Congratulations to Amy Weaver, winner of the 2021 Emma Terrell Distinguished Employee Award. Presented annually by the Law School Staff Representative Group, the award recognizes “individuals who have demonstrated a strong work ethic, commitment to service, and exceptional job performance as well as the cooperation needed to ensure the School of Law meets and exceeds its goals.”
The School of Law was recently ranked among the best law schools in the nation for its classroom experience and for the number of its students securing federal clerkships. The annual rankings produced by The Princeton Review are based on its survey of students and school-reported data.
The Appellate Litigation Clinic recently obtained a remand in the case Naranjo Garcia v. Barr. The clinic team has worked on this case since 2019 and, after winning in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in February, the case was sent back to the Board of Immigration Appeals. In this jurisdiction, the clinic filed a motion to remand to the Immigration Judge for further factfinding on whether the client is eligible for asylum and withholding of removal. The motion was granted, allowing the client to present new evidence on whether her particular social groups are cognizable and on whether her home country is unable or unwilling to control the cartels that targeted her and her family.
Congratulations to third-year students Benjamin S. "Ben" Causey, Starlyn M. Endres, Alexander J. "Alex" Hill and Tyerus R. Skala; second-year students Michael S. Reynolds and Julian M. Saviano; and first-year students Patricia Fors, Blaise V. Gargiulo and Michael J. Hines for receiving scholarships through the UGA Student Veterans Resource Center. More than 200 student veterans are currently pursuing undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees at UGA, and 65 were awarded scholarships.
Associate Dean and Martin Chair of Law Andrea L. Dennis was featured on The Rooster regarding her research on rap lyrics used as evidence in trials. The article titled "Lawmakers Attempt To Ban Self-Snitching Rap Lyrics From Being Used As Evidence" was written by Evan Vitkovski and published 11/30/21.