Four UGA alumni will be honored at the university's annual Tucker Dorsey Blue Key Awards Banquet. The Blue Key Service Award will be presented to two School of Law alumni - J. Griffin Doyle (J.D.'79), who served as vice president for government relations at UGA from 2011 to 2019, and Regent Don L. Waters (J.D.'78), the chair of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. Libby V. Morris, the Zell B. Miller Distinguished Professor of Higher Education and director of UGA's Institute of Higher Education, will receive the Faculty Blue Key Service Award, and Chloe R. Kelley, a former member of the Terry College Young Alumni Board and past UGA Alumni Association 40 Under 40 honoree, will receive the Blue Key Young Alumnus Award.
Congratulations to second-year law students Mollie M. Fiero and Jason N. Sigalos for winning the 2019 Talmadge Moot Court Competition.
A generous gift from a law school graduate will continue to expand support to veterans who are enrolled at the University of Georgia School of Law. Renowned trial attorney and 1977 law school alumnus James E. "Jim" Butler Jr. made a charitable pledge to create a newly endowed fund guaranteeing that every veteran attending the law school will receive financial support.
Improving the lives of veterans living in the Peach State is the goal of the University of Georgia School of Law's Veterans Legal Clinic. The impact of this 18-month-old clinic is real and growing. Early this year, the clinic had an active caseload representing around 25 veterans at one time. Since April, the clinic has secured over $230,000 in additional financial relief for former members of our country's military. By all accounts, this impact will grow exponentially due to the Veterans Legal Clinic adding a full-time attorney in August to help clinic Director Alexander Scherr manage cases and supervise students.
Congratulations to second-year students Garrett Michael and Jenna Wojcicki for finishing as co-champions in the ABA Regional Negotiation Competition held at Texas A&M University. The team will compete in the ABA National Negotiation Competition in February 2020. Additionally, a team comprised of second-year students Josh Fowler and Sadie Gibson finished as finalists at the contest.