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Civil Procedure And The New Bar Exam, Jeffrey A. Parness

University of Colorado Law Review Forum

No abstract provided.

Covid And Bar Admissions, Steven R. Smith

Arkansas Law Review

The COVID-19 pandemic, killings of George Floyd and others, and civil unrest created dislocation, hardship, and uncertainty. For millions of people, it included deaths in family, unemployment, and serious mental and physical illness. Graduates of professional schools preparing to take licensing examinations faced unexpected obstacles in meeting licensing standards for their chosen professions. It quickly became apparent, for example, that the usual licensing examination arrangements were problematic. The question for licensing authorities in 2020 was what accommodations would be appropriate to take account of the disruptions applicants faced while fully protecting the public’s interest in careful licensing.

Jd-Next: A Valid And Reliable Tool To Predict Diverse Students’ Success In Law School, Jessica Findley, Adriana Cimetta, Heidi Burross, Katherine Cheng, Matt Charles, Cayley Balser, Ran Li, Christopher Robertson

Faculty Scholarship

Admissions tests have increasingly come under attack by those seeking to broaden access and reduce disparities in higher education. Meanwhile, in other sectors there is a movement towards “work-sample” or “proximal” testing. Especially for underrepresented students, the goal is to measure not just the accumulated knowledge and skills that they would bring to a new academic program, but also their ability to grow and learn through the program. The JD-Next is a fully online, noncredit, 7- to 10-week course to train potential JD students in case reading and analysis skills, prior to their first year of law school. This study …

Evert Family Creates Fund Supporting Veterans Legal Clinic Operations, University Of Georgia School Of Law

Dean's Messages

Announcement of Dean Rutledge that 1983 School of Law alumnus Michael Evert, his wife Angi and their daughters – Emily Evert Scanlon (B.B.A.’09), Georgia Evert O’Donoghue (B.B.A.’11) and Maggie Evert Jones (A.B.’13) – have made a major commitment to support the Veterans Legal Clinic. The establishment of the Michael and Angi Evert Family Endowment for the Veterans Legal Clinic offers perpetual support to help fund the clinic's operations.

Phillips-Sawyer Named Inaugural Wilson Professor In Business Law, University Of Georgia School Of Law

Dean's Messages

Announcement by Dean Rutledge about the establishment of the Jane W. Wilson Professorship in Business Law by an anonymous donor. This professorship will be held by a scholar who is a leader in business law and who is engaged in a combination of teaching, research and public service. The inaugural holder of this position will be Laura Phillips-Sawyer, an expert in U.S. antitrust law and policy.

Goddard Foundation Bolsters Support For Veterans, University Of Georgia School Of Law

Dean's Messages

Announcement by Dean Rutledge that the John N. Goddard Foundation has made a gift to support the University of Georgia School of Law's veterans. This money will help these former military members with bar preparation expenses, professional attire, summer work grants, books and other special costs incurred while earning their law degrees.

School Of Law Achieves New Milestone, University Of Georgia School Of Law

Dean's Messages

Announcement from Dean Rutledge that In the U.S. News & World Report law school rankings released earlier today, the School of Law now ranks 20th among the nation’s 196 fully ABA-accredited law schools (our highest ranking ever).

Memorial Fund Established In Honor Of David Ralston, University Of Georgia School Of Law

Dean's Messages

Announcement from Dean Rutledge that the late Georgia Speaker of the House David E. Ralston is being memorialized with a scholarship bearing his name at the University of Georgia School of Law. The fund will provide support for scholarships, summer fellowships or Georgia leaders-in-residence at the School of Law, in honor of Ralston, who died in November 2022 at the age of 68.

Redefining What It Means To Be A Great National Law School, University Of Georgia School Of Law

Dean's Messages

No abstract provided.

Building Belonging: Proven Methods To Decrease Attrition And Best Serve Law Students, Leila Lawlor

Scholarly Articles

A crucial task for legal educators is to determine how to retain our students, especially those who may be most vulnerable to attrition first-generation students and students of color. This article looks at nine similarly situated ABA-accredited law schools and assesses these schools' success at retaining their students. The nine schools are all public, operate both part-time and full-time J.D. programs, generally enjoy above average diversity, and have somewhat similar national rankings. The nine schools also report similar median LSAT scores and undergraduate GPAs of recent incoming classes. The overall attrition rates and attrition rates for students of color vary …

School Of Law Establishes Five Scholarships With Help Of Uga Foundation Partnership, University Of Georgia School Of Law

Dean's Messages

Announcement of Dean Rutledge of five scholarship funds that are being established through gifts from individual donors and a partnership with the University of Georgia Foundation.

