Advocate Magazine

Vol. 52, 2018

Advocate

LAW SCHOOL LAUNCHES

VETERANS LEGAL CLINIC PREPARE. CONNECT. LEAD.

• Students win three national advocacy titles • School announces Benham Scholars Program • Wilbanks CEASE Clinic makes history • U.S. deputy attorneys general & USG regent recognized

From the law school’s leaders YOUNG ALUMNI/ALUMNAE COMMITTEE

LAW SCHOOL ASSOCIATION

BOARD OF VISITORS

PREPARE:

CONNECT:

LEAD:

“Many of us can trace our professional success back to one thing – our legal education.

The UGA School of Law helped to prepare us for the challenge of practicing law and serving our greater society. As a center of learning excellence, your law school continues to evolve and produce quality lawyers and thought leaders by creating new learning opportunities and platforms with an eye toward remaining an excellent return on investment.

“As the leader of the Law School Association, which includes more than 10,000 graduates, I encourage you to connect with your future colleagues and business partners. Building personal and professional relationships with current students and recent grads is so very important – not only for these new attorneys but for the future of our noble profession.

“As graduates of the UGA School of Law, which is regularly recognized as one of the nation’s top law schools, our alums establish themselves as leaders in the legal profession, in their communities and across industry, public service, the political arena and the judiciary. Our students receive a first-class education by an esteemed faculty of thought leaders across all fields. Through the generosity of committed supporters, the School of Law has been aggressively working to reduce the aggregate indebtedness of its student body by nearly $1 million annually.

This ongoing effort bolsters your school’s ranking as a best value law school and increases the return on investment for our law students.

Help prepare tomorrow’s legal professionals by supporting your law school.”

Find a way to make an authentic and meaningful Law Dawg connection today.”

—C. Andrew “Andy” Childers (J.D.’98), Law School Association President

—Catherine H. Curlet (J.D.’11),Young Alumni/Alumnae Committee President

Join us by investing in the next generation of legal leaders.”

—Kathelen V. Amos (J.D.’82), Board of Visitors Chair

PREPARE. CONNECT. LEAD. It’s who we are and what we do. At the School of Law, we pride ourselves on providing: - First-rate legal training

- Authentic relationships and support

- Thought leadership and world-class scholarship

- A great return on investment in legal education

- An unwavering commitment to service

FROM THE DEAN

Delivering on our promise Each fall, we make a promise to all entering students that the

Judge Timothy Batten

University of Georgia School of Law will:

(J.D.’84), who will teach at

• provide the education and experience to prepare them for quality jobs, • help them build valuable connections with our faculty, alumni and alumnae as well as employers,

our Atlanta facility this fall (page 9), and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Bernice B. Donald, who served as our !§®Üĥ®Ó§ @ąóÂ÷ÿ ÂÜ e®÷§®Ü¡®

• ensure they graduate with the skills necessary to become leaders in their profession and their communities, • and continue to be the best return on investment in legal education.

Here at your law school, we deliver on that promise every day. eäąº¿Óė ȞȚ ï®ó¡®Üÿ ä¸ äąó ÷ÿą§®Üÿ÷ đ¿ä ÷Âÿ ¸äó ÿ¿® ó ï ÷÷ đÂÿ¿ÂÜ Ȗȗ ÚäÜÿ¿÷ ä¸ ºó §ą ÿÂäÜ Ɏ ÿ¿® ¿Âº¿®÷ÿ ó ÿ® ÂÜ äąó ÷ÿ ÿ® ܧ Úäܺ ÿ¿® ®÷ÿ ÂÜ ÿ¿® ¡äąÜÿóėȽ NÂÜ®ÿė ï®ó¡®Üÿ ä¸ ÿ¿® Ó ÷÷ ä¸ ȗȕȖȜ ÷®¡ąó®§ fulltime, long-term employment that either required bar passage or preferred a Juris Doctor – placing your law school among the best in the nation. We have also been recognized as one of the top 20 law schools for securing a federal clerkship. One day, our students Ú ė ®Đ®Ü ĥܧ ÿ¿®Ú÷®ÓĐ®÷ ¡Ó®óÐÂܺ ¸äó ÓąÚÜ ÓÂЮ wȽiȽ Â÷ÿó¡ÿ äąóÿ @ą§º®÷ L¡¿ ®Ó óäđÜ ɋ@Ƚ ȽɚȞșɌ ܧ qóÂïï i®Ó¸ ɋ@Ƚ ȽɚȞȜɌȷ äÿ¿ đ¿ä ¿ Đ® recently been seated on the federal bench. q¿® ĥó÷ÿɏó ÿ® ïó®ï ó ÿÂäÜ äąó ÷ÿą§®Üÿ÷ ó®¡®ÂĐ® ÿ Ю÷ ïÓ ¡® ÂÜ ÿ¿® classroom and through experiential learning opportunities such as äąó ®ÿ®ó Ü÷ D®º Ó ÓÂÜ¡ȷ đ¿Â¡¿ đ ÷ Ú §® ïä÷÷ Ӯ ė Ó® §Âܺ ºÂ¸ÿ ¸óäÚ @ÂÚ ąÿÓ®ó ɋ@Ƚ ȽɚȜȜɌ ÂÜ Ú®Úäóė ä¸ ¿Â÷ ¸ ÿ¿®ó đ¿ä đ ÷ ĥº¿ÿ®ó pilot in the U.S. Navy. This clinic will provide critical services to those who have so bravely served our nation and be led by seasoned public ÷®óĐ¡® Ó đė®ó ܧ ïó丮÷÷äó Ɏ Ó®Ė i¡¿®óóȽ äą ¡ Ü ó® § Úäó® äąÿ this important new opportunity for our students and veterans on page 5. Another way our students receive incredible experience is through our award-winning advocacy program that added three national titles, one regional crown and the coveted state championship trophy at the Intrastate Moot Court Competition this year (page 4).

On any given day, our students have the opportunity to learn from talented and widely published faculty members, many of whom ó® Ü ÿÂäÜ ÓÓė ó®¡äºÜÂĜ®§ ÷ ®Ėï®óÿ÷ ÂÜ ÿ¿®Âó ¡¿ä÷®Ü ĥ®Ó§÷Ƚ q¿®Âó ¡¡äÚïÓÂ÷¿Ú®Üÿ÷ ó® Ú Üė ܧ ó® ¿Âº¿Óº¿ÿ®§ äÜ ï º®÷ ȗȖɎȗȚ ܧ throughout this magazine. We are also fortunate that prominent alumni/alumnae and friends of the law school are willing to assist in the education of our students. Examples include: U.S. District Court

this spring (page 20).

We continue to build on the law school’s tradition of public service – which

Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge Dean and Herman E. Talmadge Chair of Law

includes alumni and alumnae like this year’s graduation speaker, Georgia Supreme Court @ą÷ÿ¡® eä ®óÿ ®Ü¿ Ú ɋ@Ƚ ȽɚȜȕɌ ɋï º® ȖȜɌȽ @ą÷ÿ¡® ®Ü¿ Ú Ú ÿó¡ąÓ ÿ®§ just over 50 years ago and was honored earlier this year with a new program focused on diversifying the legal profession and recruiting students from underserved parts of the state (page 6). The legacy also ÂÜ¡Óą§®÷ 2 óäÓ§ L®ÓÿäÜ ɋ@Ƚ ȽɚȞȖɌȷ đ¿ä đÂÓÓ ®¡äÚ® ÿ¿® ¡¿Â®¸ Íą÷ÿ¡® ä¸ äąó ÷ÿ ÿ®ɚ÷ ¿Âº¿®÷ÿ ¡äąóÿ ÂÜ i®ïÿ®Ú ®ó ɋï º® ȘȜɌȷ ܧ Ó đė®ó÷ ÓÂЮ those honored with this year’s Distinguished Service Scroll Awards – Sibley Chair and former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson, wÜÂĐ®ó÷Âÿė iė÷ÿ®Ú ä¸ -®äóºÂ ä ó§ ä¸ e®º®Üÿ÷ ¡® ¿ Âó äÜ ÿ®ó÷ ɋ@Ƚ ȽɚȜȝɌ ܧ ¸äóÚ®ó ¡ÿÂܺ wȽiȽ ÿÿäóÜ®ė -®Ü®ó Ó i ÓÓė dąÂÓÓÂ Ü ÿ®÷ (J.D.’86) (pages 35–36). Each of these honorees took time the day before the DSS Award ceremony to meet with and inspire our students to make their own impact on society.

With your help, your law school is training the next generation of leaders to follow in these footsteps. We do so not only by ensuring our graduates are well prepared, but also without the overly burdensome debt that would prevent them from pursuing jobs that make sense for them, their families and their communities. In fact, thanks to your support, we have held the line on tuition, built a solid scholarship program and reduced the aggregate indebtedness of our student body by nearly $1 million annually.

None of this would be possible without your continued engagement and support. I hope you will take some time to read about all that is happening at your law school – and that it will inspire you to hire a student, contribute to the Law School Fund or commit to our capital ¡ Úï ºÜȷ đ¿Â¡¿ đÂÓÓ ÓÓäđ ą÷ ÿä ¸ąÓĥÓÓ äąó ïóäÚÂ÷® ÿä äąó ÷ÿą§®Üÿ÷ ܧ the legal profession long into the future.

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PREPARE. CONNECT. LEAD.

Advocate Beck

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Conference spotlights advocacy for abuse survivors

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Lanier

Weeks

Beck, Lanier and Weeks become associate deans

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2017–18 Advocacy Season: Three national titles and coveted state trophy

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New legal clinic: Assisting Georgia veterans

School of Law advocacy teams continue to build on the school’s tradition of excellence. During the 2017–18 academic year, law students captured three national championships and one state crown.

The Veterans Legal Clinic has opened its doors to provide former service men and women in Georgia with legal assistance they might not otherwise have access to or be able to afford. Major funding was provided by Jim Butler (J.D.’77) in memory of his U.S. Navy fighter pilot father.

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Benham Scholars Program to enhance diversity in legal education and the profession Named in honor of Georgia Supreme Court Justice Robert Benham, who was a UGA School of Law first-year law student 50 years ago and became the law school’s second African-American graduate in 1970, the law school has created the Benham Scholars Program, which seeks to enhance diversity in the legal profession and to recruit students from underserved parts of the state.

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Butler

Committed to preparing legal leaders From leading the state in bar exam passage rates to being considered one of the best returns on investment in the nation for a legal education, the School of Law is committed to preparing the next generation of legal leaders. This page provides a few key indicators of success.

Benham

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@UGASchoolofLaw

facebook.com/UGALawSchool

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Vol. 52, 2018 • ISSN 1557-1025 Editor’s Note: The Advocate is published annually by the University of Georgia School of Law for alumni/alumnae, friends and members of the law school community. Please contact the Office of Communications and Public Relations at (706) 542-5172 or lawcomm@uga.edu if you have any comments or suggestions.

Dean Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Randy Beck Associate Dean for Clinical Programs and Experiential Learning Eleanor “Ellie” Crosby Lanier Associate Dean for Faculty Development Elizabeth Weeks (J.D.’99) Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives Mehrsa Baradaran

35 Alumni/Alumnae awards

Executive Director of Admissions & Diversity Programs Gregory L. “Greg” Roseboro (J.D.’87) Senior Director of Business & Finance Blake Waldrop Senior Director of Career Development Kenny R. Tatum Director of Communications & Public Relations Heidi M. Murphy

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Students answering public service call in record numbers This summer 48 students worked in public interest settings around the globe with the assistance of more than $83,000 in grants. This total more than doubles the number of participants from two years ago.

Director of Dean Rusk International Law Center Kathleen A. “Kate” Doty Director of Information Technology Jim Henneberger Director of Law Library Carol A. Watson (J.D.’87)

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Senior Director of Law School Advancement Anne S. Moser

2018 Commencement A photo essay of this special day.

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Wilbanks CEASE Clinic makes history In May, the Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic won the first case tried to verdict under Georgia’s Hidden Predator Act.

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Director of Major Gifts and Prospect Management Jeremy Headrick Chief of Staff & Special Assistant to the Dean Lara O. Pulliam Director of Special Events Lisa C. Mathis Facilities Manager & Event Coordinator Mary Beisswenger

2018 Commencement

Law School Staff Representative Group Chair Shawn T. Lanphere

School of Law welcomes new profs Associate Professor Melissa J. Durkee and Assistant Professor Lindsey Simon join the law school’s faculty this fall. Durkee will teach in the areas of international, transnational and business law, while Simon will lead courses in bankruptcy and secured transactions.

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Dean Rusk International Law Center celebrating 40 years of excellence The Dean Rusk International Law Center expands its influence on international law and policy education, scholarship and collaboration as it reaches the four-decade mark.

ABOUT THE COVER:

The School of Law opened its much anticipated Veterans Legal Clinic during the summer of 2018. The clinic will be directed by Professor Alex Scherr (second from left). He is photographed with three veterans who have just completed their first year of law school – Andy Bastone (left), Nick Mugge and Chase Keith (right). Each of these students received some monetary support for their education from the fund that supports the Veterans Legal Clinic. Photo

by Dennis McDaniel.

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2017 –18 AD VOCA CY SEASON

3 national titles + coveted state trophy

Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition Third-year students Holly M. Boggs and Ava G. Goble captured the national title at the Eighth Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition.

Additionally, Goble was named the best oralist of the final round and third best oralist overall. Third-year students Daniel E. “Dan” Philyaw and Ian M. Lamb also competed and finished the contest as quarterfinalists and earned the second best Respondent Brief Award. Additionally, Philyaw was named the tournament’s overall best oralist. This was the first time the School of Law competed in this contest.

Pictured are: (l. to r.) Dan Philyaw, Ian Lamb, Holly Boggs and Ava Goble.

Charleston School of Law National Moot Court Competition Third-year student Caroline F. Savini and second-year student Simone Ford went undefeated at the Charleston School of Law National Moot Court Competition, claiming the national title. Savini was named the best oralist of the final round. A second team representing UGA, comprised of secondyear students Eric Wilder and Hayley Nicolich finished as semifinalists and were presented with the Best Appellee Brief Award. Notably, three of the best five oralists in the preliminary rounds of this competition were from UGA – Wilder, Nicolich and Savini. Also, UGA was the only school to advance two teams to the quarterfinals.

Pictured are: (standing, l. to r.) Surya Pavuluri (coach), Megan Alpert (coach), Eric Wilder, (sitting, l. to r.) Caroline Savini, Simone Ford and Hayley Nicolich.

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South Texas Mock Trial Challenge Third-year student Lauren E. Lutton and second-year students Shanice Echols, Robert Harrison II and C. Daniel Lockaby captured the national title in the 2018 South Texas Mock Trial Challenge. Lutton was recognized for her oral skills in the preliminary rounds and was named the best advocate for the final round. Of note, this is the second year in a row that UGA has won this national competition and the third time in five years that the law school has brought home the championship trophy.

Pictured are: (l. to r.) Daniel Lockaby, Lauren Lutton, Robert Harrison and Shanice Echols.

Intrastate Moot Court Competition In the 2018 Intrastate Moot Court Competition, second-year students Anna C. Braue, Thomas Grantham and Timia Skelton beat teams from Georgia State University in the final and semifinal rounds to bring home the state title. All four law schools in Georgia fielded two teams in this annual Peach State courtroom rivalry. UGA’s second team included second-year students Dymond Anthony, Cliffton Jacques and Connor Rose. In the last 10 years, UGA has captured the state title seven times.

Pictured are: (standing, l. to r.) Maggie Sparks (coach), Cliffton Jacques, Thomas Grantham, Connor Rose, Dan Philyaw (coach), (sitting, l. to r.)

Anna Braue, Dymond Anthony and Timia Skelton.

NEW LEGAL CLINIC

Assisting Georgia veterans The School of Law has opened its much

an instrumental role in the school’s clinical

anticipated Veterans Legal Clinic to provide

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former service men and women in Georgia

including the establishment of nine of its

with legal assistance they might not óđ̺ĄģÏĈº Ì Ģº ­­ºĈĈ đó óĄ «º «áº đó ĵóĄ³Ɋ with particular regard to denied or deferred claims before the U.S. Department of Veterans ĵ ÏĄĈɐ Under the direction of Professor áºĨ 곺Ą ɐ ɩ áºĨɪ q­ÌºĄĄɊ ȫȨɢĀáėĈ ĩº Ą Āė«áÏ­ ĈºĄĢÏ­º á ģĩºĄ ê³ º³ė­ đóĄɊ đ̺ ­áÏêÏ­ ģÏáá «º Ĉđ ĵº³ «ĩ á ģ Ĉđė³ºêđĈ ģÌó ģÏáá ģóĄÞ directly with veterans and their dependents đó ºêĈėĄº ­­ºĈĈ đó «ºêºĸđĈ ê³ ĈºĄĢÏ­ºĈɊ

current experiential learning programs.

Top: Earlier this summer, Veterans Legal Clinic Director Alex Scherr (left) spoke with rising second-year student Chase Keith, who is among the first law students to work in the clinic, which assists former military members seeking to access benefits and services to which they are entitled due to their service to our country. Keith is a U.S. Army veteran. Photo by Dennis McDaniel.

The Veterans Legal Clinic is funded by a lead gift from renowned trial attorney and 1977 law school alumnus James E. ɩEÏèɪ ėđáºĄ EĄɐ Ïê èºèóĄĩ óÄ ÌÏĈ Ä đ̺ĄɊ Lt. Cmdr. James E. Butler Sr. who was also the grandfather of James E. “Jeb” Butler III (J.D.’08). Funding for the clinic also includes

Inset: Law school 1977 alumnus Jim Butler provided the lead gift for the establishment of the Veterans Legal Clinic in memory of his father, Lt. Cmdr. James E. Butler Sr. who was a fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy (pictured).

ĸê ê­Ï á ĈėĀĀóĄđ ÄóĄ ĢºđºĄ êĈ êóģ Ĉđė³ĩÏêÆ at the law school.

“The law school is immensely grateful to

especially for those with mental or physical

Jim and others who have made this important

disabilities resulting from their time in the military.

Scherr said the Veterans Legal Clinic’s

ÏêÏđÏ đÏĢº ĀóĈĈÏ«áºɊɪ mėđẳƺ Ĉ ϳɐ ɩ9 ģ êđ ĀºóĀẠđó Þêóģ đÌ đ ĢºđºĄ êĈ ê³ their families can call the clinic with legal

success will be viewed under two lenses –

ăėºĈđÏóêĈ óÄ êĩ ÞÏê³Ɋɪ q­ÌºĄĄ Ĉ ϳɐ ɩ ÌÏáº

đ̺ ĀĄóĢÏĈÏóê óÄ ÌÏÆÌɢăė áÏđĩ ĄºĀĄºĈºêđ đÏóê

ģº ģÏáá êóđ «º «áº đó đ Þº óê ºĢºĄĩ ­ ĈºɊ ģº

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ê³ ÏêĈĀÏĄºĈ á ģ Ĉđė³ºêđĈ ģÌó ģÏáá ģóĄÞ

to other services that could help them with

with former service men and women and

their concerns.”

đÌºÏĄ Ä èÏáϺĈɐ ɩ9ê đ̺ êº Ą đºĄèɊ đÌÏĈ èº êĈ

Five clinics find new space in downtown Athens

Dean Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge said he is

a full caseload for students starting this

immensely pleased to have the law school’s

Ä ááɊɪ ̺ Ĉ ϳɐ ɩ9ê đ̺ áóêÆ đºĄèɊ đ̺ ­áÏêÏ­

èóĈđ ĈºêÏóĄɢĄ êÞÏêÆ ­áÏêÏ­ á Ä ­ėáđĩ èºè«ºĄ

ģÏáá «º Ĉė­­ºĈĈÄėá ģ̺êɊ đÌĄóėÆÌ Ïê³ÏĢϳė á

leading the clinic. “Alex is the ideal person

ĄºĀĄºĈºêđ đÏóê ê³ ­óèèėêÏđĩ óėđĄº ­ÌɊ Ïđ

đó Ĉºđ ėĀ đ̺ ĈđĄė­đėĄº ê³ ĸêºɢđėêº đ̺

improves how veterans receive assistance

mission of the clinic as it begins to improve

from the nation they have served.”

the lives of those Georgia citizens who have

\êº óÄ đ̺ ĸĄĈđ đ ĈÞĈ ÄóĄ đ̺ ­áÏêÏ­ ģÏáá be to reach out to former military members

ĈºĄĢº³ đÌºÏĄ ­óėêđĄĩɊɪɯ̺ Ĉ ϳɐ q­ÌºĄĄɊ ģÌó ĀĄºĢÏóėĈáĩ ĈºĄĢº³ Ĉ đ̺ á ģ

Ïê ÏđĈ ĈºĄĢÏ­º Ąº Ɋ Ïê­áė³ÏêÆ è êĩ ĄėĄ á

school’s associate dean for clinical programs

counties in which transportation and

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information about legal services can be

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limited.

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Earlier this year, several of the law school’s clinical law practices moved into much needed and improved facilities. Five of the school’s 17 experiential learning offerings now occupy two floors of the Bank of America building located at the corner of Clayton and Lumpkin streets in downtown Athens. Enjoying the new space are: the newly launched Veterans Legal Clinic, the Business Law Clinic, the Family Justice Clinic, the Community Health Law Partnership Clinic and the Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic.

Special thanks go to the UGA Office of the President and Office of Finance and Administration for helping the law school secure this clinical space for our faculty and students as well as their clients.

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Benham Scholars Program TO ENHANCE DIVERSITY IN LEGAL EDUCATION AND THE PROFESSION The School of Law has created the Benham

private law school funding to support the

Scholars Program, which seeks to enhance

program, which will focus on four key areas:

diversity in the legal profession and to recruit

recruitment, preparation for law school,

students from underserved communities.

academic support and career planning.

“One of our goals as an institution of legal

The initiative is named in honor of Georgia iąïó®Ú® äąóÿ @ą÷ÿ¡® eä ®óÿ ®Ü¿ Úȷ đ¿ä

education is to ensure our student body, and

đ ÷ ĥó÷ÿɏė® ó Ó đ ÷ÿą§®Üÿ Țȕ ė® ó÷ ºä

ultimately the new lawyers who enter the

and became the law school’s second African-

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“Throughout our state and nation, there

ÿ¿ ÿ ¸äó ÷äÚ® ¡ §®Ú¡ ÓÓė òą ÓÂĥ®§ ÷ÿą§®Üÿ÷ȷ

are young people who work hard and dream

barriers still exist to entering law school. Some

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ä¸ ÿ¿®÷® ó® ĥÜ Ü¡Â Ó Ü§ äÿ¿®ó÷ ó® ÿ®§ ÿä

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access to information and support. Through

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the Benham Scholars Program, we plan to give

a fraction of them attend law school and have

these young men and women the opportunity

the chance for a successful legal career, we will

to thrive both in law school and in their

have made an impact. I am of course honored

¡ ó®®ó÷Ƚɗ Pre-law advisers at colleges and

by this incredible recognition and look forward to watching this new program change young

universities throughout the state of Georgia

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The Benham Scholars Program is funded

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as part of the New Approaches in Diversity

students lack the information and resources to

and Inclusion initiative announced by UGA

make law school a reality, according to School

President Jere W. Morehead (J.D.’80) in the

of Law Executive Director of Admissions

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-ó®ºäóė DȽ ɖ-ó®ºɗ eä÷® äóä ɋ@Ƚ ȽɚȝȜɌȽ ɖq¿®÷®

ÿ¿® Vģ¡® ä¸ ÿ¿® aó®÷§®Üÿ đ®ó® Ú ÿ¡¿®§ ė

students think attending law school at Georgia

Georgia Supreme Court Justice Robert Benham (J.D.’70)

The Benham Scholars Program – which is open to Georgia residents and those with ÷ºÜÂĥ¡ Üÿ ÿ®÷ ÿä ÿ¿® ÷ÿ ÿ® Ɏ đ ÷ §®÷ºܮ§ ÿä assist students with a range of support options including participation in the school’s Early Start Program (a weeklong introduction to law school that takes place prior to the start of the fall semester), money for books and bar exam prep courses as well as invitations for special professional development opportunities and networking.

The inaugural class of Benham Scholars will start law school this fall.

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Jackson named associate director of admissions and diversity programs Jenna L. Jackson (J.D.’14) was recently named the school’s associate director of admissions and diversity programs. She is responsible for recruiting prospective applicants to the law school, representing the school at various Law School Admissions Council forums as well as speaking at other college and university graduate and professional career fairs. She also supports and implements a range of diversity-related programming at the law school.

Before coming to the School of Law in 2015, Jackson worked as a recruiting and game day logistics consultant for the UGA Football Department, where she assisted with ensuring NCAA compliance and the execution of game day events. She also worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ASPiREtv and Morris Manning & Martin. Additionally, she is a member of the LEAD Athens Class of 2018.

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COMMITTED TO

PREPARING LEGAL LEADERS

89.3%

1st

July 2017 Georgia bar exam passage rate for first-time test takers from the School of Law, giving the school the highest passage rate for the fourth straight year

12th #2

—U.S. News & World Report 2018/19

ABest Schools for Practical Training —PreLaw 2018

Best Schools for Moot Court —The National Jurist 2017

14th

Placing 2017 graduates into fulltime, long-term law jobs that require bar passage and are not funded by law schools —Law.com 2018

Best Value Law School —The National Jurist 2017

32nd

School of Law graduates lead the number of lawyers who made partner at large and midsize firms in Atlanta —Daily Report 2018

15th 14th

Ranking in international law —U.S. News & World Report 2018/19

Top Law School (Judicial Clerkship) Feeders to the U.S. Supreme Court —National Law Journal 2017

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Clinical, externship and experiential learning offerings

Almost

of the Class of 2018 participated in an experiential learning opportunity offered by the School of Law

90%

28 65%

First-generation college graduates and veterans in the Class of 2020

Class of 2020 students receive merit scholarships

$37M+

And counting raised as part of the Commit to Georgia Georgia Campaign Campaign (July (July 1, 1, 2012–June 2012–June 2020).

30, 2020).

85% of commitments have gone toward enhancing student experience, particularly through scholarships and fellowships

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Students answering public service call in record numbers Thanks to additional funding sources, the law school provided 48

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students with monetary support to pursue public interest work in a

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variety of settings this past summer. This number more than doubles the

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Seattle, Washington; the Institute for Justice in Austin, Texas; the Cook

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of funding sources has grown to eight, including new grants supporting

Legal Services in Greenwood.

work in health and municipal law. ɖi®®Âܺ äąó ÷ÿą§®Üÿ÷ Ü÷đ®óÂܺ ÿ¿® ¡ ÓÓ ä¸ ÷®óĐ¡® Â÷ Đ®óė ó®đ ó§Âܺȷɗ i¡¿ääÓ ä¸ D đ ® Ü a®ÿ®ó Ƚ ɖ äɗ eąÿÓ®§º® ÷ §Ƚ ɖq¿® Ó đ ÷¡¿ääÓɚ÷ ÚÂ÷÷ÂäÜ Â÷ ÓÓ äąÿ ïó®ï óÂܺ äąó ÷ÿą§®Üÿ÷ đÂÿ¿ ĥó÷ÿɏó ÿ® Ó®º Ó

5Üÿ®óÜ ÿÂäÜ Ó Óä¡ ÿÂäÜ÷ đ®ó® ÿ¿® i®¡ó®ÿ ó ÿ ä¸ ÿ¿® a ¡Âĥ¡ e®ºÂäÜ Ó Environment Programme in Samoa, Boat People SOS in Thailand and No Peace Without Justice in Belgium.

“Students secured virtually all of these positions on their own. I am

education and connecting them with opportunities for real-world training

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so they can become future leaders for our state and society. Ensuring our

which are enabling students to gain real-life legal experience with work

students have access to public interest fellowships speaks to the heart of

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äąó ÚÂ÷÷ÂäÜȽɗ

Dean for Clinical Programs and Experiential Learning Alexander W.

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Select placements in Georgia were: the U.S. Environmental Protection

ɖ Ó®Ėɗ i¡¿®óó ÷ §Ƚ q¿ó®® Ü®đ ÷äąó¡®÷ ä¸ ¸®ÓÓäđ÷¿Âï ÚäÜ®ė ¸äó ÿ¿® ÷ąÚÚ®ó ä¸ ȗȕȖȝ included: the State Bar of Georgia Health Law Section, the law school’s Sumner Memorial Fund and the Milner S. Ball Fellowship Fund.

Agency, Atlanta Legal Aid, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, the Augusta aą Ó¡ ®¸®Ü§®óɚ÷ Vģ¡®ȷ ÿ¿® ¿ ÿ¿ Ú äąÜÿė Â÷ÿó¡ÿ ÿÿäóÜ®ėɚ÷ Vģ¡® and the Georgia Public Defenders Council.

School of Law hosts Supreme Court of Georgia The Supreme Court of Georgia held a special session at the School of Law during the fall

The members of the Supreme Court of

2017 semester. This unique opportunity to

Georgia posed with School of Law students

connect firsthand with the court and witness its

who attended the special session held in the

proceedings offered students a front-and-center

Hatton Lovejoy Courtroom.

view to the legal system in action.

Notably, all nine members of the state’s highest court attended

second case involved the criminal trial involving the death of South

the day’s events, which included oral arguments on two cases.

Georgia teacher Tara Grinstead. The case, WXIA-TV and 13 WMAZ-

The first case, Chrysler Group LLC v. Walden, focused on a question of tort law concerning a claim made by parents over the death of a child who was killed in a car accident. The

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TV v. State of Georgia, was an appeal of an earlier trial court’s gag order that restricted prosecutors, law enforcement and others from speaking about the case.

Batten becomes instructor-in-residence in Atlanta The School of Law is pleased to share that Judge Timothy C. Batten Sr. (J.D.’84) of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia will serve as an instructor-in-residence at the school’s facility in Atlanta beginning with the fall 2018 semester. He will teach the required introductory course on the American legal system for the school’s Master in the Study of Law degree.

This position is part of the law school’s effort to expand its footprint in the state’s capital city and add courses that will apply to the M.S.L. program, which offers a greater understanding of the legal system and/or legal expertise in a particular area related to an individual’s professional interests.

“In today’s highly regulated, legislated and litigated work environments, there is a growing need for a broader understanding of the law,” Dean Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge said. “By offering portions of the M.S.L. degree in Atlanta, we provide a valuable, yet affordable, option for those working in the metro area whose careers would benefit from a greater familiarity with legal principles but for whom commuting to Athens for every class would be a barrier to pursuing an M.S.L.” Offering courses in Atlanta also benefits Juris Doctor students as they can more easily pursue full-time externships in the government, nonprofit and

corporate sectors in the state’s largest employment market while working toward their degree requirements.

“We believe this is a natural growth both of our programming in Atlanta and our role as the flagship provider of legal education in our state,” UGA Law in Atlanta Director Hillel Y. Levin said.

U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Batten (J.D.’84) will serve as an instructor-inresidence at the law school’s Atlanta facility.

“Learning from Judge Batten will add an exciting experience for our students,” Levin added, “as it will be an opportunity to learn firsthand from a prominent jurist who is also a law school alumnus.”

Batten was nominated to the bench by President George W. Bush in 2005 after working in private practice for 22 years.

Appellate clinic expands to Ninth Circuit Last year, the law school’s Appellate Litigation Clinic, under the direction of Thomas V. Burch, increased its reach and took on a record-number of cases.

The clinic, which has primarily worked on cases in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Eleventh and D.C. Circuits, expanded for the first time to the Ninth Circuit. Students currently have oral arguments scheduled or have already completed oral arguments in each of these courts.

Third-year student Ryan Swindall (left) and second-year student Alex Weathersby presented oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit as part of the law school’s Appellate Litigation Clinic.

The clinic also took on seven new cases this year, more than the three to four that it has historically taken. With an increase in caseload, the clinic enrolled more participants, giving more law students more real-world practice opportunities.

Additionally, the clinic welcomed Cary Berkeley Kaye in January as its counselor-in-residence for a one-year term to assist Burch and the students with the increased caseload. Kaye previously served as a Fellow in the Appellate Litigation Clinic at Georgetown University Law Center, and she earned her law degree from Yale University.

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Tjoflat headlines Legal Ethics and Professionalism Symposium The 18th Annual Legal Ethics and Professionalism Symposium, titled “Conflicts of Interest in Multi-party Litigation,” was organized and hosted by the School of Law. Judge Gerald B. Tjoflat of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit served as keynote speaker.

Three panels spotlighted conflicts of interest in three separate areas – public defender offices, multi-district litigation and cause-lawyering.

Rural Healthcare Symposium turns three The School of Law hosted the Third Annual Rural Healthcare Symposium, which connected healthcare policymakers, executives, entrepreneurs and scholars for discussions on a range of health issues.

Four panels focused on: rural healthcare administration and management by those “in the trenches,” transformative ideas in rural health, mental and behavioral health shortages, and the intersection of rural health and rural economic development.

The keynote speaker was the National Rural Health Association’s Maggie Elehwany, who serves as the group’s vice president of government affairs and policy.

