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The 2022-23 advocacy season was a great success with the School of Law capturing three national titles – the Hunton Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship, the LL.M. International Commercial & Investment Arbitration Moot Competition and the Top Gun National Mock Trial Competition (for the second year in a row). Other key victories include regional wins in the American Association for Justice National Student Trial Advocacy Competition and the National Trial Competition as well as the fifth straight trophy in the annual Florida/Georgia-Hulsey/Gambrell Moot Court Competition. These results bring the School of Law's five-year tally to 12 national titles, 11 regional crowns and three state trophies.
The late Georgia Speaker of the House David E. Ralston is being memorialized with a scholarship fund bearing his name at the University of Georgia School of Law. The fund will provide support for scholarships, summer fellowships or Georgia leaders-in-residence at the School of Law, in memory of Ralston, who died in November 2022 at the age of 68. The fund was established by Joel O. Wooten, a 1975 graduate of the School of Law, who knew Ralston for many years, with the University of Georgia Foundation offering matching funds.
Brock Associate Professor in Professional Responsibility Nathan S. Chapman provided three important takeaways from the U.S. Supreme Court's recently released decision in Groff v. DeJoy, which expanded the rights of employees against religious discrimination in the workplace.
Hosch Professor & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand, who is an election law expert, offers insight into the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Moore v. Harper decision. “The Supreme Court's recent decision in Moore v. Harper puts to rest some of the more extreme claims made in the 2020 presidential election. It also ensures that states, like Georgia, that protect elections and voting rights in their state constitutions can have confidence that decisions about what those provisions mean will continue to be decided by judges within the state, who are best situated to understand state law."