Congratulations to Andrea L. Dennis and Usha R. Rodrigues for being named associate deans at the School of Law. Dennis will oversee academic affairs and student life, while Rodrigues will support the school's faculty in pursuit of world-class scholarship and extramural funding.
The School of Law is pleased to welcome four new professors this fall. Prof. Pamela Foohey will teach Bankruptcy, Secured Transactions and a Bankruptcy Practice Seminar; Asst. Prof. Assaf Harpaz will teach Federal Income Tax and Taxation of Business Enterprises; Asst. Prof. Desirée LeClercq will teach International Trade and Workers Rights, International Labor Law, International Law and U.S. Labor Law; and Asst. Prof. Meighan Parker will teach The Law of American Health Care and Torts.
Authentic partnerships and connections provide an important foundation for everything we do at the School of Law. A perfect example is the recent coming together of the UGA Foundation and graduates and friends to increase scholarship support for our student body, including the creation of four new funds, according to School of Law Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge. For the law school, it meant 15 new commitments – valued at $750,000 – that will benefit hundreds of students in the years to come.
Third-year student Erin M. Nalley recently attended the University of Liverpool School of Law and Social Justice’s Summer School on Law of the Council of Europe thanks to support from UGA Law. This year’s theme was “Council of Europe at 75: Protecting Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law in A Rapidly Changing World.” Notably, she is the first UGA Law student to participate in the program.
The School of Law was recently ranked among the best law schools in the nation for quality of life (4th), classroom experience (6th) and professors (8th). The annual rankings produced by The Princeton Review are based on its survey of students and school-reported data.