The event was co-presented

by Boling & Company and was made possible with support from the Healthcare Georgia Foundation.

Judge Gerald Tjoflat of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Conference sheds light on public interest causes The law school’s 13th Annual Working in the Public Interest Law Conference focused on the intersection of poverty, criminal justice and community.

The event included three plenary sessions examining the history of forcible removal of children, reforming cash bail bonds, and connecting children and incarcerated parents, in addition to a keynote lecture and three afternoon breakout sessions. The afternoon discussions centered on advocating for housing and the homeless, for parental rights and against pre-trial incarceration.

The keynote lecture was delivered by Thomas C. “Tom” Rawlings (J.D.’92), the director of Georgia’s Office of the Child Advocate.

Maggie Elehwany, National Rural Health Association vice president of government affairs and policy.

Red Clay Conference focuses on natural disasters “When Disaster Strikes: How Environmental Laws and Policies Can Increase Resiliency in Communities” was the title of the 30th Annual Red Clay Conference, which included three panel discussions as well as two featured speakers.

Symposium examines redistricting The Georgia Law Review’s symposium, titled “Walking the Line: Modern Gerrymandering & Partisanship,” explored the current and future state of redistricting.

The conference featured a diverse set of voices on issues at the intersection of election law, political science and politics, with panel topics focusing on the Voting Rights Act of 1965, deriving a constitutional test for partisan gerrymandering and redistricting implications in Georgia. The keynote speaker was Nicholas Stephanopoulos, the Fried Research Scholar at the University of Chicago Law School.

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The inaugural Peter Appel Lecture was given by Robert R.M. Verchick, holder of the Gauthier-St. Marten Chair in Environmental Law at Loyola University New Orleans. He spoke about environmental perspectives of disaster law.

Michael P. Vanderbergh, holder of the Allen Distinguished Chair of Law at Vanderbilt Law School, presented a lecture focusing on environmental problem solving in the private sector.

Panel discussions addressed local and state resiliency initiatives, flood insurance, and resiliency issues involved in the Camden County space port and rezoning effort.

Law School Life

Students tour major job markets Organized by the Career Development Office, first-year students visited Atlanta, New York City and Washington, D.C., during spring break to learn about living and working in the metropolitan areas. Students visiting Washington, D.C., had the opportunity to visit the U.S. Department of Justice.

Sea Island Scholars selected Chambliss brings in congressional colleagues

Third-year students Kristen Murphey and Toni Wormald (right) were selected as Sea Island Scholars. Through

Former U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss returned to the School of Law as the Sanders Political Leadership Scholar, teaching a class titled Political Leadership and the Law. During the course, Chambliss invited U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (above, right) and former U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn (below) to speak to students about their experiences serving in Congress.

this initiative, they received unique experiential learning opportunities and mentoring through meetings as well as an insider’s look at the Sea

D.C. students visit principal deputy solicitor general

Island Company. Many thanks to

Students enrolled in the law school’s Washington, D.C.

UGA Foundation Trustee Betsy Camp

Semester In Practice take up residence in our nation’s

(J.D.’77) and UGA Alumni Association

capital, during which time they earn course credit and

President Bonney Shuman for their

work in placements with government agencies, private

efforts toward this program.

nonprofits and judicial chambers. Here, a group meets

with successful women in business

with Jeff Wall (center), who serves as principal deputy solicitor general at the U.S. Department of Justice.

Harvey named among national law students of the year Third-year student Marcol Harvey was featured in The National Jurist’s Spring 2018 issue as one of 20 law students across the country who contributed the most to their law schools and communities in the past year. Photo by UGA’s Chad Osburn.

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between his

been a problem solver. Though he did not start out knowing he

interests and skills.

would end up in law school, his experiences and passions have

“I enjoy reading on

led him down his own unique path.

ethics and writing

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about ethics. I hope

Atlanta to attend Morehouse College and pursue a business

to have a career that

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allows me to work at that intersection of ethics, compliance and

A’s inaugural fellows, working directly with the restaurant’s

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Chairman and CEO Dan T. Cathy as well as the Executive

Though he is just beginning his second year of law

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school, Swanson has big plans for his future. This summer, he

strategic initiatives. Swanson still considers Cathy and Bullard

successfully secured a judicial clerkship with Presiding Justice

as friends and mentors who helped him get to where he is.

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Swanson then began his career in consulting, but quickly

“One day I would like to lead a company’s legal department,

saw a need for a law degree. “It clicked when I was helping a

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client do some geographic expansion work. Our work impacted

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the company’s international presence, thus requiring the

he said. “That’s what I would love to do some day, to lead both of

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importance of a legally trained mind, and I knew I wanted to º®ÿ §®ºó®® đ¿®ó® 5 ¡äąÓ§ ® ïóä Ó®Ú ÷äÓĐ®ó ÿ ÿ¿® ÿ Ó®Ƚɗ However, before studying the law, he obtained his Master of Theological Studies from Duke University, as he believes “a

Swanson believes his experiences and education will help Ú Ð® ¿ÂÚ Ü ®Ģ®¡ÿÂĐ® Ó®º Ó Ó® §®ó ÷ ¿Â÷ ¡ ó®®ó ąÜ¸äÓ§÷ ®¡ ą÷® ¿® ¿ ÷ Ó® óÜ®§ ÿä ɖ Ü ÓėĜ® ܧ ÷ÿó ÿ®ºÂ¡ ÓÓė ÿ¿ÂÜÐ äąÿ ÷Âÿą ÿÂäÜ÷Ƚɗ Though he is usually busy studying, Swanson recognizes

lot of the problems in the world often reside at the intersection

the importance of maintaining a relationship with his faith

of multiple disciplines. [Thus] I found it important to basically

community. “I think that I’ve always managed to keep

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relationships with one – my [personal] community – and two –

Now armed with degrees in business and theology, he is

the faith community – which is very important to me. [I enjoy]

pursuing his Juris Doctor with hopes of going into corporate

taking the skills and resources that I have gained in the secular

transactional work. He feels he has found a perfect crossroad

đäóÓ§ ܧ ą÷Âܺ Âÿ ÿä ąïÓ¸ÿ ÿ¿® ¸ Âÿ¿ ¡äÚÚąÜÂÿėȷɗ ¿® ÷ §Ƚ

Toni Wormald CHASING OPPORTUNITIES mº­ºêđ ÆĄ ³ė đº qÌ êêóê zɐ ɩzóêÏɪ óĄè á³ ÏĈ ­óêĈđ êđáĩ óê đ̺ èóĢºɐ z̺ ȪȮɢĩº Ąɢóá³ đá êđ ê đÏĢº Ĉ ϳ Ĉ̺ áģ ĩĈ Þêºģ Ĉ̺ ģ êđº³ đó «º á ģĩºĄɊ «ėđ ̺Ą ĈđºĀĈ đó «º­óèÏêÆ óêº were unpredictable. ɩ9 Ì Ģº èóĢº³ ȪȬ đÏèºĈ Ïê đ̺ Ā Ĉđ ºÏÆÌđ ĩº ĄĈɊ «ėđ đÌ đ ÏĈ ģÌ đ ĩóė Ì Ģº đó ³ó ÏÄ ĩóė ­Ì Ĉº óĀĀóĄđėêÏđϺĈɊɪ Ĉ̺ Ĉ ϳɐ óĄè á³Ɋ đ̺ ĸĄĈđ ĀºĄĈóê đó «º­óèº á ģĩºĄ Ïê ̺Ą Ä èÏáĩɊ Ĉđ Ąđº³ á ģ Ĉ­Ìóóá đ đ̺ áºĢºá ê³ɢQ ĄĈÌ áá óááºÆº óÄ I ģ óê ÄėááɢĄÏ³º Ĉ­Ìóá ĄĈÌÏĀ ÄđºĄ º ĄêÏêÆ ÌºĄ ė곺ĄÆĄ ³ė đº ³ºÆĄºº ê³ ģóĄÞÏêÆ ÄóĄ á ģ ĸĄè Ïê Ì ĄáóđđºɊ SóĄđÌ ĄóáÏê ɐ ÄđºĄ ĸêÏĈÌÏêÆ ÌºĄ ĸĄĈđ á ģ Ĉ­Ìóóá ĈºèºĈđºĄ Ą êÞº³ ĸÄđÌ Ïê ̺Ą ­á ĈĈɊ óĄè á³ Ąº áÏįº³ Ĉ̺ ³Ï³ êóđ ģ êđ đó ĀĄ ­đÏ­º á ģ Ïê \ÌÏó ê³ «ºÆ ê đó áóóÞ đ óđ̺Ą óĀđÏóêĈɐ ɩ9 ĈđÏáá Ì ³ èĩ ĄºĈϳºê­ĩ Ïê .ºóĄÆÏ ê³Ɋ Ĉ èóĈđ ĀºóĀẠÞêóģɊ đ̺ êÏĢºĄĈÏđĩ óÄ .ºóĄÆÏ q­Ìóóá óÄ I ģ ÏĈ ºĨđĄºèºáĩ º­óêóèÏ­ á ê³ ÆĄº đ á ģ Ĉ­Ìóóáɐ 9 Þêºģ đÌ đ đ̺ áÏÞºáÏÌóó³ óÄ óĀĀóĄđėêÏđϺĈ áóêÆ đºĄè ģóėá³ «º ÆĄº đ đ . Ɋɪ óĄè á³ Ĉ ϳɐ

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Caroline Savini COMING FULL CIRCLE e®¡®Üÿ ºó §ą ÿ® óäÓÂÜ® +Ƚ i ĐÂÜ ¿ ÷ Óđ ė÷ ®®Ü -®äóºÂ ąÓÓ§äº

Though the rigors

fan. Between her grandfather serving as a professor and the associate

of law school meant

athletic director, both of her parents being graduates and her sister

Savini did not have a

earning two degrees from UGA, it’s no surprise that after she earned

lot of free time, she

her undergraduate degree from the university, she decided to stick

got her inspiration

around.

from a very special

What is surprising, however, is that she enrolled in the School of D đȽ ɖ ¿®Ü 5 đ ÷ ÂÜ ¿Âº¿ ÷¡¿ääÓ 5 đ ÷ ó®÷®óĐ®§ȷ đ¿Â¡¿ Â÷ §ÂĢ®ó®Üÿ ¸óäÚ ¿äđ 5 Ú ÿä§ ėȷɗ i ĐÂÜ ÷ §Ƚ In high school, one mandatory debate in AP U.S. History changed

source.

“I have a mentally disabled cousin who lives in Athens, and

all of that. “I thought that I would pass out, but as it turns out, I loved

I’ve had a really

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special bond with

After being admitted to the School of Law, Savini was still unsure

him since undergrad.

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… The unconditional

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scale in favor of law school. He has been with me through my whole

¿ ÷ ÂÜ÷ïÂó®§ Ú® ÿä đ Üÿ ÿä §ä Úė ®÷ÿ ܧ Ú Ð® §ÂĢ®ó®Ü¡® ÂÜ ÿ¿Â÷

law school career and has taught me so many things both academically

đäóÓ§ȷɗ ÷¿® ÷ §Ƚ

ܧ ï®ó÷äÜ ÓÓėȷɗ ÷¿® ÷ §Ƚ Once enrolled, Savini took her law school experiences in stride.

This summer, Savini studied for the bar and clerked in the North Carolina Business Court for Special Superior Court Judge Adam M.

+óäÚ ï óÿ¡Âï ÿÂܺ äÜ ÿ¿® ÷ÿ Ģ ä¸ ÿ¿® Georgia Journal of International

Conrad (J.D.’05). Though she plans to stay in Charlotte for a while,

and Comparative Law and being a member of the championship

Savini would like to return to Georgia one day to become a law

Charleston National Moot Court Competition team to working as a

professor.

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“Someday I think I would like to be a role model for people who are a little bit shy or uncertain or scared or overwhelmed. I could be someone that those people could come to and point them in the right

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direction. Of course you impact peoples’ lives all over the place in the

in school is really important because you’re putting so much work in

legal profession, but I’ve always wanted to have kind of a mentor role

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wasted no time getting involved and pursuing her passion for

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corporate governance law. She served on the Georgia Law Review,

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was active in the Women Law Students Association and the Corsair

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in corporate law is not as common as in some other areas of law. In

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Support your passion. Make an impact. Commit to Georgia.

– PROVIDE ESSENTIAL LEGAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES – EMPOWER THOSE WHO HAVE OVERCOME HARDSHIPS – ASSIST FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS OR MILITARY VETERANS – SUPPORT THOSE WHO WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Scholarships remain the top fundraising priority for the University of Georgia School of Law, as financial support, debt load and return on investment drive many applicants’ final decisions.

However you want to make a life-changing impact on someone’s life through a legal education, the law school’s advancement team can guide you through the process.

Some recent examples include:

Tom Harrold (J.D.’69) has established the International Law Student Development Endowment to support unique learning experiences and scholarships for students with a demonstrated interest in international law.

Michael N. and Risë J. Weathersby, both 1984 School of Law graduates, continue to contribute to their endowed scholarship for first-generation college graduates or those who have served as enlisted members of the armed forces.

The Kathelen Van Blarcum Amos ’82 Law School Scholarship supports students seeking to make a difference in our society through a law degree.

funding for awards and scholarships related to the moot court program.

Janet Beerman has established a scholarship in memory of her husband, Bruce (J.D.’74).

The Bruce and Janet Beerman Scholarship will support Georgia residents with the greatest likelihood of achieving Order of the Coif (or top 10 percent of the law school graduating class).

The James M. Cagle Scholarship Fund will benefit first-generation college graduates who have overcome significant disadvantages or hardships due to family poverty or as victims of personal or group prejudice. Cagle is a 1972 alumnus of the law school.

The Jere W. Morehead Moot Court Fund – named in honor of the 1980 alumnus, former moot court program director and current president of UGA – provides

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Scholarships create meaningful relationships

Phaedra Parks (J.D.’98) (left) poses with her scholar, first-year student Amber Greenaway.

One thing that sets the University of Georgia School of Law apart from other top law schools nationwide is our culture of authentic relationships. + ¡ąÓÿė ܧ ÷ÿ Ģ §®Đ®Óäï ÷ÿóäܺ äܧ÷ đÂÿ¿ ÷ÿą§®Üÿ÷ Ɏ äܧ÷ ÿ¿ ÿ deepen as graduates become accomplished advocates. Classmates maintain their friendships long after they depart Athens. Professional contacts established outside of the Classic City grow stronger once a Law Dawg connection is realized. Likewise, scholarship recipients form lasting, Ú® ÜÂܺ¸ąÓ ÿ®÷ đÂÿ¿ §äÜäó÷Ƚɜ

SOME EXAMPLES OF THESE LATTER RELATIONSHIPS INCLUDE: iÌ º³Ą i ĄÞĈ ɞEɐ ɐɭȱȰɟ ܧ ¿®ó ÂÜ ąºąó Ó ÷¡¿äÓ ó÷¿Âï ó®¡Âï®Üÿȷ ĥó÷ÿɏė® ó student Amber Greenaway, have a quality connection that one can readily see when they are in the same room or talk about one another. Parks – whose professional identity includes being a lawyer, businesswoman, ąÿ¿äóȷ Úäóÿ¡ Üȷ q ï®ó÷äÜ ÓÂÿėȷ ÚäÿÂĐ ÿÂäÜ Ó ÷ï® Ð®ó ܧ ÷ä¡Â Ó ¡ÿÂĐÂ÷ÿ Ɏ ®÷ÿ ÓÂ÷¿®§ ¿®ó ÷¡¿äÓ ó÷¿Âï ÿä ÷ﮡÂĥ¡ ÓÓė ®Ü®ĥÿ ĥó÷ÿɏº®Ü®ó ÿÂäÜ ¡äÓÓ®º® ºó §ą ÿ® đ¿ä ¿ ÷ §®ÚäÜ÷ÿó ÿ®§ ĥÜ Ü¡Â Ó Ü®®§Ƚ Dale (J.D.’86) and Cindy Green Hughes created the Hughes-Green

Dale Hughes (J.D.’86) (left) is pictured with Hughes-Green Family Scholar, second-year student Gary McGinty.

Family Scholarship with the purpose of supporting students who have the ability to be exceptional law students and leaders in law school activities.

