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J.D. Program

Prepare to be Challenged

As a prospective law student, you are on the verge of entering one of the most provocative, stimulating and rigorous courses of study in higher education.

Some call it a mental boot camp; others, a test of endurance. The demands are great, but the rewards are many.

The primary challenge facing you over the next three years will be learning to think like a lawyer – to spot legal issues, to analyze them systematically, to express ideas with clarity and to solve the sorts of problems your future clients are likely to face.

As your ability to analyze complex issues develops, you’ll realize that facts aren’t always what they seem. Cases that appear to be “slam dunks” are not so clear cut. In many instances, the black letter of the law is actually quite gray.

Your three years of study at Georgia Law will prepare you to meet the infinite array of problems that lawyers confront and the resulting uncertainties you will face as a practitioner.

The challenge awaits.

“You have to remember that law school is like a marathon, not a 100-yard dash, and pace yourself accordingly. The three years of law school were tough and time-consuming – perhaps all-consuming is a better way to describe it, but I gained a great deal. This law school has been very, very good to me.”

James B. Ellington, J.D. ‘87
President, UGA Law School Alumni Association, 2004-05
Partner – Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley, P.C.
Augusta, Georgia