This summer, 12 students are studying abroad as part of the Dean Rusk International Law Center’s Global Governance Summer School with 11 of the participants being part of the School of Law’s J.D. program. The focus of this year’s for-credit program, operated in partnership with the Leuven Centre for Global Governance, is comparative environmental law and sustainability. Site visits will include NATO, the European Council, the International Court of Justice, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, and a number of other law firms, NGOs, international courts, and embassies.
This summer, 19 School of Law students are gaining global practice experience with the Global Externships Overseas program through the school’s Dean Rusk International Law Center. They will enhance their legal studies by working in a variety of private and public legal settings with placements based in Asia, the South Pacific, Europe, and the Americas.
Congratulations to undergraduate student Ilana Perras for being selected as one of UGA’s Top 100 student employees of the year. She has worked in the Alexander Campbell King Law Library for two years and was recognized at a university-wide luncheon during April.
Congratulations to second-year law students Emma R. Hopkins, Jacob S. Levy, Lionel A. Rubio and Nathan C. Whisamore, along with third-year student Morgan E. Pfohl, who finished in the top half of the international tier of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition held at the end of March in Washington, D.C. The team was coached by third-year student F. Marion Kronauge, alumni coach Caleb Grant (J.D.’23) and Associate Director of the Dean Rusk International Law Center Taher Benany.
Congratulations to second-year students Divya Kishore and Anna Grace Rogers for finishing as semifinalists at the American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition, along with second-year students Katherine H. “Kate” Branch and Lisa R. Calvert who also advanced to the national tier of the tournament. Kishore and Rogers were awarded fourth place for their appellate brief, with Kishore being recognized as a top-five oralist at the competition.