BLSA is organizing a march to take place on September 4, 2020. The purpose of this event is to bring awareness to issues affecting law students at UGA (specifically black and brown students) and issues affecting the minority community in Athens, GA.
Masks required. All participants must stay on the sidewalk.
Justice Robert Benham (J.D.'70), the longest serving and first African American member of the Supreme Court of Georgia, will present UGA's 2020 Holmes-Hunter Lecture Feb. 3 at 2 p.m. in the Chapel.
Named in honor of Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Hamilton Holmes, the first African American students to attend UGA, the lecture is sponsored by the Office of the President and focuses on race relations, civil rights and education. It has been held annually since 1985.
Susan R. Lambreth is a founding Principal at LawVision and is nationally recognized as one of the top leadership, practice group and project management consultants for law firms. For over 25 years, she has helped law firms of all sizes improve their profitability and enhance their lawyers' leadership and management skills.
Mr. Jan Zahradil is the Vice Chair of the Committee on International Trade for the European Parliament.
University Professor & M.E. Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues will present on SPACs, direct listings, traditional IPOs, impacts on M&A markets, and considerations for venture-backed companies as part of a University of California Berkeley webinar.
More information can be found at https://tinyurl.com/boosts-berkeley .
The Career Development Office welcomes the following employer to campus today:
Olga V. Mack is the CEO of Parley Pro, a next-generation contract management company that has pioneered online negotiation technology. Olga embraces legal innovation and had dedicated her career to improving and shaping the future of law. She is convinced that the legal profession will emerge even stronger, more resilient, and more inclusive than before by embracing technology. She shares her views in her columns on the Above the Law, Bloomberg Law, Newsweek, and High Performance Counsel.
This session in the American Society of International Law's series on "International Law and the 2020 Presidential Election: What is at Stake"
Join the Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic, the Georgia Justice Project and Street Grace for a webinar on SB435, also known as the Debbie Vance Act. The new law allows vacatur or record restriction of certain convictions for survivors of trafficking in Georgia. The speakers of this webinar will discuss how to identify survivors of trafficking, trauma-informed representation, eligibility and procedure under the Debbie Vance Act, and the required forms from the Georgia Attorney General's office. CLE credit will be available.
The Career Development Office welcomes the following employer to campus today: