Today, one of the most academically talented classes in the University of Georgia School of Law's history begins the three-year pursuit of a law degree.
Counting the recent selection of University of Georgia School of Law alumna Merritt E. McAlister as a U.S. Supreme Court judicial clerk for the October 2009 term, the law school will have had graduates serve the nation's highest court in this capacity for four out of five years.
The University of Georgia School of Law's alumni association recently presented its highest honor, the Distinguished Service Scroll Award, to Eleanor F. Banister of Atlanta, Ga., and the Honorable B. Avant Edenfield of Savannah, Ga.
For those who were unable to attend The Report of the Secretaries of State: Bipartisan Advice to the Next Administration held in late March, a one-hour edited version of the two-hour roundtable will be broadcast on the University of Georgia's cable channel, Channel 15, on Charter Communications.
U.S. Congressman John Barrow will deliver the keynote address at the University of Georgia School of Law's commencement on Saturday, May 17.