Faculty Colloquium - Karen Tani
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Karen M. Tani is a scholar of U.S. legal history, with broad interests in poverty law and policy, administrative agencies, rights language, federalism, and the modern American state. Her current research is about the history of disability law in the late twentieth century. She teaches torts, legal and constitutional history, and social welfare law.
Emmet Bondurant on Partisan Gerrymandering and His Life in the Law
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After one week off, we'll pick up again with renowned attorney and UGA Law alumnus Emmet Bondurant, who will engage in a conversation with Professor Ringhand about the law and practice of partisan gerrymandering, especially in light of the upcoming census and a recent Supreme Court decision declaring the practice a non-justiciable political question. Read more about Emmet Bondurant's life in the law here.
Red Clay Conference
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The Red Clay Conference is an annual student-run conference at the University of Georgia School of Law, established to increase public awareness of environmental issues. The theme of the 33rd annual Red Clay Conference is "Environmental Justice for All." The Conference will be on Thursday March 18th and Friday March 19th from 11:00AM to 1:30PM both days through Zoom Webinar.
Judicial Clerkship Job Fair
Superior Court judges conduct pre-selected interviews with 3Ls and recent graduates, for full time post-graduate judicial clerkships and staff attorney positions.
Random Acts of Kindness Week
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Help us kick off Random Acts of Kindness Week on National Random Acts of Kindness Day (Feb. 17)!
The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation wants you to make kindness the norm all week, and so do we. The Path to Lawyer Well-Being even recommends law students help fellow law students to create a community of well-being.
COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits Webinar
Lost income because of COVID-19? Fired for not returning to work? Issues with an unemployment application? Please register for this online webinar.
Organized by the Athens Access to Justice Initiative, the University of Georgia School of Law, the Georgia Legal Services Program and the JF Beasley law firm, the webinar will consist of two parts: presentations from local lawyers and a question and answer session.
Visit athensaccesstojustice.org to register by June 5.
Evening of Conversation featuring attorney Francys Johnson and Dr. Nyota Tucker
Words cannot adequately express the depth of emotion felt by many in our community following the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and other Black Americans. Such tragic and unnecessary losses of life are impossible to comprehend and, in light of this, we are sure that many of you have engaged in countless conversations to try to make sense of the state of race relations in our country.
Navigating the Post-Graduation Landscape: A Discussion with Dr. Jarpa Dawuni
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J. Jarpa Dawuni is Associate Professor of Political Science at Howard University, Washington D.C. She is a qualified Barrister-at-Law before the Ghana Superior Courts of Judicature. She holds a Doctorate in Political Science from Georgia State University. Her primary areas of research include judicial politics, women in the legal professions, gender and the law, international human rights, women's civil society organizing and democratization.