The University of Georgia School of Law's advocacy program is regularly counted among the best in the nation and helps to prepare its students to be effective advocates in and out of the courtroom. Recent rankings have UGA listed as #9 in the nation for both mock trial (Gavel Rankings) and moot court (Blakely Advocacy Institute at the University of Houston Law Center).
Additionally, over the past five years, UGA has captured 30 national/regional championships!
Congratulations to second-year law student McKay L. Powers on being named a Bergstrom Child Welfare Law Fellow. This fellowship “is committed to inspiring the best and brightest law students to pursue careers in child welfare law.”
Congratulations to recent School of Law graduate Dresden L. Day (J.D.’26) on finishing as a semifinalist at the Top Gun National Mock Trial Competition. Second-year law student Eric S. Gulbranson served as second chair. Top Gun is an invitation-only tournament hosted by Baylor University Law School “that pits the best advocates from the nation’s top 16 trial advocacy schools against each other.”
The University of Georgia School of Law was named the ninth-best moot court program in the country by the Blakely Advocacy Institute at the University of Houston Law Center, which hosts the Hicks-Thomas Moot Court National Championship annually.
Last month, Community Health Law Partnership Clinic students delivered four presentations, in both English and Spanish, at partner sites Bethany Christian Services and U-Lead Athens. Third-year student Rosalie J. Vendrell and second-year students Annie L. Bordeaux, Meghan Brockman, Mackenzie G. Case, Elisa C. Lara and Yamileth Palacios Piedra provided members of the local community with important legal information.