The University of Georgia School of Law is redefining what it means to be a great national public law school. The following news items demonstrate the School of Law community’s commitment to providing Service to State and Society – including world-class, hands-on, purpose-driven educational experiences – while also supporting the school’s vision to be the best return on investment in legal education.
The Clarke Middle Health Center celebrated its grand opening on Thursday, Nov. 10, introducing the Athens-Clarke County community to the many free medical, mental health and legal services provided to students, staff and families.
The Community Health Law Partnership Clinic has secured a major victory for an asylum seeker after seven years of advocacy. The client was put into removal proceedings in 2015 after seeking refuge in
Associate Professor & Veterans Legal Clinic Director Alexander W.
The School of Law's Veterans Legal Clinic and its director, Alexander W.
Awardees and initiates were recognized at the University of Georgia’s annual Tucker Dorsey Blue Key Awards Banquet on Oct. 14 at the UGA Center for Continuing Education & Hotel.
The University of Georgia School of Law recently unveiled the portrait of its first Black graduate, the late Chester C. Davenport, and the painting will hang in the law school’s iconic rotunda that bears his name.
During the 2021-22 academic year, more than 435 School of Law students enrolled in one of the school's 17 clinic/externship programs and cumulatively engaged in 94,129 service-learning hours. Nearly 28,000 of those hours occurred under the direct supervision of law school faculty members dir
The Criminal Defense Practicum, in partnership with the DeKalb County Public Defender’s Office and the Southern Center for Human Rights, secured a full acquittal for its client facing a mandatory life sentence without the possibilit
Earlier this month, President Joe Biden signed the Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sexual Abuse Victims Act of 2022, which eliminates the statute of limitations for a variety of federal civil claims, such as sexual abuse of a minor and sexual exploitation of chil
The Appellate Litigation Clinic has won its case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Third-year student Roby A. Jernigan presented oral argument in the case Jordan v.