Alumni Events

by invitation only

Dr. Jonathan Peters, Associate Professor of Journalism at UGA's Grady College, will be leading the discussion.

Panelists will include:

Ilze Brands Kehris, the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Christof Heyns, the Human Rights Committee Rapporteur who drafted General Comment No. 37 Yuval Shany, former Chair of the Human Rights Committee, and H?l?ne Tigroudja, member of the Human Rights Committee.

Commencement will take place in a virtual format. More than 205 Juris Doctor, Master of Laws and Master in the Study of Law graduates will be recognized.

U.S. Court of Appeals Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan will deliver the keynote address. Srinivasan was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit in May 2013, after serving as the principal deputy solicitor general of the United States for two years and arguing 25 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Students and faculty will be recognized for their achievements at the Law School for calendar year 2019 at 4:30 pm on April 14, 2020. Visit the Awards Day 2020 webpage at 4:30 pm to view the awards recipients and join in the celebration.

The Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management will be hosting a Wednesday Webinar Series in which we will highlight offices participating in the Attorney General's Honors Program and Summer Law Intern Program.

For rising 2Ls & 3Ls, and for recent grads in judicial clerkships.

by invitation only.

William Elliott Stiles Jr. - an accomplished artist, Atlanta attorney and University of Georgia School of Law alumnus - will unveil a new work of art that was commissioned by the law school to commemorate the 60th anniversary of desegregation at UGA. The new creation will be displayed alongside other pieces of Stiles' "Concept Collection" that were donated to the school in 2018.

Stiles said in his new piece, titled "1961," he tried to depict the historic events of the desegregation of the University of Georgia and the Georgia public school system.

In celebration of Martin Chair Andrea L. Dennis' recently published book, Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics and Guilt in America, discussion will be held featuring Dennis and Dr. Bettina L. Love with UGA's College of Education.

Published by The New Press, Rap on Trial examines the use of "rap lyrics as criminal evidence to convict and incarcerate young men of color" based on hundreds of court cases from across the country.

The 2020 Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Virtual Conference will be held in a webinar format. Topics will focus on the commercial and sexual exploitation of children, LGBTQ+ Youth in foster care and creative justice for survivors. The virtual conference's keynote lecture will be delivered by Director Tom C. Rawlings of the Georgia Division of Children and Family Services. Attorneys participating in the live webinar may earn up to 4 CLE credits.