Career Services

University of Georgia School of Law graduates are among the most successful in the country.  A degree from Georgia Law can present you with a myriad of attractive employment opportunities.

Georgia Law alumni work in public interest, business, government, academia and private practice in 47 states and more than 50 countries around the world. Our alumni hold some of the highest positions in government and manage some of the country's largest law firms. Georgia Law has supplied judicial clerks to the U.S. Supreme Court for 4 out of the last 5 years, a record of success that bests nearly every other law school in the U.S.

Current Georgia Law students take advantage of the Office of Legal Career Services and receive individualized career assistance, learn job search and interview techniques and explore career opportunities. Career services available to current students include job fairs and interviews, career seminars, alumni mentoring, mock interviews and extensive job listings.

 

Resources for Current Law Students


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Class of 2008

  • Total graduates: 203
  • Employed: 98.5%
  • Average salary: $90,466

Contact Admissions

Phone: (706) 542-7060
E-mail: ugajd@uga.edu  

Alumni Insight

What alumni are saying

 

"I have hired young lawyers for positions on Capitol Hill and served as hiring partner for my firm. Georgia Law graduates compare very favorably with law graduates from anywhere in the country. The quality of the law school experience in Athens prepares a student well for whatever future legal career path the student wishes to explore."

 

C. Randall Nuckolls, J.D. ‘77
Partner - McKenna Long & Aldridge, Washington, D.C.