The couple established this scholarship to recognize and honor both of their parents who set an example for them by giving “all they could to help ÿ¿®Ú ¡¿Â®Đ® ÿ¿®Âó ®§ą¡ ÿÂäÜ Ó ºä Ó÷Ƚɗ q¿®ė ®Ó®Ю ÂÜ ɖ÷äđÂܺ ÿ¿® ÷®®§÷ɗ ܧ ó®ÿąóÜÂܺ ÿ¿®Âó ɖ Ó®÷÷Âܺ÷ ¸äó äÿ¿®ó÷Ƚɗ q¿®Âó ÷¡¿äÓ ó÷¿Âï đ ÷ ĥó÷ÿ awarded in 2004. z̺ GºêêºđÌ Iɐ QÏááģóó³ QºèóĄÏ á q­Ìóá ĄĈÌÏĀ ,ėê³ was established ÂÜ Ú®Úäóė ä¸ Âÿ÷ Ü Ú®÷ Юȷ đ¿ä ¸ÿ®ó ® óÜÂܺ ¿Â÷ Ó đ §®ºó®® ÂÜ ȖȞȜȚ practiced law in Atlanta for more than 35 years. Millwood served as Ú Ü ºÂܺ ï óÿÜ®ó ÿ ÿ¿ó®® §ÂĢ®ó®Üÿ Ó đ ĥóÚ÷ ÂÜ¡Óą§Âܺ N®Ó÷äÜ LąÓÓÂÜ÷ eÂÓ®ė ܧ i¡ ó äóäąº¿ȷ đ¿®ó® ¿® đäóЮ§ ¸äó ¿Â÷ Ó ÷ÿ Ȗȝ ė® ó÷Ƚ q¿Â÷ scholarship was created by donations from his colleagues at Nelson Mullins and his friends and family. Millwood’s legacy is being furthered by the ÂÜ ąºąó Ó ó®¡Âï®Üÿ ä¸ ¿Â÷ ÷¡¿äÓ ó÷¿Âï Ɏ ȗȕȖȚ ÓąÚÜą÷ -®äóº® iȽ e ėȷ đ¿ä is currently an associate at Nelson Mullins specializing in government relations, state and local administrative law and regulatory proceedings, and business litigation.

Last year, Sharron Millwood, Ken’s wife, spent time with Millwood Scholars, third-year student Tyler Sandifer (left) and George Ray (J.D.’15).

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PREPARE. CONNECT. LEAD.

Toni Wormald celebrates her accomplishment after the ceremony. Photo by Dennis McDaniel.

COMMENCEMENT

Kaitlyn Fain smiles with her nephew. Photo by GradImages.

Senior Director of Career Development Kenny Tatum assists Jarrell Bogan with his regalia before Commencement.

Photo by Dennis McDaniel.

Master of Laws students (l. to r.) Shah Hussain, Chudi OďŹ li, Chen Song, Haibin Wang, Maria Belgionio, Chioma Ogbozor, Jessica Perez, Qianming Zou, Parham Zahedi and Thelma Aguilar-Pierce pose together.

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Georgia Supreme Court justice encourages students to improve legal system and society Supreme Court of Georgia Justice Robert Benham (J.D.’70) presented the keynote address at the School of Law’s 2018 Commencement ceremony.

Benham was the first African-American ever appointed to the state Supreme Court. He served the court as chief justice from 1995 to 2001.

Prior to his appointment to the court, Benham was a judge on the Georgia Court of Appeals for five years.

Noel Couch gathers with her family after earning her Juris Doctor.

The jurist encouraged the Class of 2018 to use their law degrees to better the world.

“As newly minted graduates, we want you to find ways to improve the quality of life,” he said, explaining that such a task would not always be easy.

The Class of 2018 donated close to $40,000 to the law school as their legacy gift. Class President and Legacy Gift Go-Chair Hallie Willis (second from left) and Class Vice President and Legacy Gift Co-Chair Laura Lantrip (third from left) presented a “check” to Law School Association President Andy Davis (J.D.’84) and Dean Bo Rutledge (right). Photo by GradImages.

View more 2018 Commencement photos at law.uga.edu/photo-gallery. Watch the ceremony at youtube.com/c/UGALawSchool.

“It’s my sincere hope that you will use your legal education not only to improve the legal system but also Georgia Supreme Court Justice Robert Benham to improve society in (J.D.’70). Photo by GradImages. general,” he said. “In order to do that, you’re going to have to kick some dogs that have been sleeping on the porch a long time – and when I became a lawyer, I decided that since I was already a Bulldog, I might as well kick some dogs.”

He also asked the graduates to remember their friends and family members who helped them along their paths to law school.

Benham recalled when his “little country church” took up an offering to help pay for his education when the members found out he wanted to go to college, and said he never forgot that investment in him and his future.

“For the graduates, someone invested in you and they are due a return on their investment,” he told them.

More than 200 students received degrees – the Juris Doctor, the Master of Laws or the Master in the Study of Law – at the ceremony.

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CONFERENCE SPOTLIGHTS

Advocacy for abuse survivors In January, the law school’s Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic hosted its second annual conference, which focused on interdisciplinary advocacy for survivors of child sexual abuse. ÓÂÜ¡ Âó®¡ÿäó !ÚÚ 2®ÿ¿®óÂܺÿäÜ ɋ@Ƚ ȽɚȖȖɌ §®÷ºܮ§ ÿ¿® gathering to bring attention to the importance of interdisciplinary cooperation and holistic, trauma-informed services for survivors of child sexual abuse. As such, discussions explored collaboration between lawyers and social workers as well as partnerships between

One of the conference’s highlights was the “USA Gymnastics: A Legal and Media Collaboration to Expose Institutional Abuse” panel. Participants included: (l. to r.) Abused Children Heard Everywhere Foundation Attorney Courtney Kiehl, BakerHostetler Attorney Derek Bauer, Cornwell & Stevens Attorney Brian Cornwell and Indianapolis Star Investigative Reporter Marisa Kwiatkowski. These four worked together to uncover the sexual abuse of Olympic and MSU athletes by Larry Nassar. The panel was moderated by Penn Law Group Partner Darren Penn (J.D.’94).

journalists, law enforcement and other stakeholders.

“Advocates for survivors of child sexual abuse must work together ÿä ïóäÚäÿ® ¿® ÓÂܺ ܧ ÷®®Ð Íą÷ÿ¡®ȷɗ ÷¿® ÷ §Ƚɜɜ One of the event’s biggest highlights was a panel examining the intersection between journalism and legal advocacy in the

of child sexual abuse as well as best practices in providing legal and therapeutic services for children who have experienced commercial and sexual exploitation.

Additionally, a trauma-informed termination of parental rights

USA Gymnastics child sexual abuse lawsuits. The week prior to the

mock trial was part of the programming. The mock trial featured

conference, former Olympic and Michigan State University team

both law and social work students and “addressed the gap that exists

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in preparing future lawyers and social workers for interprofessional

included an Indianapolis Star investigative reporter and three attorneys

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who worked with the reporter to uncover the abuse of the athletes by

professor at the UGA School of Social Work.

Nassar.

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State of Maryland Delegate C.T. Wilson, who is known for his

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strong advocacy in the areas of child sexual abuse and statute of

Wilbanks. Its goal is to provide direct legal services in a supportive,

limitations reform, provided the keynote address. Notably, Wilson

professional environment as well as to educate and prepare the next

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generation of lawyers to represent survivors of child sexual abuse. The

sponsorship of a state bill that raised the age by which survivors can

clinic functions as a resource center for survivors and attorneys who

sue from 25 to 38.

are seeking these claims.

Other conference discussions centered around mandated

Through the clinic’s partnership with the School of Social Work,

reporting laws and how agency partners

trauma-informed case management, referral and advocacy services are

can work together to better identify cases

available.

Wilbanks CEASE Clinic makes history In May, the Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic won the first case tried to verdict under Georgia’s Hidden Predator Act. The legislation created a two-year window of relief from the statute of limitations for bringing civil charges in cases of child sexual abuse. The case was tried in the Paulding County Superior Court.

Wilbanks CEASE Clinic Staff Attorney Jean Goetz Mangan (J.D.’11).

This case and its victory are very important milestones, according to Wilbanks CEASE Clinic Director Emma Hetherington (J.D.’11). “Many believed that cases brought to trial under the Hidden Predator Act would be ‘too stale’ and be ‘too hard’ to successfully prosecute,” she said. “Also, with this being the first case to go to trial under the 2015 Act, it debunks the idea that the two-year window would produce a flood of cases. Most importantly though, this successful trial brought a sense of relief and justice to a now 45-year-old man who was abused from the ages of 9 to 18.”

The case was tried by clinic Staff Attorney Jean Goetz Mangan (J.D.’11).

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Sibley Lectures Renowned tax scholar focuses on fiscal policy Edward D. Kleinbard, the holder of the Packard Trustee Chair in Law at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law and Fellow at The Century Foundation, delivered the School of Law’s 115th Sibley Lecture titled “What’s a Government Good For?: Fiscal Policy in an Age of Inequality.”

“Fiscal policy means thinking about a relationship [with] government from the point of view not just of the taxes we pay, but of government spending,” Kleinbard said. “That means in turn that we have to think beyond simplistic labels of just ‘taxes,’ [and] ‘are tax cuts good for us?’ … We need to think about what the net of taxing and spending policies mean for our welfare in the technical sense – that is, our well-being.”

Describing the United States as an “inequality outlier” due to its high levels of both income and income inequality, Kleinbard noted that current fiscal responses to the inequality include taxation as well as inclusive growth strategies, such as investing in education, health and public infrastructure.

“We have more policy instruments available on the financing side, and we have powerful investment opportunities and insurance opportunities that we as the richest, largest economy can afford and by doing so can actually lead to a more prosperous and, I believe, a happier society,” he said.

This lecture was included on the University of Georgia Signature Lecture Series notable lecture list.

Yale Law School dean defends legal profession Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken presented “The Lessons of Lawyering: Why Ours is an Honorable Profession” as the law school’s 116th Sibley Lecturer.

Gerken, who also serves as Yale’s Sol and Lillian Goldman Professor of Law, defended the honor of the legal profession and argued that lawyers are defenders of the rule of law who fight with integrity and ensure that everyone has the right to be heard.

She told the audience that lawyers stand up for what is most important, including the rule of law.

“If you want proof of the important role that lawyers play in defending the rule of law, you just need to read the newspaper. Look at what is happening in Egypt, in Pakistan, in Guatemala, in France and Turkey,” Gerken said. “When countries slide into authoritarianism, you will always see lawyers. You will see those lawyers standing up for voting rights, for due process, for integrity and government, and for equality under the law.”

According to Gerken, lawyers are trained to see the flaws in both their arguments and their opposition’s.

“The day that you become a lawyer is the day that you realize the law does not and should not mirror every single thing that you believe as a person,” Gerken said. “We must recognize the best in the other side and the worst in our own. That’s what it means to be a lawyer.”

Gerken’s April presentation was named part of the University of Georgia Signature Lecture Series. UGA Signature Lectures feature speakers noted for their broad, multidisciplinary appeal and compelling bodies of work.

Portions of this article were taken, with permission, from coverage of the event written by Saleen Martin for Columns, UGA’s faculty/staff newspaper.

The Sibley Lecture Series, established in 1964 by the Charles Loridans Foundation of Atlanta in tribute to the late John A. Sibley, is designed to attract outstanding legal scholars and jurists of national prominence to the School of Law. Sibley was a 1911 graduate of the law school.

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THIRD EDENFIELD JURIST IN RESIDENCE

Judge discusses implicit bias

the 2018 Edenfield Jurist in Residence Lecture at the School of Law.

Everyone has biases, she explained, but

Bernice B. Donald – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit judge – served as the law

Judge Bernice Donald of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit presented

encouraged attendees to look beyond them.

“We need to sometimes get beyond our

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own group, because if we surround ourselves

semester, Donald taught a mini-course as well

always with people who look like us and

She encouraged lawyers to be aware of

as presented a lecture focusing on implicit bias.

think like us, there is no one to guard us

biases and to be willing to address issues when

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they come up.

In her lecture, she described implicit bias

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Donald added that she began studying

as a process by which the brain uses well-

“We have to be willing and desirous of

established mental associations to operate

implicit bias because of research on

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without awareness, without intention and

minorities and their levels of distrust of the

should not try to suppress it. We must openly

without control.

justice system.

acknowledge and confront our own biases. We

“We as judges have been really

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that we interact with someone, we form a

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Made possible by a contribution from 2003

range of opinions based on these biases or

it’s important that people not only receive

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justice in courts but they must also perceive

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Donald noted, adding that the fact that people

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The goal, Donald said, is to learn how to

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navigate and minimize biases.

III judges to spend a period in residence at the School of Law each year.

Boeing Company vice president and general counsel speaks on business ethics J. Michael Luttig, executive vice president and general counsel of The Boeing Company, served as the featured speaker of the law school’s Business Ethics Lecture Series during the fall semester.

Luttig is responsible for leading The Boeing Company’s law departments across the organization, a role he assumed in 2006. He joined the aircraft manufacturer after serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for 15 years. At the time of his appointment in 1991 by President George H.W. Bush, Luttig was the youngest federal appeals court judge in the country. Prior to Michael Luttig served as

joining the bench, he served as assistant attorney general of the United States and as counselor to

the featured speaker of

the attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice.

the law school’s Business Ethics Lecture Series.

While at the School of Law, Luttig spoke to a business ethics class taught by Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues and Clinical Professor and Business Law and Ethics Program Director Carol Morgan (J.D.’79).

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PROMOTIONS Chapman becomes an associate professor Nathan S. Chapman was promoted to associate professor with tenure. He writes about due process, religious freedom, and Christianity and the law.

Since joining the School of Law faculty in 2013, he has taught Federal Courts, Constitutional Law, Law & Religion, Law & Ethics of Lawyering, History of the Common Law, Georgia Practice & Procedure and Comparative Constitutional Law. His scholarship has been published in the Northwestern University Law Review, the Washington Law Review, the Alabama Law Review, the William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal, the University of Illinois Law Review and the Yale Law Journal.

Chapman currently serves as the chair of the Law and Religion Section of the Association of American Law Schools. Before coming to UGA, he was the executive director of Stanford Law School’s Constitutional Law Center.

After nearly 30 years on the School of Law faculty, Margaret V. Sachs, the holder of the Robert Cotten Alston Chair in Corporate Law, retired on May 31.

Librarians named associate directors Maureen A. Cahill (J.D.’79), Wendy E. Moore and Thomas “T.J.” Striepe were promoted to associate director positions within the Alexander Campbell King Law Library.

Cahill became the library’s associate director for instruction, access, and outreach earlier this year.

In this role, she oversees the library’s circulation department, assists faculty and students with research and technology, teaches a number of research classes and coordinates library services for students. Her teaching portfolio includes: Legal Research, Advanced Legal Research, Georgia Legal Research and Technology Skills for Practice.

Before joining the law library faculty in 1997, Cahill served as a staff attorney and clinical instructor for the law school’s Prisoner Legal Counseling Project for 16 years. Her B.A. is from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, her J.D. is from UGA and her M.L.I.S. is from the University of South Carolina. Cahill is a member of the American Association of Law Libraries.

Moore currently holds the title of associate director for collection services and oversees the acquisition, cataloging and access of all library research materials and the fiscal management of all library materials expenditures.

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Before joining the library in 1999, she was the serials librarian at Furman University’s J.B. Duke Library in Greenville, S.C. Moore is professionally involved with the American Association of Law Libraries, currently serving as the vice chair/chair-elect of its Technical Services Special Interest Section.

She earned her bachelor’s from Gustavus Adolphus College and her master’s in library science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Striepe was named the library’s associate director for research services making him the primary liaison between the law library and the law school’s faculty. He manages the Current Awareness Program, which helps faculty members stay informed of new developments in their fields, and he supervises the library’s Research Assistant Program. He teaches Legal Research, Advanced Legal Research and Business Law Research.

He joined the library’s staff in 2011 after serving as a Law Librarian Fellow at the University of Arizona College of Law and practicing law with the firm Courey, Kosanda & Zimmer in Minnesota.

He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Iowa; his J.D. magna cum laude from Arizona State University, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif; and his master’s degree from the University of Arizona.

A native of Washington, D.C., she received her undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard University. Upon graduation, she clerked for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and practiced briefly with a large Wall Street law firm.

She came to UGA in 1990 and taught Securities Regulation, Securities Litigation and Enforcement, Corporations and a Corporations Seminar.

She is the author of numerous law review articles on securities litigation and enforcement as well as the co-author of the first casebook on that subject, the fourth edition of which was published in 2017. In 2010, the Supreme Court cited her article on transnational securities fraud.

A member of the American Law Institute, she served on the executive committees of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Corporations, the AALS Section on Securities Regulation and the National Business Law Scholars Conference.

