Faculty Events

The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) Legal Observer program is part of a comprehensive system of legal support by NLG's Mass Defense Committee designed to enable people to express their political views as fully as possible without unconstitutional disruption or interference by the police and with the fewest possible consequences from the criminal justice system.

Join us for a conversation with Professor Ringhand on the nuts and bolts of election regulation. Many of the most contentious issues surrounding this year's presidential election involve basic election administration. Professor Ringhand will talk us through the basic laws undergirding voter registration, mail in and absentee voting, polling place operation, and the Electoral Count Act to help all of us become better consumers of news on election night. Register here.

The Women's Law Student Association is hosting the 38th Annual Edith House Lecture featuring Georgia Supreme Court Justices Carla Wong McMillian and Sarah Hawkins Warren. They will share their backgrounds, experiences as women in the legal profession and paths to the state of Georgia's highest court.

The link to the webinar will be sent to the law school community the morning of the event.

The UGA community will be in a contest with Auburn University in today's blood drive to see which university's members will donate the most number of pints. The drive is open to the entire UGA community with t-shirts and insomnia cookies being given out to participants.

Tom Syring is an expert in international refugee and migration law and policy, Chairman of the Oslo-based Human Rights Research League, and co-editor of Still Waiting for Tomorrow: The Law and Politics of Unresolved Refugee Crises."

Lunch will be offered. RSVP is encouraged but not required.

A virtual celebration of the Portrait Unveiling Ceremony for Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar (J.D.'79).