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A Reputation for Excellence
Highly Regarded   Consistently considered as one of the nation's top law schools.

Collegial Environment   Supportive student body led by faculty scholars who are also committed teachers.

Talented Student Body  Among the most selective public law schools in the nation, with median LSATs of entering students near the top 10 percent of test takers nationwide and outstanding undergraduate GPAs.

Impressive Faculty  Includes authors of some of our country's leading legal scholarship, recipients of UGA's highest award for teaching excellence, Fulbright scholars, a Pulitzer Prize winner, former judicial clerks to the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal courts, and former editors in chief of law reviews as well as former trial and corporate attorneys.

Affordable Legal Education
 Tuition and cost of attendance continue to be among the lowest in the nation.


Comprehensive Curriculum

  • International education and employment programs.
  • Ten civil and criminal service learning programs for hands-on experience and community service.
Job Market Success   Virtually every graduate employed within nine months of graduation.

Accomplished Advocacy Programs
  • Six national titles, 10 regional crowns and four state trophies in the last five years.
  • National Moot Court Competition -- two national championships and 24 regional trophies.
  • Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition -- four national titles and one world crown.
  • American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America) Mock Trial Competition -- one national championship and five regional titles.
Acclaimed Legal Journals   Three, frequently cited.

Superior Law Library   Ranked 8th in the nation, more than 390,000 titles, state-of-the-art technology.

Exceptional Quality of Life  Active and affordable, an excellent place to study law.

Outstanding Facilities  Located in the most beautiful and historic part of UGA -- North Campus.

"The regional prestige and the alumni network in Georgia is unmatched by any school in the country. If you practice law in Georgia, you are (perhaps even unfairly) advantaged if you went to the University of Georgia School of Law. It's as simple as this: bulldogs really like hiring other bulldogs. That's because the quality of lawyers coming out of the University of Georgia is simply perceived as superior than many other competing schools."

--Alumni comment appearing in the 2008 edition of the Vault Career Library's The Law School Buzz Book.

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