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NEW DEANS Beck, Lanier and Weeks become associate deans

(l. to r.) Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Randy Beck Associate Dean for Clinical Programs and Experiential Learning Ellie Lanier Associate Dean for Faculty Development Elizabeth Weeks (J.D.’99)

Randy Beck, Eleanor “Ellie” Crosby Lanier and Elizabeth Weeks (J.D.’99) have been named associate deans. School of Law Dean Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge views these positions as excellent professional development opportunities for faculty members seeking experience in higher education administration. As such, they will replace Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Lori A. Ringhand, Associate Dean for Clinical Programs and Experiential Learning Alexander W. “Alex” Scherr and Associate Dean for Faculty Development Usha Rodrigues, respectively.

“Lori, Alex and Usha have provided outstanding leadership and have advanced their strategic portfolios as evidenced by the strengthening of the school’s academic rigor and faculty scholarship and the expansion of our clinical programs during their respective tenures,” Rutledge said. “I am thankful for their service and look forward to Randy’s, Ellie’s and Elizabeth’s views on additional growth in these critical areas.”

Beck, who holds the Justice Thomas O. Marshall Chair of Constitutional Law, teaches Property, Trusts and Estates, Constitutional Law and Christian Perspectives on Legal Thought.

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A dedicated teacher as well as scholar, Beck has on multiple occasions received the Ellington Award for Excellence in Teaching and the O’Byrne Memorial Award for Significant Contributions Furthering Student-Faculty Relations.

Associate deanships are excellent professional development posts for faculty seeking higher education administration experience.

He joined the law school’s faculty in 1997 and was named the holder of the Marshall Chair in 2011. During the 2016–17 academic year, he served as the Garwood Visiting Fellow in Princeton University’s James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions.

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His scholarship has been published in the American Journal of Legal History, the University of Illinois Law Review, the Journal of Law and Religion, the Northwestern University Law Review, the Notre Dame Law Review, the UC Davis Law Review and the Washington and Lee Law Review.

He was a judicial clerk for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Lanier joined the law school faculty in 2005 to lead the Mediation Clinic, which teaches students the necessary skills to be certified as mediators by the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution.

She is a pioneer in mediation and elder care law. Her current projects include: the Athens Access to Justice Initiative and pop-up clinics that provide pro bono services to those in need as well as engaging seasoned lawyers in pro bono work and mentoring. She has also developed a supported decision making interactive tool for those with aging parents.

Her scholarship has appeared in Bifocal, Experience, Family and Intimate Partner Violence Quarterly, the Fordham University Law Review and the Quinnipiac Probate Law Journal.

NEW FACULTY Lanier currently serves on the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging and the State Bar Access to Justice Committee. She has received numerous awards and was among the first class of inductees into the Elder Rights Hall of Fame. Additionally, the National Association of Senior Legal Hotlines created a scholarship in her honor that is awarded annually.

Weeks returned to the UGA School of Law in the fall of 2011 as a faculty member, and her teaching and research interests include torts, health law, health care financing and regulation, and public health law.

A holder of a J. Alton Hosch Professorship, she is the coauthor of The Law of American Health Care and Healthism: Health Status Discrimination and the Law (forthcoming). Her scholarship has appeared in the American Journal of Law and Medicine, the Boston University Law Review, the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, the Minnesota Journal of Law Science & Technology, the North Carolina Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law and the Washington University Law Review.

Earlier this year, Weeks was named a UGA Public Service and Outreach Faculty Fellow. She was also recognized as one of four emerging health law scholars nationwide by the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics in 2005.

Weeks presently serves as co-editor of the Health Law Section of the online journal Jotwell. Additionally, she is a former judicial clerk for Judge Jacques L. Wiener Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Chief Justice Thomas R. Phillips of the Supreme Court of Texas.

School of Law welcomes new profs Melissa J. Durkee joins the School of Law faculty as an associate professor this fall. She will teach in the areas of international, transnational and business law.

Prior to coming to Athens, she was an associate law professor at the University of Washington, where she was presented awards two consecutive years for her scholarship, and a third year for her support of student journals.

Her research focuses on new forms of global governance, particularly interactions between government and business actors that affect the content and success of international legal rules. Durkee’s scholarship has been published in prestigious journals such as the Yale Law Journal, the Stanford Law Review, the UCLA Law Review, the Virginia Law Review and the Columbia Human Rights Law Review. She also served for three years as managing editor of AJIL Unbound and has held a number of leadership positions in the American Society of International Law. Before entering the legal academy, Durkee was an associate at the New York office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, where she specialized in international litigation and arbitration. She also served as a judicial clerk for Judge Sidney H. Stein of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She served as an associate-in-law at Columbia Law School from 2011 to 2013.

Durkee earned her law degree from Yale Law School, where she served on the editorial boards of the Yale Law Journal and the Yale Journal of International Law.

Lindsey Simon joins the law school faculty this fall as an assistant professor, after serving as a visiting faculty member earlier this spring. Her research focuses on the bankruptcy system, drawing concepts from bankruptcy structure and procedure to address broader institutional design challenges. Her course load will include Bankruptcy, Secured Transactions and the Bankruptcy Practice Seminar.

Previously, Simon was an associate at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, where her practice involved a mix of commercial litigation and corporate restructuring matters. She also taught as an adjunct professor at the Georgia State University College of Law. A former judicial clerk for Judge Beverly B. Martin (J.D.’81) of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Simon earned her law degree magna cum laude from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, and her Bachelor of Music magna cum laude and Master of Education from Vanderbilt University.

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Faculty achievements A COMMITMENT TO INTELLECTUAL ENGAGEMENT & THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

SERVING STATE AND SOCIETY

MAKING THE NEWS

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Burch continues to lead on class actions and mass torts

Under the direction of Associate Professor Jason A. Cade, the school’s Community Health Law Partnership Clinic achieved a significant administrative legal victory that could have far-reaching implications beyond their initial client who experiences a disability.

Elizabeth Chamblee Burch, the holder of the school’s Charles H. Kirbo Chair of Law, is one of the country’s leading authorities on class actions and mass torts.

In a December 2017 ruling, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture stated that the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services did not provide reasonable accommodations – required under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act – for the clinic’s disabled client when applying for aid through the SNAP (food stamps) program. The USDA gave DFCS three months to implement system-wide procedures for tracking requests for reasonable accommodations, resolving grievances and ensuring that all frontline agency staff received civil rights training including ADA/504 compliance.

According to Cade, who was recently granted tenure, this resolution will benefit many persons with disabilities throughout Georgia.

Scherr brings national clinical conference to Athens

In March, approximately 140 externship teachers, career services professionals and administrators from over 100 law schools from around the globe came to UGA for Externships 9. Titled “Coming of Age,” the conference marked the 20th anniversary of the first national externships conference held in 1997 at the Catholic University Washington College of Law. Organized by Associate Dean for Clinical Programs and Experiential Learning Alexander W. “Alex” Scherr, the conference featured more than 40 different learning sessions exploring issues relevant to educating law students in for-credit externships. Presentations addressed five key themes: foundations and innovations in externship pedagogy, defining and developing one’s role within a law school, the impact of externships on law schools and communities, research and scholarship on externships, and fostering student awareness of the public dimension of their roles as lawyers.

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She currently has a book titled Mass Tort Deals: Backroom Bargaining in Multidistrict Litigation under contract with the Cambridge University Press. Burch is also the co-author of the casebook The Law of Class Actions and Other Aggregate Litigation (with the late Richard Nagareda and others).

Burch’s work has been published in respected journals such as the Boston University Law Review, the Cornell Law Review, the New York University Law Review, the Vanderbilt Law Review, the Virginia Law Review and the Washington University Law Review, among others.

During the last year, she has been featured in Forbes, Law 360, Reuters, Bloomberg, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal as well as on National Public Radio on topics such as third-party financing arrangements, judicial handling of multidistrict litigation, plaintiffs’ attorney leadership appointments and the payment of lawyers’ fees in multidistrict proceedings. She has been quoted regarding the Equifax data breach, the GM ignition switch cases, the Johnson & Johnson talc proceeding, the NFL concussion settlement and the states’ opioid lawsuits.

Ringhand receives prestigious Fulbright award

Hosch Professor Lori A. Ringhand received a Fulbright Distinguished Chair Award to spend a semester as a visiting professor at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland during the spring of 2019. Ringhand’s Fulbright research will explore the different approaches to campaign finance regulation taken by the United States and the United Kingdom.

The Fulbright Scholars Program supports U.S. scholars and students working and studying abroad, and strives to promote international understanding and cooperation across communities and academic disciplines. The Fulbright Distinguished Chair Awards are considered the most prestigious appointments in the Fulbright Scholar Program and are awarded to eminent scholars who have a significant publication and teaching record.

Additionally, Ringhand has been selected from among UK Fulbright award recipients to present a 2019 Fulbright Gresham College Lecture.

Previously the associate dean for academic affairs, Ringhand is the eighth School of Law faculty member to be awarded a Fulbright grant. She follows Dean Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge and former Dean Rusk Center Associate Director María Eugenia Giménez (LL.M.’89) and former professors Edward J. Larson, Thomas J. Schoenbaum (two-time recipient) and Maxine S. Thomas in addition to the late Milner S. Ball (J.D.’71) and the late Gabriel M. Wilner.

WORLD-CLASS SCHOLARSHIP Baradaran’s book receives PROSE Award Honorable Mention

Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives & Hosch Associate Professor Mehrsa Baradaran’s book The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap was awarded the 2018 PROSE Award Honorable Mention in the Business, Finance & Management category. The PROSE Awards annually recognize the very best in professional and scholarly publishing by bringing attention to distinguished books, journals and electronic content.

The Color of Money is Baradaran’s second title printed by the Harvard University Press. How the Other Half Banks was published in 2015.

An expert on the “underbanked” and banking law, Baradaran is a frequent speaker to national and academic audiences and is often quoted in national and international media. She has presented to the Congressional Black Caucus and at Brigham Young University; Duke University; Johns Hopkins University; the University of California, Irvine; the University of Miami; the University of Virginia and Vanderbilt University.

West honored with Stonecipher Award

In the fall of 2017, Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West was selected for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Stonecipher Award, which recognizes the best media law and policy article published during the previous year. She was honored for her article “The ‘Press’ Then and Now,” published in 77 Ohio State Law Journal 49 (2016).

Specializing in constitutional law, media law and the U.S. Supreme Court, West’s work has been published in numerous law reviews and journals including the Harvard Law Review, the California Law Review, the Michigan Law Review, the Northwestern University Law Review, the UCLA Law Review and the Washington University Law Review.

West has presented on the role of media in America at the Defense Research Institute and on the First Amendment at the National Press Club, which was broadcast on C-SPAN. She is also frequently cited in national media outlets.

Since being appointed associate dean for strategic initiatives earlier this year, she has been concentrating on diversity and inclusion efforts at the law school as well as national and international faculty scholarship recognition.

Mayson publishes article in the Yale Law Journal

Sandra G. “Sandy” Mayson, who joined the law school’s faculty last fall as an assistant professor, recently published “Dangerous Defendants” in one of the country’s most prestigious journals – the Yale Law Journal.

The article examines the important issue of bail reform. According to Mayson, reformers aspire to untether pretrial detention from wealth (the ability to post money bail) and condition it instead on statistical risk, particularly the risk that a defendant will commit crime if he remains at liberty pending trial. This raises the question of what degree of crime-risk justifies preventive restraint.

She posits that one way of thinking about that question is to ask whether the answer is different for defendants than for anyone else. Her article argues that, for purposes of restraint for dangerousness, there is no clear constitutional, moral or practical distinction between a defendant and a non-defendant who are equally dangerous; and thus there is no basis to conclude that the risk standard for such restraint should be different for defendants than for anyone else.

Students honor four faculty Four faculty members were honored by the 2017–18 School of Law student body. They are: (l. to r.) Georgia Athletic Association Professor David Shipley with the O’Byrne Memorial Award for Significant Contributions Furthering Student-Faculty Relations and selected as graduation marshal, Associate Professor Kent Barnett selected as graduation marshal, Cleveland Distinguished Chair of Legal Ethics and Professionalism Lonnie Brown with the Student Bar Association Professionalism Award and Associate Professor Nathan Chapman with the Ellington Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Mayson has also published articles in the Stanford Law Review and the Notre Dame Law Review.

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IN MEMORIAM Peter A. Appel ĉüɦďĉµ ¿üìá ¿ ¨ďÚĉġ ¨ìÚÚµ Áďµ ĀĀì¨É ĉµ µ ã ¿ìü ¨ ®µáɨ Į ÉüĀ j ã®ġ Beck, who is also the holder of the Marshall Chair of Constitutional Law

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When I went through chemotherapy for lymphoma in 2003, my wife Beth remembers Peter’s earnest eyes and compassionate tone as he expressed the desire to teach my classes. He did end up teaching our combined classes for a week, helping me conserve energy to make it Peter A. Appel, who was the law school’s holder of

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the Alex W. Smith Professorship of Law, died Jan.

older daughter who studies at what Peter referred to as “a so-called law

28 at the age of 53. He was a member of the law

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school faculty for more than 20 years and specialized

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in environmental and natural resources law. His

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Peter was an opera fan, and once sent opera CDs home so Beth could

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I’m grateful for a chance I had to speak with Peter when he was giving

Appel earned his bachelor’s and law degrees

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from Yale University, where he served on the notes

about politics, about family, about theology and about scholarship. We

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commiserated about getting old and the ways our bodies were giving out.

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also a judicial clerk for Chief Judge Gilbert S. Merritt of

background than another person, and still care very much for that person

the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

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Appel is survived by his wife, Christine L. Albright, and his son, Oliver.

At the Red Clay Conference held earlier this spring, the keynote lecture was named the Peter Appel Lecture in his memory.

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®óÜ®ó +Ƚ ¿ ģÜ A tribute from former faculty colleague Associate Dean & Professor Emeritus Paul M. Kurtz

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granddaughter he and Ethel helped raise while others his age took retirement.

(LL.B.’42), who served on the law school’s

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faculty for more than 30 years, passed away

heard him, decades after his arrival in Athens as a UGA sophomore, recall UGA

April 27, just a few months shy of the age of 100.

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Specializing in the areas of wills, trusts, estate

parked their cars on the grass in front of Peabody Hall because North Campus

planning and future interests, his scholarship

lacked parking lots back then.

includes several books and innumerable articles.

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undergraduate degree with honors and his law

with a law school alum, inevitably early in the conversation the grad would inquire

degree summa cum laude from UGA. While

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you how he thrilled to the chance to maintain myriad friendships with his former

his J.S.D. from Yale University.

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Some of his honors include the American

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Law Institute’s 50-year membership medallion,

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the law school’s Distinguished Service Scroll

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Award, the State Bar of Georgia Author’s Court

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Award for Outstanding Legal Writing and being

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Endowment Fund (supporting an annual award

the rule, but suspected none of the justices were either. He said, “However, Dr.

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ĉƵ µüãµü +Ɂ Æ įã nì¨Éµĉġ ɍĉƵ Ú ě Ā¨ÆììÚɜĀ

After graduation from law school, in preparation for his work as a Naval 5Üÿ®ÓÓº®Ü¡® Vģ¡®ó ÂÜ 55ȷ ®óÜ®ó Ó® óÜ®§ @ ï Ü®÷®Ƚ ® Ü !Ú®óÂÿą÷ eäÜ

planned giving society).

He is survived by his wife of 74 years, Ethel

!ÓÓÂܺÿäÜ ó®ïäóÿ÷ ÿ¿ ÿ ÂÜ äó§®ó ÿä Ú ÂÜÿ ÂÜ ¿Â÷ Ħą®Ü¡ė ÂÜ Ó ÿ®ó ė® ó÷ȷ ®óÜ®ó ÿääÐ

wÉĀìã Æ įãɆ ® ďÁÆĉµü !ĉÆµÚ Æ įã nÉáìãµĉĉÉɆ

faculty minutes in that language. Just what you would do, right?

® ďÁÆĉµü O üġ Æ įã ɍCɁ ɁɜȦȠɎɆ Āìã Ɂ +ü ã×

!Ėÿó®Ú®Óė óº¿ÿȷ ąÿ ®òą ÓÓė ÷®Ó¸ɏ®Ģ ¡ÂܺȽ óÚȷ ąÿ Üäÿ äĐ®ó ® óÂܺȽ

Æ įãɆ Āìã CìÆã Æ įã ã® IJ̵ Áü 㮨ÆÉÚ®üµãɁ

wï ® ÿȷ ąÿ Üäÿ aäÓÓė ÜÜ Ƚ q¿ ÿ Â÷ ÿ¿® ®óÜ®ó ¿ ģÜ ÿ¿ ÿ 5 ÚÂ÷÷ ܧ đÂÓÓ always remember.

