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.
The Dean Rusk International Law Center has received a grant from The Halle Foundation to support six law students in semester-long externships in Germany over the next three years. Based in Atlanta, The Halle Foundation seeks to promote understanding, knowledge and friendship between the people of Germany and the United States.
When new and returning University of Georgia students come to Athens for the fall semester, they will notice a series of highly visible initiatives to further strengthen campus security — from new signs and perimeter fencing to lighting upgrades, emergency call stations and automatic license plate readers. Students, faculty, staff and visitors also will see more uniformed personnel — including a new unit of Campus Safety Ambassadors. The university’s $7.3 million investment in new security initiatives this year adds to the more than $16 million in campus security measures enacted during the past eight years.