate Michael L. Goldberg (J.D.’97) is furthering his support of our law students by making an additional gift to the Michael Louis Goldberg Scholarship Fund. Goldberg initially created the fund in 2016 to support law students who participated in high school or collegiate athletics.