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Celebrating 40 years of excellence The Dean Rusk International Law Center celebrated its 40th

ïó ¡ÿ¡® ®Ėï®ó®ܡ® ÿ Ó đ ĥóÚ÷ȷ ÂÜɏ¿äą÷® Ó®º Ó §®ï óÿÚ®Üÿ÷ȷ

anniversary this year and continued its tradition of excellence

ܧ ÂÜÿ®óºäĐ®óÜÚ®Üÿ Ó Ü§ ÜäܺäĐ®óÜÚ®Üÿ Ó äóº ÜÂĜ ÿÂäÜ÷ ÂÜ

in international law and policy education, scholarship and

÷ ȷ !ąóäï®ȷ Näóÿ¿ Ú®ó¡ ܧ ÿ¿® a ¡Âĥ¡Ƚ L Üė đäóЮ§ ÂÜ

collaboration. The center is pleased to report that the U.S. News &

ą÷ÂÜ®÷÷ɏó®Ó ÿ®§ ó® ÷ ÓÂЮ ÂÜÿ®ÓÓ®¡ÿą Ó ïóäï®óÿėȷ ĥÜ Ü¡® ܧ

World Report ranked the law school among the top 15 law schools in

trade, while others held public interest law placements in areas

the country for international law, up three places from last year.

like international environmental law, international criminal law

The center’s new leadership ÷ÿóą¡ÿąó® ÿääÐ ®Ģ®¡ÿ ÿ¿Â÷ ė® óȷ đÂÿ¿ Kathleen A. Doty appointed director in August. She previously served

ä¸ D đ ºó §ą ÿ®÷ đ¿ä ÷÷Â÷ÿ®§ ÂÜ ĥܧÂܺ ÷ÿą§®Üÿ ïÓ ¡®Ú®Üÿ÷Ƚ q¿®

as interim director and director of global practice preparation. The

center also presented the Global Governance Summer School

center’s faculty co-directors, Diane Marie Amann, holder of the

ÂÜ ï óÿÜ®ó÷¿Âï đÂÿ¿ ÿ¿® D®ąĐ®Ü ®Üÿó® ¸äó -Óä Ó -äĐ®óÜ Ü¡®

ää§óąĢ ¿ Âó ÂÜ 5Üÿ®óÜ ÿÂäÜ Ó D đȷ ܧ 2 óÓ Ü -Ƚ ä¿®Üȷ ¿äÓ§®ó ä¸

iÿą§Â®÷ ÂÜ ®ÓºÂąÚȽ +äÓÓäđÂܺ ¡Ó ÷÷óääÚ ÷®÷÷ÂäÜ÷ ÂÜ D®ąĐ®Ü

ÿ¿® ÂÓÜ®óɃw- +äąÜ§ ÿÂäÜ aó丮÷÷äó÷¿Âï ÂÜ 5Üÿ®óÜ ÿÂäÜ Ó D đȷ Ó÷ä

and professional development experiences in Brussels, students

support the center.

ÿó ЮӮ§ ÿä q¿® 2 ºą® ¸äó ó®ĥܺ÷ ÿ ÂÜÿ®óÜ ÿÂäÜ Ó ÿó ąÜ Ó÷Ƚ

The center welcomed new faculty member Christopher M.

The center presented a host of events during the academic

óąÜ®óȷ @Ƚ ÓÿäÜ 2ä÷¡¿ aó丮÷÷äóȽ 2Â÷ ÷¡¿äÓ ó÷¿Âï ÂÜ¡äóïäó ÿ®÷ ÿ¿®

year, including a conference cosponsored by the Georgia Journal of

international and comparative dimensions of corporate, securities

International and Comparative Law (GJICLɌȽ ɖq¿® N®Ėÿ -®Ü®ó ÿÂäÜ

ܧ ĥÜ Ü¡Â Ó Ó đȽ q¿Â÷ ¸ ÓÓȷ ÿ¿® ¡®Üÿ®ó đÂÓÓ Ó÷ä đ®Ó¡äÚ® ÷÷ä¡Â ÿ®

of International Trade Agreements” featured School of Law

aó丮÷÷äó L®ÓÂ÷÷ @Ƚ ąóЮ® ÿä ÿ¿® ¸ ¡ąÓÿėȽ i¿® ÷ﮡ ÓÂĜ®÷ ÂÜ

graduates Audrey Winter (J.D.’80), Tina Termei (J.D.’10) and

international environmental law and corporations.

¡®Üÿ®ó Âó®¡ÿäó !Ú®óÂÿą÷ Ƚ äÜ Ó§ @ä¿Ü÷äÜ ɋ@Ƚ ȽɚȜȘɌȽ Vÿ¿®ó

Two visiting scholars enriched the Dean Rusk International

academic year events covered a range of topics presented by

D đ ®Üÿ®ó ¡äÚÚąÜÂÿė ÿ¿Â÷ ė® óȽ ÜėÂܺ ¿ ܺȷ ¸óäÚɜi¿ ܧäܺ

ºÓä ÓÓė ïóäÚÂÜ®Üÿ ÷ï® Ð®ó÷ȷ ÂÜ¡Óą§Âܺȶ aó丮÷÷äó @ Ú®÷ e® ï

wÜÂĐ®ó÷Âÿė ä¸ +ÂÜ Ü¡® ܧ !¡äÜäÚ¡÷ ÂÜ ¿ÂÜ ȷ ó®÷® ó¡¿®§ Ó Ü§

(J.D.’76), member of the U.S. Department of State Cultural

ÿ ÐÂܺ÷ ܧ ó®Ú®§Â®÷ ÂÜ ¡äÓÓ äó ÿÂäÜ đÂÿ¿ ÷÷ä¡Â ÿ® aó丮÷÷äó

aóäï®óÿė §ĐÂ÷äóė äÚÚÂÿÿ®®ɂ e¡РB ÚÚ®Üȷ Ó® § §®¸®Ü÷® ¡äąÜ÷®Ó

¿óÂ÷ÿÂ Ü qąóÜ®óȽ aÂäÿó w¿Ú ȷ ¸óäÚ ÿ¿® ܧóĜ®Í +óė¡Ĝ Lä§óĜ®đ÷ÐÂ

in U.S. v. al-Nashiri, a case before a U.S. Military Commission at

Bó Ðåđ wÜÂĐ®ó÷Âÿė ÂÜ aäÓ Ü§ȷ ó®÷® ó¡¿®§ ¡ąÓÿąó®÷ ä¸ ÂÜÿ®óÜ ÿÂäÜ Ó

-ą Üÿ Ü Úäɂ N §Â q¿®ä§äó®ȷ Ü §Â Ü ¡äÜ÷ąÓ º®Ü®ó Óɂ óÂÿ

Ó đ ÂÜ ¡äÓÓ äó ÿÂäÜ đÂÿ¿ aó丮÷÷äó ä¿®ÜȽ

ÓÓºó®ÜɏDÂܧ¿äÓÚȷ ÂÜÿ®óÜ ÿÂäÜ Ó ó Âÿó ÿäóɂ ܧ ®ÜÍ ÚÂÜ

The 2017-18 LL.M. class included 15 foreign-trained lawyers ¸óäÚ Ȗȕ ¡äąÜÿó®÷ äÜ ĥĐ® ¡äÜÿÂÜ®Üÿ÷Ƚ The center continued its global practice preparation ®Ģäóÿ÷ for

Zawacki, human rights researcher. The center also co-sponsored Ü ®Đ®Üÿ ÿ ÿ¿® i5D ÜÜą Ó L®®ÿÂܺȷ ɖ óÚ÷ i Ó®÷ ÂÜ äÜĦ¡ÿȶ !Ė ÚÂÜÂܺ ÿ¿® 5Úï ¡ÿ äÜ ®Ú®Üȷɗ ¸® ÿąóÂܺ ÷ï® Ð®ó÷ ¸óäÚ

both LL.M. and J.D. students. They participated in international law

ïóäÚÂÜ®Üÿ N-V÷ ܧ ºäĐ®óÜÚ®Üÿ ÷®óĐ¡®Ƚ N®Ėÿ ė® óɚ÷ äĢ®óÂܺ÷

advocacy, competing in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial

promise to be equally rich and, in particular, will include a spring

ó Âÿó ÿÂäÜ Lääÿ ܧ ÿ¿® a¿ÂÓÂï Ƚ @®÷÷ąï 5Üÿ®óÜ ÿÂäÜ Ó D đ Lääÿ

2019 GJICL ¡äܸ®ó®Ü¡® äÜ ÿ¿® wÜÂÿ®§ N ÿÂäÜ÷ɚ äÚ®Üȷ a® ¡® ܧ

Court Competition. Students met weekly during the academic

Security Agenda.

year for the Legal Spanish Study Group. Two students traveled

+ÂÜ ÓÓėȷ ÿ¿® ¡®Üÿ®ó ¡äÜÿÂÜą®§ ÿä ¸ä÷ÿ®ó ó®÷® ó¡¿ ÂÜ

to Washington, D.C., to participate in the American Society of

ÂÜÿ®óÜ ÿÂäÜ Ó Ó đ ܧ ïäÓ¡ėȽ aą Ó¡ ÿÂäÜ÷ ÂÜ ȗȕȖȝ ÂÜ¡Óą§®§ ÿđä

International Law (ASIL) Annual Meeting, supported by Louis B.

®÷÷ ė ¡äÓÓ®¡ÿÂäÜ÷ ÿ¿ ÿ aó丮÷÷äó÷ Ú ÜÜ Ü§ ä¿®Ü ¡äɏ®§Âÿ®§

Sohn Professional Development Fellowships. Many students also

respectively – Arcs of Global Justice: Essays in Honour of William A.

attended events hosted by the Atlanta International Arbitration

Schabas (VĖ¸äó§ wÜÂĐ®ó÷Âÿė aó®÷÷Ɍ ܧ Legitimacy and International

Society during the academic year.

Courts ɋ Ú ó§º® wÜÂĐ®ó÷Âÿė aó®÷÷Ɍ Ɏ ÷ đ®ÓÓ ÷ The Wealth of a

The center’s decades-old Global Externship Overseas initiative was again a success in summer 2018. Twelve students earned

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and international human rights. Thanks are due to many School

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Nation: A History of Trade Politics in Americaȷ Ü VĖ¸äó§ wÜÂĐ®ó÷Âÿė aó®÷÷ ÚäÜäºó ï¿ ė ®Üÿ®ó Âó®¡ÿäó !Ú®óÂÿą÷ @ä¿Ü÷äÜȽ

Law School Life

Roseboro receives President’s Award Executive Director of Admissions & Diversity Programs Greg Roseboro (J.D.’87) (fourth from left) received the President’s Fulfilling the Dream Award at UGA’s Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Breakfast. Roseboro is adviser to the Davenport-Benham Black Law Student Association, the Asian Law Students Association, the Hispanic Law Students Association and the Outlaws student organization.

Jones honored with UGA’s Alumni Merit Award

Scholarship recipients meet with Board of Visitors members Members of the Board of Visitors enjoyed meeting with student scholarship recipients after a fall meeting on campus.

Top: Third-year students (l. to r.) Blake Ogden, Chris Collins and Victoria Barker chatted with BOV member Eleanor Banister (J.D.’80). Inset: First-year student Raneem Ashrawi (left) and second-year student Kristin Kennedy Williams pose with BOV member Marlan Wilbanks (J.D.’86).

Black alums show support for law school The School held Th S h l off Law’s L ’ African-American Af i A i alumni l i andd alumnae l h ld a reception t focusing on strengthening the law school’s black community and discussing opportunities to engage with the school. A keynote address was given by Georgia Supreme Court Presiding Justice Harold Melton (J.D.’91). Attendees (l. to r.)

Jarrod Burch (J.D.’04), Dominique Holloman (J.D.’04), Yvette Daniels (J.D.’89) and Ronnie Mabra (J.D.’04) smile for the camera. Photo by MITE Services.

U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of Georgia Steve Jones (J.D.’87), pictured with his wife Lillian Kincey, received the 2018 Alumni Merit Award from UGA. This honor is given to those who bring recognition and honor back to UGA through outstanding leadership and service. Photo by Wingate Downs/Courtesy of UGA Development and Alumni Relations.

Alumnus to donate original artwork to law school Accomplished artist William Stiles (J.D.’06) is donating 12 pieces of his work to the law school. The handpainted originals will portray various legal themes and contain references to the School of Law. The new pieces he plans to donate to the school are part of his “Concept Collection,” which is inspired by the practice of law and contains excerpts of U.S. Supreme Court opinions in the background.

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PREPARE. CONNECT. LEAD.

David Hart A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW School of Law alumnus Emmett D. “David” Hart, Jr. always thought he would go into his family-owned business, Mountville Mills, in LaGrange, Georgia.

However, it was not until after earning a degree in political science from Columbus State University that Hart decided to explore the idea of law school. “We had a very small family friendly business that I planned on going into but with it being such a small business, I thought I’d better have a Plan B,” he

“People can copy products, but copying culture and execution is not something people can easily do,” he said. “The reality is

said.

At only 20 years old, Hart enrolled in the UGA School

ÿ¿ ÿ 5 Ú ÂÜ ïä÷ÂÿÂäÜ đ¿®ó® 5 ¿ Đ® ÿó®Ú®Ü§äą÷ ÂÜĦą®Ü¡® äĐ®ó

of Law. Though he was one of the youngest in his class, he

so many people. Setting a standard that drives back to the culture

embraced the challenge and graduated in the fall quarter of

is essential.”

Hart said his company’s primary mantras are: Do the right

1979. e®Ħ®¡ÿÂܺ ¡Ð äÜ ¿Â÷ ÿÂÚ® ÂÜ ÿ¿®Ü÷ȷ 2 óÿ ÷ § ÿ¿ ÿ ÿ ÿÂÚ®÷ ¿® ¸äąÜ§ Âÿ §Âģ¡ąÓÿȷ ąÿ ¿® ÐÜ®đ ¿® ¿ § Ú §® ÿ¿® óº¿ÿ

thing. Do what’s best for the customer. Drive improvements and innovation.

He enjoys working alongside his family members and

decision.

“Going through law school gives you a certain level of ¡äÜĥ§®Ü¡® ÿ¿ ÿ ėäą đäąÓ§Üɚÿ äó§ÂÜ óÂÓė ¿ Đ®ȷɗ 2 óÿ ÷ §Ƚ

continuing to build the Mountville Mills business.

“I was very thankful to be able to work with my dad for over

“Taking on the legal language helps, as well as understanding

20 years before he passed away. I have had the fortune to work

tax issues, family planning and just understanding that you’re

with my sisters, one of my sons and my niece. Having that honor

making a good business decision. If you don’t know the legal

of working with your family is something most people do not have

ó ÚÂĥ¡ ÿÂäÜ÷ȷ Âÿɚ÷ ¿ ó§ ÿä ÐÜäđ ¸ Âÿɚ÷ ºää§ ą÷ÂÜ®÷÷ §®¡Â÷ÂäÜȽɗ

the opportunity to do, and it comes with a lot of blessings. We’ve

Hart joined his father at Mountville Mills immediately after graduating. Back then, there were just 14 employees at the

been very thankful to be able to do that,” he said.

With the help of his law degree, Hart leads his company with

ą÷ÂÜ®÷÷ȷ đ¿Â¡¿ Ú Üą¸ ¡ÿąó®÷ Ħääó Ú ÿ÷Ƚ qä§ ėȷ ÿ¿® ¡äÚï Üė

§ÂĢ®ó®Üÿ ï®ó÷ﮡÿÂĐ®Ƚ ɖ5 ÷®® ÿ¿® äïïä÷Âÿ® ÷§® ä¸ ÿ¿® ¡äÂÜȽ Lä÷ÿ

¿ ÷ Úäó® ÿ¿ Ü Ȗȷȕȕȕ ÷ÿ Ģ ܧ ä¡¡ąï®÷ țșȕȷȕȕȕ ÷òą ó® ¸®®ÿ ä¸

people just see the heads or the tails, but I am looking at the

building space.

other side too,” he said. “That’s just something in my DNA, but

÷ ÿ¿® ïó®÷®Üÿɏ§ ė ¡¿Â®¸ ®Ė®¡ąÿÂĐ® äģ¡®óȷ 2 óÿ ¡ääó§ÂÜ ÿ®÷

partly due to the law school way of thinking. I often measure the

functions between several divisions of the company, considers

downside and what could go wrong, while trying to balance that

mergers and acquisitions on a regular basis and helps to

with the upside.”

maintain the corporate culture.

In his spare time, Hart can be found traveling, playing golf and relaxing when he can.

—Claire Taylor

“If you don’t know the legal ramifications, it’s hard to know if it’s a good business decision.”

