The School of Law's advocacy program is counted among the best in the nation and helps to prepare our students to be effective advocates in and out of the courtroom. Recent rankings have UGA listed as #9 in the nation for both moot court and mock trial. Furthermore, over the past five years, UGA has captured 12 national championships, 18 regional titles and 2 state trophies!
The Appellate Litigation Clinic argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Shaw v. Foreman resulted in a reversal and remand. The case was presented by third-year students Chandler S.K. “Chan” Creswell and Emma Rose Bagwell.
Senior Lecturer Travis M. Trimble published "Environmental Law" in 77 Mercer Law Review 1509 (2026).
Alston Chair in Corporate Law Anne M. Tucker has been inducted as an American Bar Foundation Fellow. This global honorary society is composed of "attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession."
Congratulations to recent graduate Rosalie J. Vendrell (J.D.’26) on being named an Outstanding Law Student Award recipient by the National Association of Women Lawyers, which is presented to law students who “promoted issues and concerns of women in the legal profession.”