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The Butler Scholarship is available to incoming 1L Georgia Law students who have a demonstrated record of academic excellence, significant personal achievement, and a strong desire and commitment to practice public interest law and to serve the public good.  The fund was established in 2005 by a generous gift from James E. Butler, a 1977 graduate of Georgia Law, who is a founding partner of the law firm Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer and who has earned a reputation as one of the best plaintiffs’ lawyers in the country.  He has tried over 140 civil cases to verdict.

Mr. Butler earned an A.B. degree in journalism from the University of Georgia in 1972.  He worked as a newspaper reporter from the age of 15 through college, and then owned a construction company in Cumming, Georgia before starting law school in the fall of 1974.  He was a Woodruff Scholar all three years of law school.  He also served on the editorial board of the Georgia Law Review and was active in the school’s moot court program.  Mr. Butler won the Russell First Year as well as the Talmadge Second Year Moot Court Competitions.  He was a member of the school’s National Moot Court team and was named Best Oralist at the Southern Moot Court Competition.

Application Procedure

Applicants must submit a Letter of Interest (250 word maximum) accompanied by a current resume by March 15, 2012.  The Letter of Interest should include evidence of a strong desire and commitment to practice public interest law and to serve the public good.  The letter of interest and resume should be emailed to Ramsey Bridges, Assistant Director of Law Admissions, at rhb@uga.edu by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 15, 2012.