During the 2019-20 academic year, the Jane W. Wilson Family Justice Clinic logged more than 2,700 hours of service to over 200 individual callers seeking assistance. This represents a 16% increase in the number of callers over the previous school year, despite the clinic implementing remote working conditions due to COVID-19 during the spring semester.
Employment statistics for the Class of 2019 place the School of Law at 9th in the nation for "gold-standard" full-time law jobs, 9th for federal clerkships and 13th for jobs requiring bar passage or where a J.D. is considered an advantage, according to Law.com. Statistics are based on employment 10 months after graduation and underscore the first-rate training our students receive and employers prefer.
Congratulations to second-year student Nneka I. Ewulonu for being selected as an Equal Justice Works 2020 Regional Public Interest Award winner. She is one of eight law students from law schools across the country chosen for their exemplary commitment to public interest law and pro bono work.
The Business Law Clinic achieved a significant victory for an unusual beneficiary when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approved an innovative conservation agreement that created partnerships to maintain monarch butterflies' habitats. This voluntary conservation effort is being viewed as a creative solution to combat the monarch's decline, according to Business Law Clinic Director Willow Tracy.
If your income has been impacted by COVID-19 and you are struggling to pay rent, plan to register for a free Tenants' Rights Webinar to be held May 9 at 10 a.m. Organized by the Athens Access to Justice Initiative, the University of Georgia School of Law and the Georgia Legal Services Program, the webinar will consist of two parts: presentations from local lawyers and a question and answer session. The online sign-up form - located at https://tinyurl.com/y89vnye7 - has a space for participants to submit questions prior to the program.