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David and ią÷® ®ÓÓ A FAMILY OF LAWYERS +äó ȖȞȜȜ ÓąÚÜą÷ Ч Ƚ ®ÓÓ ióȽ ®¡äÚÂܺ Ó đė®ó đ ÷ ÓÚä÷ÿ ïó®äó§ ÂÜ®§Ƚ 5ÿ ÓÓ ÷ÿ óÿ®§ ÂÜ ȖȞȘș đ¿®Ü ¿Â÷ ¸ ÿ¿®ó ºó §ą ÿ®§ ¿Âº¿ ÷¡¿ääÓ ÂÜ ąºą÷ÿ ȷ -®äóºÂ ȷ ܧ §®¡Â§®§ ÿä ºä ÿä Ó đ ÷¡¿ääÓȽ ąóÂܺ ÿ¿® ¿®Âº¿ÿ ä¸ ÿ¿® §®ïó®÷÷ÂäÜ ÚäÜ®ė đ ÷ ÷¡ ó¡®ȷ ÷ä Чɚ÷ ºó ܧÚäÿ¿®ó ÷äÓ§ ¿®ó §Â Úäܧ 𮧧Âܺ óÂܺ ÿä ¿®Óï ¿Â÷ ¸ ÿ¿®ó ï ė ¸äó Ó đ ÷¡¿ääÓȷ ÿ¿ą÷ ®¡äÚÂܺ ÿ¿® ĥó÷ÿ Ó đė®ó ÂÜ ÿ¿® ¸ ÚÂÓėȽ iÂÜ¡® ÿ¿®Üȷ ÿ¿® ®ÓÓ ¸ ÚÂÓė ¿ ÷ ÷®Üÿ Ȗȕ §§ÂÿÂäÜ Ó Ú®Ú ®ó÷ ÿä ÿ¿® w- i¡¿ääÓ ä¸ D đȷ ÂÜ¡Óą§Âܺ ÿđä ä¸ Đ§ɚ÷ ÷äÜ÷Ƚ ɖ5 ÿ¿ÂÜÐ 5 Úº¿ÿ ¿ Đ® ï § Úäó® Ó đ ÷¡¿ääÓ ÿąÂÿÂäÜ ÿ¿ Ü ÜėäÜ® ÂÜ ÿ¿® ¿Â÷ÿäóė ä¸ äąó ÷ÿ ÿ®ȷɗ ¿® ÍäЮ§Ƚ Ч ܧ ¿Â÷ đ¸®ȷ ią÷®ȷ đ¿ä ® óÜ®§ ¿®ó ąÜ§®óºó §ą ÿ® §®ºó®® ¸óäÚ w- ȷ Ú®ÿ ÂÜ ÷¿ÂܺÿäÜȷ Ƚ Ƚȷ đ¿ÂÓ® đäóÐÂܺ ¸äó i®ÜȽ 2®óÚ Ü !Ƚ q ÓÚ §º® ɋDDȽ ȽɚȘțɌ äÜ® ÷ąÚÚ®óȽ q¿® ÿđä ÿ¿®Ü ÚäĐ®§ ¡Ð ÿä ÿ¿®Ü÷ ÂÜ ȖȞȜș ܧ ÓÂĐ®§ ÂÜ ¸ ÚÂÓė ¿äą÷Âܺ đ¿ÂÓ® Ч ® óÜ®§ ¿Â÷ Ó đ §®ºó®®Ƚ ɖ ® đ®ó® §® § óäЮ ܧ ¿ § Üä ¿® ÿȷɗ Ч ÷ §Ƚ ɖ ąÿ 5 Óđ ė÷ đ Üÿ®§ ÿä ® Ó đė®óȷ ܧ 5 ÓäĐ®§ ®Đ®óė § ė ä¸ ÂÿȽɗ Ч ÷ÿ ė®§ ą÷ė ܧ ¸ä¡ą÷®§ äÜ Ó đ ÷¡¿ääÓȽ 2® Юïÿ ÷ÿó¡ÿ ÷¡¿®§ąÓ®ȷ đ¿Â¡¿ ÓÓä𮧠¿ÂÚ ÿä Ó Ü¡® ¿Â÷ ÷¡¿ääÓ Ü§ ï®ó÷äÜ Ó ÓÂĐ®÷Ƚ ɖ5 ÿó® ÿ®§ Ó đ ÷¡¿ääÓ ÓÂЮ ïó丮÷÷ÂäÜ Ɏ 5 đäąÓ§ º®ÿ ÿ¿®ó® ÿ ȝ ȽÚȽ ܧ Ó® Đ® ÿ Ț ïȽÚȽȷ ®Ė®ó¡Â÷® ܧ ® ÿȷ ܧ ÿ¿®Ü º®ÿ ¡Ð ÿä ÿ¿® Ó đ ÷¡¿ääÓ Ü§ ó® § ¸óäÚ Ȝ ïȽÚȽ ÿä Ȗȕ ïȽÚȽȷ ÿ¿®Ü ºä ¿äÚ® ܧ ÷Ó®®ï ܧ đ ÷ ¡Ð ÿ Âÿ º ÂÜ ÿ¿® Ü®Ėÿ § ėȷɗ ¿® ÷ §Ƚ ÷ Ч ® óÜ®§ ¿Â÷ Ó đ §®ºó®®ȷ ią÷® đäóЮ§ ÂÜ ÿ¿® ąÜÂĐ®ó÷Âÿėɚ÷ ¡äÚï ó ÿÂĐ® ÓÂÿ®ó ÿąó® §®ï óÿÚ®ÜÿȽ ɖ5 §Â§Üɚÿ Ú Ð® Úą¡¿ ÚäÜ®ėȷ ąÿ Âÿ đ ÷ Óäÿ ä¸ ¸ąÜȷɗ ią÷® ÷ §Ƚ ɖ5 ¡äąÓ§ đ ÓÐ ąï ÿä ÿ¿® Ó đ ÷¡¿ääÓ Ü§ ¿ Đ® ÓąÜ¡¿ đÂÿ¿ Úė ¿ą÷ ܧ ܧ ÷®® đ¿ ÿ đ ÷ ºäÂܺ äÜ đÂÿ¿ ¿ÂÚȷ ÿ¿®Ü ºä ¡Ð ÿä đäóÐȽ 5ÿ đ ÷ òąÂÿ®

VÜ § ėɏÿäɏ§ ė ÷Â÷ȷ Ч óąÜ÷ ¿Â÷ ïÓ ÂÜÿÂĢɚ÷ ïó ¡ÿ¡® ܧ ó®ïó®÷®Üÿ÷ ï®äïÓ® đ¿ä ¿ Đ® ®®Ü ¿ąóÿȽ ɖ5 ÓÂЮ ¿®ÓïÂܺ ï®äïÓ® ܧ ÷äÓĐÂܺ ÿ¿®Âó ïóä Ó®Ú÷ Ɏ Ú ÐÂܺ ÿ¿®Âó ÓÂĐ®÷ ÓÂÿÿÓ® ®ÿÿ®óȽ ¿®Ü 5ɚÚ Ó® ÿä §ä ÿ¿ ÿ Âÿɚ÷ Đ®óė ó®đ ó§Âܺȷɗ ¿® ÷ §Ƚ q¿äąº¿ ÿ¿® ®ÓÓ÷ ÷ÿ ė Đ®óė ą÷ėȷ ÿ¿®ė ÷ÿÂÓÓ Ú Ü º® ÿä ÷ï®Ü§ ÿÂÚ® đÂÿ¿ ÿ¿®Âó ÓäĐ®§ äÜ®÷ ܧ Ю®ï ¡ÿÂĐ®Ƚ q¿® ÿđä ®ÜÍäė ïÓ ÜÜÂܺ ®Ė¡ąó÷ÂäÜ÷ đÂÿ¿ ÿ¿®Âó ¸ó®ܧ÷ȷ ÿ® ¡¿Âܺ iąÜ§ ė i¡¿ääÓ Ü§ ĐÂ÷ÂÿÂܺ đÂÿ¿ ÿ¿®Âó ¸ ÚÂÓėȽ ɖ ® ¿ Đ® ÿđä ėäąÜº ºó ܧ§ ąº¿ÿ®ó÷ đ¿ä đ® Íą÷ÿ §äó®ȷɗ ią÷® ÷ § ܧ ÿ¿®Ü §§®§ȷ ɖ äÜɚÿ đäóóėȷ đ®ɚĐ® Óó® §ė ÿ ÓЮ§ ÿä ÿ¿®Ú äąÿ Ó đ ÷¡¿ääÓȽɗ +äó ÿ¿® ®ÓÓ ¸ ÚÂÓėȷ ÿ¿® §® ä¸ đäóÐÂܺ ¿ ó§ Â÷ ºó® ÿÓė Đ Óą®§Ƚ ɖ5ɚÚ ïó乧 ä¸ ÿ¿® ¸ ¡ÿ ÿ¿ ÿ äąó ¡¿ÂÓ§ó®Ü ºä ÿä Ó đ ÷¡¿ääÓ Ü§ ÿ¿ ÿ ÿ¿®ė ÷®® ÿ¿ ÿ 5 ®ÜÍäė ɉÿ¿® ïó ¡ÿ¡® ä¸ Ó đɊȷɗ Ч ÷ §Ƚ ɖ5ɚÚ Íą÷ÿ ÷ä ºó ÿ®¸ąÓ ÿä ÿ¿® w- i¡¿ääÓ ä¸ D đȽ Ó đ §®ºó®® Â÷ Đ®óė Đ Óą Ó® ÷÷®ÿȽ 5ÿ ¿ ÷ ÿä ® ïóäÿ®¡ÿ®§ ܧ Üąóÿąó®§Ƚ ɉ ® ¿ Đ® ÿäɊ ¡äÜÿÂÜą® äąó ®§ą¡ ÿÂäÜ Ü§ đ® ¿ Đ® ÿä đäóÐ ¿ ó§ ÿä Ю®ï Âÿȷ ąÿ Âÿ ¿ ÷ äï®Ü®§ ąï ÷ä Ú Üė §ääó÷ ܧ ÷ä Ú Üė äïïäóÿąÜÂÿ®÷Ƚ 5ɚÚ ÿ¿ ÜиąÓ ¸äó Âÿ ®Đ®óė § ėȽɗ Bell family School of Law graduates include: John C. Bell (LL.B.’38), John C. Bell Jr. (J.D.’72), David B. Bell Sr. (J.D.’77), Ansley M. Threlkeld (J.D.’01), Paul H. Threlkeld (J.D.’01), John B. Manly (J.D.’08), Megan R. Manly (J.D.’08), David B. Bell Jr. (J.D.’12), Thomas P. “Peyton” Bell (J.D.’15), Katherine “Kate” Bell (J.D.’15) and Jordan T. Bell (J.D.’15).

—Claire Taylor

ÿ¿® ÷®ÿ ąïȽɗ ¸ÿ®ó ºó §ą ÿÂܺ đÂÿ¿ ¿Â÷ @ąóÂ÷ ä¡ÿäóȷ Ч ÷®óĐ®§ ÷ Íą§Â¡Â Ó ¡Ó®óÐ ¸äó @ą§º® Óÿ®ó L¡LÂÓÓ Ü ÂÜ ÿÓ Üÿ ܧ ÿ¿®Ü ÷ï®Üÿ ÷ÂĖ ė® ó÷ đäóÐÂܺ ¸äó Ó đ ĥóÚ ÂÜ ąºą÷ÿ ȷ đ¿ÂÓ® ią÷® ÿ ąº¿ÿ ¿Âº¿ ÷¡¿ääÓ !ܺÓÂ÷¿ ܧ ó Â÷®§ ÿ¿®Âó ¸äąó ¡¿ÂÓ§ó®ÜȽ Ч Ó ÿ®ó §®¡Â§®§ ÿä äï®Ü ąï ¿Â÷ äđÜ ïó ¡ÿ¡®ȷ ÿ¿® Ч ®ÓÓ D đ +ÂóÚȷ ܧ ¿ ÷ ®®Ü ÿ¿®ó® ®Đ®ó ÷ÂÜ¡®Ƚ ɖ5 ¡ó® ÿ®§ Úė äđÜ ïó ¡ÿ¡® ÂÜ ȖȞȝȝȷ ܧ ÿ¿®Ü đ ÷ ÍäÂÜ®§ ė Úė ÷äÜ Đ§ @óȽ

“I like helping people and solving their problems – making their lives a little better.”

—David Bell (J.D.’77)

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PREPARE. CONNECT. LEAD.

Pope Langdale GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY NEAR AND FAR ÓąÚÜą÷ ÂÓÓÂ Ú aȽ ɖaäï®ɗ D ܺ§ Ó® 555 ÐÜ®đ ¿® ¿ § º ÷¿ä®÷ ÿä ĥÓÓ đ¿®Ü ¿® ®º Ü ¿Â÷ Ó®º Ó ¡ ó®®óȽ 2Â÷ ¸ ÿ¿®óȷ ÂÓÓÂ Ú aȽ ɖ ÂÓÓɗ D ܺ§ Ó® @óȽ ¿ § Óó® §ė ®÷ÿ ÓÂ÷¿®§ ¿ÂÚ÷®Ó¸ ÂÜ iäąÿ¿ -®äóºÂ ÷ ÷ą¡¡®÷÷¸ąÓ ÿÿäóÜ®ė ÿ ÿ¿® ĥóÚ D ܺ§ Ó® ÓÓäÿÿäÜȽ 2äđ®Đ®óȷ ÷ÂÜ¡® ¿Â÷ ºó §ą ÿÂäÜ ÂÜ ȖȞȞȗȷ aäï® ¿ ÷ ®¡äÚ® äÜ® ä¸ the most recognized litigators in South Georgia. äóÜ Ü§ ó Â÷®§ ÂÜ Ó§ä÷ÿ ȷ aäï® ® óÜ®§ ¿Â÷ ¡¿®Óäóɚ÷ degree in economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with intentions to attend law school after. “I always had a feeling that I would want to practice law with Úė ¸ ÿ¿®óȷɗ aäï® ÷ §Ƚ BÜäđÂܺ ÿ¿ ÿ ¿® đ Üÿ®§ ÿä ó®ÿąóÜ ÿä Georgia, he eventually decided to enroll at the UGA School of Law. “To me, the School of Law was, and is, the best law school ÂÜ ÿ¿® ÷ÿ ÿ® ä¸ -®äóºÂ ܧ äĢ®ó®§ ÿ¿® ®÷ÿ äïïäóÿąÜÂÿė ¸äó me to get a quality education while also making a number of ÂÚïäóÿ Üÿ ¡äÜÿ ¡ÿ÷ đÂÿ¿ Úė ¸®ÓÓäđ ¡Ó ÷÷Ú ÿ®÷ȷɗ ¿® ÷ §Ƚ While in studying in Athens, Pope was an active member of the -µìüÁÉ G ě jµĚɵě and made lifelong friendships with his classmates. “I had some very close friends at school and I’ve Ú ÂÜÿ ÂÜ®§ ÿ¿ä÷® ¸ó®ܧ÷¿Âï÷ ÿä ÿ¿Â÷ § ėȷɗ ¿® ÷ §Ƚ VÜ® ä¸ ÿ¿® Úä÷ÿ ®Ü®ĥ¡Â Ó ÷ﮡÿ÷ ä¸ aäï®ɚ÷ Ó đ ÷¡¿ääÓ experience was his torts law class. “I still look back on those days with fondness, even the challenging classes, because it is Óäÿ ä¸ đ¿ ÿ 5 §ä ÿä§ ėȷɗ ¿® ÷ §Ƚ After earning his law degree and graduating cum laude, Pope practiced litigation law in Atlanta for three-and-one¿ Ó¸ ė® ó÷ ®¸äó® ÚäĐÂܺ ¡Ð ÿä Ó§ä÷ÿ ÿä ïó ¡ÿ¡® đÂÿ¿ ¿Â÷ ¸ ÿ¿®óȽ ¿®Ü ¿® ÷ÿ óÿ®§ ÿ D ܺ§ Ó® ÓÓäÿÿäÜȷ Âÿ ïóÂÚ óÂÓė specialized in real estate and transaction law. With no personal real estate or transaction experience, Pope helped create the ÓÂÿº ÿÂäÜ óÚ ä¸ ÿ¿® ĥóÚȷ đ¿Â¡¿ ¿ ÷ ó® ÓÓė ºóäđÜȽ “My favorite part about the type of litigation I do is being able to put our [clients’ lives] back together and get them the Íą÷ÿ¡® ÿ¿®ė §®÷®óĐ®ȷɗ ¿® ÷ §Ƚ ąóó®ÜÿÓėȷ aäï® đäóÐ÷ ÷ ï óÿÜ®ó ÿ ÿ¿® ĥóÚ Ü§ Â÷

“My father, Bill, instilled in me at a very young age the value of a strong work ethic and that nothing meaningful can be gained without an equivalent amount of sacrifice … .”