Perryman Family Creates Scholarship To Blend Science With The Law, University Of Georgia School Of Law

Dean's Messages

Announcement by Dean Rutledge that 1986 alumnus David G. Perryman and his wife Kirsti R. Perryman have created a unique scholarship fund that will benefit those with a degree or background in biology, genetics, chemistry, neuroscience or similar area.

Record-Setting Class Enrolls At The School Of Law, University Of Georgia School Of Law

Dean's Messages

Announcement from Dean Rutledge that the The Juris Doctor Class of 2026 boasts a record-high 169 median LSAT score and an impressive 3.83 median undergraduate GPA. These 165 students hail from 26 states and studied at 59 undergraduate institutions. More than 20 are first-generation college graduates, all of who receive financial support as well as programmatic offerings through the First-Start Scholars Program (initiated by a gift from 1982 alumna Kathelen V. Amos and the Daniel P. Amos Family Foundation). We also welcomed six veterans, all of who are guaranteed financial assistance through the Butler Commitment (proudly supported by 1977 …

Matching Funds From Uga Foundation Help Create $500,000 In New Endowed Scholarships, University Of Georgia School Of Law

Dean's Messages

Announcement of Dean Rutledge creating the Eric L. Roden Civil Justice Scholarship will benefit students who have an interest in oral advocacy and the pursuit and defense of civil justice, and the Polsinelli Simmons Family Scholarship, created by Polsinelli Chairman and Chief Executive Officer F. Chase Simmons (J.D.’97), will be designated for students enrolled at the law school who are committed to furthering the advancement of women in law.

Uga Again Named Nation’S Best Value In Legal Education, University Of Georgia School Of Law

Dean's Messages

Announcement from Dean Rutledge that the University of Georgia School of Law was recently named the nation’s Best Value in legal education. Notably, this is the fourth time in the last six years that the school has occupied the top spot in the National Jurist ranking, including an historic three-peat at the number one position from 2018 to 2020.

Dean's Report, 2023, Peter B. Rutledge

Dean’s Reports

"The University of Georgia School of Law is continuing to redefine what it means to be a great national public law school by offering a world-class, hands-on, purpose-driven educational experience while never surrendering our commitment to accessibility.

Throughout 2023, the law school saw many successes, including:

• Being named the nation’s Best Value in legal education for the fourth time in six years by National Jurist
• Achieving a historic ranking of #20 among the nation’s 196 fully ABA-accredited law schools by U.S. News & World Report
• Posting the #4 employment rate in the nation, with nearly 95% of the Class of …

Teaching Slavery In Commercial Law, Carliss N. Chatman

Scholarly Articles

Public status shapes private ordering. Personhood status, conferred or acknowledged by the state, determines whether one is a party to or the object of a contract. For much of our nation’s history, the law deemed all persons of African descent to have a limited status, if given personhood at all. The property and partial personhood status of African-Americans, combined with standards developed to facilitate the growth of the international commodities market for products including cotton, contributed to the current beliefs of business investors and even how communities of color are still governed and supported. The impact of that shift in …

Aba Employment Summary Class Of 2023, University Of Tennessee College Of Law

ABA Disclosures

No abstract provided.

Promoting Technological Competency Through Microlearning And Incentivization, Eliza Boles

Scholarly Works

No abstract provided.

Leveraging Professional Identity Formation In The Doctrinal Law School Class, Louis D. Bilionis

Faculty Articles and Other Publications

American law schools are paying increased attention to the professional identity formation of their students. The trend should grow now that the American Bar Association’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has revised its accreditation standards to prescribe that “a law school shall provide substantial opportunities to students for … (3) the development of a professional identity.”

As law school faculty and staff proceed, professors who teach traditional doctrinal classes may doubt they can do much if anything differently in their courses to support professional identity formation. Questions about course coverage and their own competency to focus …