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Courses
of Instruction
You will find a broad and
challenging curriculum at Georgia Law - nearly
170 courses are offered, although not all of the listed courses are taught each year.
First-year students are just as likely to encounter a tenured or chaired
faculty member in the classroom as they are a junior professor. Distinguished
visitors and adjuncts supplement the faculty and diversify the upper-level
curriculum.
The law school prefers to
keep classes small, enrolling approximately 215 students each fall. Most
first-year
classes average 70 students, although the Legal Writing and Legal Research
class is conducted in six smaller sections of about 35 students, permitting
greater individual attention. Second and third-year classes range in size
from a seminar setting of 10 - 20 students to larger classes with 100 students.
The first year
of study at Georgia Law consists entirely of
required courses: Civil Procedure I and II, Contracts and Sales I and
II, Criminal Law, Legal Research I and II, Property I and II, and Torts I
and II. After the first year, two required courses remain: Legal
Profession class and the skills-based course. The rest of what you study in law school is your choice.
Course
Clusters
The UGA law school faculty
has designed a course cluster system to guide upper-level students toward a
curriculum that may more effectively support their areas of special interest.
Order of the Coif
Students who excel in the School of Law's curriculum and graduate in
the top 10 percent of their class are eligible for induction into the
Order of the Coif, legal education's equivalent of Phi Beta Kappa.
Coif membership signifies the highest academic achievement in the study
of law.
The University of Georgia was granted institutional membership in 1977,
after meeting stringent qualification criteria. Only 80 American law
schools have a chapter at their institution.
Governed by a Code of Honor
Students at Georgia Law are governed by a standard of professional and personal conduct, the Honor Code.
The code was unanimously adopted as an initial matter in 1930 by the
student body and remains a central part of UGA's principled approach to
legal education.
Students are an integral part of the administration of the Honor Code.
Elected by their fellow classmates, Honor Court investigators and
members participate in the determination of whether a violation has
taken place and assessment of punishment.
Entering students take the Honor Code pledge during orientation and are bound by its provisions while enrolled at UGA.
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