Pope said he strives to follow in the footsteps of family members who ÂÜĦą®Ü¡®§ ¿ÂÚ ïó丮÷÷ÂäÜ ÓÓė and personally.

“My grandfather, Billy Langdale, taught me through example how important it is to care about the community in which you live, to get involved in your community, to give back to your community and to always do so within the ultimate goal of helping äÿ¿®ó÷ȷ Üäÿ ėäąó÷®Ó¸ȷɗ ¿® ÷ §Ƚ “My father, Bill, instilled in me at a very young age the value of a strong work ethic and that nothing meaningful can be gained without an ®òąÂĐ Ó®Üÿ ÚäąÜÿ ä¸ ÷ ¡óÂĥ¡®ȷ and in the legal profession, ÿ¿ ÿ ÷ ¡óÂĥ¡® Â÷ ÿÂÚ® Ɏ ÿÂÚ® spent representing your clients to the fullest extent ïä÷÷ ӮȽɗ Because of these ÂÜĦą®Ü¡®÷ȷ aäï® Â÷ ÷ÿóäܺ believer in connecting with his local community. He is

actively involved in the State Bar of Georgia. Plus, he was ó®¡®ÜÿÓė ïïäÂÜÿ®§ ÿä ÷®óĐ® äÜ ÿ¿® @ą§Â¡Â Ó dą ÓÂĥ¡ ÿÂäÜ÷

the creator and sponsor of a local scholarship that is awarded every

Committee. He is also the past president of the Georgia

year to a graduating senior from each of the two local high schools

Trial Lawyers Association, and a board member and district

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representative of the General Practice and Trial Section of the

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state bar. Additionally, he has been selected by the federal

ÿä ó® ¡¿ äąÿ ܧ ºä ÿä Ó đ ÷¡¿ääÓȷ ܧ ÿ¿®Ü ¡äÚ® ¡Ð ÿä Ó§ä÷ÿ

judges of the Middle District of Georgia to serve on the

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§ĐÂ÷äóė eąÓ®÷ äÚÚÂÿÿ®® ¸äó ÿ¿® §Â÷ÿó¡ÿȽ

need our young people to come home and bring their knowledge. It makes it a better place to live and, if anything, I try to encourage Ч÷ ÿä §ä ÿ¿ ÿȷɗ ¿® ÷ §Ƚ —Claire Taylor

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Siva and Shiyami Subramaniam A HOME OF THEIR OWN School of Law alumnus Aravinth I. “Siva” Subramaniam (LL.M.’88) and alumna Shiyami M. Subramaniam (LL.M.’89) never imagined they would fall in love with America and Athens, Georgia. But, after they both earned their Master of Laws degrees from the UGA School of Law, they decided to stay in the United States for good.

The two are originally from Sri Lanka, where they met in Ó đ ÷¡¿ääÓ ¸äó ÿ¿® ĥó÷ÿ ÿÂÚ®Ƚ ɖLė ĥó÷ÿ § ėȷ ɉi¿Âė ÚÂɊ ¡ Ú® ÿä haze me – that’s how we met, and she enjoyed it so much she decided to do it for the rest of her life,” Siva joked.

In Sri Lanka, students must decide their future careers during high school. Siva and Shiyami initially chose to study engineering and medicine, respectively. However, they both quickly changed their minds and transferred to the pre-law

“I felt like I actually had a country to call my home. I owe that in a large part to the law school community in particular.”

—Siva Subramaniam (LL.M.’88)

track. After completing high school, the Subramaniams earned their law degrees in their home island nation, which was experiencing ethnic unrest. It was then that Siva decided to ® óÜ Ó đ §®ºó®® ¸óäÚ §ÂĢ®ó®Üÿ ¡äąÜÿóėȽ ɖ5 §®¡Â§®§ 5 Ü®®§®§ ÷äÚ® ÿėï® ä¸ òą ÓÂĥ¡ ÿÂäÜ ¸óäÚ äąÿ÷§® of the country so that if things got even worse I could get out,” Siva said. “That is what prompted me to leave as soon as I ºó §ą ÿ®§ ɉÓ đ ÷¡¿ääÓɊ ܧ ºä ÷®®Ð Úė ĥó÷ÿ DDȽLȽ §®ºó®® ÿ ÿ¿® University of Brussels in Belgium.”

During his time in Brussels, Siva met the late Kirbo Chair ÂÜ 5Üÿ®óÜ ÿÂäÜ Ó D đ - óÂ®Ó LȽ ÂÓÜ®óȷ đ¿ä đ ÷ ĐÂ÷ÂÿÂܺ ïó丮÷÷äó ¸óäÚ ÿ¿® w- i¡¿ääÓ ä¸ D đȽ ɖaó丮÷÷äó ÂÓÜ®ó actually said to me in May of 1987, ‘Mr. Siva, you shouldn’t be going back to Sri Lanka with everything going on in that country. To me, it seems like you are going to be a great tax lawyer wherever you are. I think the best thing for you to do is come to the States, enroll in the University of Georgia and get your LL.M. degree there,’” Siva said.

Siva had reservations about life in the United States and at UGA and planned to return to Sri Lanka after earning his degree in Athens. However, it did not take long for him to realize that he wanted to stay for good. “I felt like I actually had a country to call my home,” Siva said. “I owe that in a large part to the law school community in particular. I thought that if I could stay here and practice law in any form, that đäąÓ§ ® Úė ĥó÷ÿ ¡¿ä¡®Ƚɗ ®®Ð÷ ¸ÿ®ó óóÂĐÂܺ ÂÜ ÿ¿® Ó ÷÷¡ Âÿėȷ iÂĐ Ú §® ¡ ÓÓ ÿä Shiyami back in Sri Lanka and suggested she come and get her LL.M. from UGA as well.

“I found the professors were really friendly and you could approach them for anything,” Shiyami said. “The LL.M. class I was with was very nice for us because it was all people with an ÂÜÿ®óÜ ÿÂäÜ Ó Ħ ĐäóȽ Âÿ¿ ÿ¿ ÿ ÷ §ȷ 5 ¸äąÜ§ ÿ¿® Ó đ ÷¡¿ääÓ ÷ÿą§®Üÿ÷ very intense, and it was nice for me to see because they knew that they wanted to be in law school.”

After graduating, the couple moved to New York City where Siva worked in international taxation for PricewaterhouseCoopers and i¿Âė Ú ïó ¡ÿ¡®§ đÂÿ¿ Ü ÂÚÚºó ÿÂäÜ Ó đ ĥóÚȽ Currently, the Subramaniams live in Summit, New Jersey, where Siva still works for PwC and also serves as an adjunct professor at the New York University School of Law, while Shiyami spends her time with their two children and spearheading charitable activities.

One of Shiyami’s favorite philanthropic endeavors has been a program called “Keys to Success,” which allows underprivileged children in the community to learn an instrument at a young age.

“It’s very rewarding to see these kids who have absolutely no background in music and how they take to it. It’s a lovely thing,” Shiyami said.

In their spare time, Siva and Shiyami enjoy spending time together and, of course, cheering on the Dawgs. “I’m an avid Georgia Bulldog fan. I rarely miss a game on a Saturday, and I have the ultimate accessory,” Siva said. “Our English Bulldog named Humphrey always sits and watches TV with me, so when I’m watching the games I have a bulldog by my side.”

—Claire Taylor

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The School of Law’s Fourth Annual Alumni/ áėèê º ººÞºê³Ɋ ̺᳠Q Ą­Ì ȪȫɡȪȬɊ Ïê­áė³º³ Þºĩêóđº ³³ĄºĈĈ «ĩ ɐqɐ ÏĈđĄÏ­đ Court Judge for the Northern District of .ºóĄÆÏ qđºĢº ɐ EóêºĈ ɞEɐ ɐɭȰȯɟɊ ģ Ą³Ĉ ĀĄºĈºêđ đÏóêĈɊ đ̺ êêė á "ăė á EėĈđÏ­º ,óėê³ đÏóê ė­đÏóêɊ Ąº­ºĀđÏóêĈ ÄóĄ ³óêóĄĈ and law school graduates as well as opportunities for students to connect with legal leaders.

Distinguished Service Scroll Award recipients Larry Thompson (top image, seventh from left) and Don Waters (J.D.’78) (bottom image, fifth from left) met with students during their time on campus. Thompson, who serves as the holder of the law school’s Sibley Chair of Corporate and Business Law and as the independent compliance monitor for Volkswagen, spoke with students interested in public service. Waters, who spoke with students with an interest in business law, is chief executive officer of Waters Capital Partners and the vice chair of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents.

Alumni Harley Yancey (J.D.’15) (left), Steve Jones (J.D.’87) (center) and Andy Davis (J.D.’84) attended the law school’s Leadership Circle reception, which is reserved for law school annual donors of $1,500 or more. Photo by Ian McFarlane.

Dean Bo Rutledge welcomed attendees to Alumni/Alumnae Weekend, which kicked off Friday evening with a cocktail reception on Herty Field. The event was hosted by the law firm Blasingame, Burch, Garrard, & Ashley, P.C.

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DSS Awards TWO DEPUTY ATTORNEYS GENERAL AND USG REGENT HONORED The School of Law recognized three individuals for their service during the school’s Fourth Annual UGA President Jere Morehead (J.D.’80) presented Don Waters (J.D.’78) (right) with his honor.

Alumni/Alumnae Weekend.

Larry D. Thompson, Don L. ÿ®ó÷ ɋ@Ƚ ȽɚȜȝɌ ܧ i ÓÓė dąÂÓÓÂ Ü ÿ®÷ ɋ@Ƚ ȽɚȝțɌ received the alumni/alumnae association’s highest honor – the Distinguished Service

Sibley Chair of Corporate and Business Law Larry Thompson (right) received his award from alumnus Paul Murphy (J.D.’88).

Scroll Award – for their outstanding dedication and service to the legal profession and the law school.

Thompson has held the John A. Sibley Chair of Corporate and Business Law at the School of Law for the last seven years. He also serves as the independent ¡äÚïÓ ܡ® ÚäÜÂÿäó ¸äó äÓÐ÷đ º®ÜȽ 2® previously served as executive vice president Ɏ ºäĐ®óÜÚ®Üÿ Ģ Âó÷ȷ º®Ü®ó Ó ¡äąÜ÷®Ó ܧ corporate secretary for PepsiCo. He has extensive experience in the public ÷®¡ÿäóȽ 5Ü ȗȕȕȖȷ ÿ¿® wȽiȽ i®Ü ÿ® ¡äÜĥóÚ®§ Thompson as deputy attorney general of the United States after his nomination by aó®÷§®Üÿ -®äóº® Ƚ ą÷¿Ƚ +óäÚ ȖȞȝȗ ÿä ȖȞȝțȷ he served as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, where he led major ïäÓÂÿ¡ Ó ¡äóóąïÿÂäÜ Ü§ §óąº ÿó ģ¡ÐÂܺ prosecutions.

BÂܺ ʖ iï Ó§Âܺ a óÿÜ®ó a ąÓ Ƚ Ląóï¿ė (J.D.’88) presented his award.

Murphy, a former colleague of Thompson, remarked on his friend’s willingness to give back to the legal profession, his law students and the country.

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Alumna Sally Quillian Yates (J.D.’86) (left) poses with Daniel Griffin (J.D.’86), who presented her with her DSS award.

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the University of Georgia, but throughout the

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responsibility for the

Distinguished Service Scroll Awards recognize outstanding service and dedication.

decisions they make.

They are competitive and they are hard working.

They have no problem sharing the credit. They can be humble even though usually they are the smartest person in the room and, more often than not, they have a healthy sense of humor – and Sally does.”

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Hawkins receives Young Alumni/ Alumnae of Excellence Award

The School of Law’s Young Alumni/Alumnae of Excellence Award was presented to Cameron D. Hawkins (J.D.’08).

Created by the law school’s Young Alumni/Alumnae Committee, this honor recognizes an outstanding young graduate of the law school who gives gifts of time or talent to the law school community or community at large.

Hawkins’ award was presented by former Fulton County Superior Court Judge Gino Brogdon Sr., who is currently an attorney and mediator.

Brogdon recognized Hawkins for his work not only as a lawyer but also as a mentor to youth and law students across the state. Hawkins is a trial lawyer with Busby Negin specializing in civil litigation. He currently mentors moot court and mock trial teams statewide, including serving as an assistant coach for the Morehouse College Moot Court Society.

He assists with the Davenport-Benham Black Law Student Association moot court competitions. He also serves as an instructor for the Fulton County Youth Leadership Academy for Boys.

Young Alumni/Alumnae of Excellence Award recipient Cameron Hawkins (J.D.’08) (right) received his honor from former Fulton County Superior Court Judge Gino Brogdon Sr. Photo by Ian McFarlane.

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While in law school, Hawkins received several awards for his advocacy skills. As a student, he was named the winner of the law school’s Beaird 1L Closing Argument Mock Trial Competition and the England Mock Trial Competition. Additionally, he was a member of the winning teams of the Emory National Civil Rights and Liberties Moot Court Competition and the Intrastate Moot Court Competition, where his team received the Best Brief Award. Hawkins was also named a pupil of the Joseph Henry Lumpkin Inn of Court and inducted into the National Order of Barristers.

EDITH HOUSE LECTURE

Former Acting U.S. Attorney General Yates discusses law school, career A conversation with alumna Sally Quillian Yates was the focus of the School of Law’s 36th Edith House Lecture during the spring semester, held during Alumni/Alumnae Weekend.

Yates, a 1986 graduate, has served in several leadership roles during her career – most recently as acting U.S. attorney general and as deputy attorney general.

As part of the dialogue, Yates discussed her law school years. “The thing I loved most about my law school experience were my classmates,” she said. “Here it is competitive, but not in a cutthroat kind of way. That mindset of rigorous academics, of being competitive but being supportive with your colleagues, carries over in how you practice law.”

Yates’ advice to current UGA law students was to take their time deciding what they want to do with their career.

“You don’t have to have it all figured out right now,” she said. “When I was in law school, I had absolutely no thought whatsoever of becoming a prosecutor. Had I stayed into what I thought I wanted to do when I graduated from law school, I wouldn’t have taken the chance to try and experience something else. Stay open to other opportunities and keep your eyes open to other experiences, because you never know what else might be out there.”

Melton to become chief justice of Georgia Supreme Court On September 4, Harold D. Melton (J.D.’91) will become the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.

He was appointed to the state’s highest court by Gov. Sonny Perdue in 2005 and has served as presiding justice since January 2017.

Prior to joining the court, Melton served as executive counsel to Perdue, representing the governor on legal issues covering the entire scope of state government. He helped safeguard Georgia’s interests in water rights disputes with Alabama and Florida, and he actively participated in administration efforts to advance the delivery of criminal justice services in the state.

He also worked in the Georgia Department of Law, where he served as section leader over the Consumer Interests Division.

Former Acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates (J.D.’86), the 36th Edith House lecturer, was interviewed by third-year student Gracie Shepherd (left) and Associate Dean Usha Rodrigues (right) earlier this spring. Photo

by UGA’s Andrew Davis Tucker.

Noting that attorneys have certain skills and opportunities that others do not have, Yates said lawyers should devote some portion of their careers to public service.

“I am always going to be an advocate for public service because I was someone who didn’t expect to get the bug, but once you do you really feel like you’re making a difference in the world,” she said. “Take a chance at some point in your career to grab hold of that. You may find, like I did, that you just couldn’t let go.”

The discussion was moderated by Associate Dean Usha Rodrigues and third-year student Gracie Shepherd, who also served as the Edith House Lecture committee chair and vice president of the school’s Women Law Students Association.

Five graduates join the federal bench Congratulations to the following School of Law graduates on their federal judicial appointments. The list below includes those appointed from 2017 to date.

Michele Kim (J.D.’06), Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, appointed 2017 Michael L. Brown (J.D.’94), District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, appointed 2018 Jeffrey W. Cavender (J.D.’93), Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, appointed 2018

The Edith House Lecture is sponsored by the Women Law Students Association in honor of one of the first female graduates of the School of Law. House, a native of Winder, Georgia, was co-valedictorian of the law class of 1925, the first to graduate women.

J. Clay Fuller (J.D.’99), Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, appointed 2018

Portions of this article were taken, with permission, from coverage of the event written by Emily Webb for Columns, UGA’s faculty/staff newspaper.

Tilman E. “Tripp” Self III (J.D.’97), District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, appointed 2018

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