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The University of Georgia School of Law Classes of 1989 & 1990 The Georgia Advocate Placement Directory Summer 1988 Letter from the Dean 2 Law School Description and Academic Calendar 3 Placement Policies and Services 4 Faculty 7 Clinical Education Programs 9 Student Publications and Student Organizations 10 Employment Preference Index for the Class of 1989 13 Employment Preference Index for the Class of 1990 14 Directory of Third Year Students (Class of 1989) 15 Directory of Third Year Students Not Pictured 51 Directory of Second Year Students (Class of 1990) 56 Directory of Second Year Students Not Pictured 91 Employer Data Sheet (Job Posting Request Form) 95 Student Portrait Photography: Chuck Moore, Athens, Georgia Cover art © Warren L. Kirbo I I I The high quality of our students is one of the points of pride of The University of Georgia School of Law. The men and women who enter this school as first year students come to us with impressive academic credentials and a demonstrated capacity to excel. They are challenged here by a strong faculty, and by each other, to grow intellectually, to develop their skills and talents, and to appreciate the great traditions of the legal profession that they are about to enter. The School of Law commends these outstanding students for their many and varied accomplishments. They are well suited, by ability and training, to take their places among the best of our profession like the Georgia Law School graduates who have gone before them. C. Ronald Ellington Dean 2 Bar Examination Rate: Of the 156 Georgia graduates who took the Georgia Bar Examination for the first time in July, 1987 or February, 1988, 94.8 percent were successful in qualifying to practice law in the state. International Studies: The Law School has gained an increasingly wide- spread reputation as a center for studies in international law, and is designated a Specialized European Documentation Centre by the European Communities. Offered in the curriculum are courses and seminars in both private and public international law. The program reflects strong interest on the part of students who publish the Geor- gia Journal of International and Comparative Law, one of approxi- mately thirty student published international law journals in the U.S. These students also continue to take an active role in the Law Student Division of the American Society of International Law. The current program of research and instruction in this area is further augmented and expanded by the Dean Rusk Center for International and Com- parative Law, which opened in fall 1977. Order of the Coif A very significant accomplishment in 1977 was the installation of the Georgia Chapter of the Order of the Coif, which recognizes outstanding students from the top 10% of the graduating class. At that time, Georgia's petition for a chapter received a unan- imous vote of approval from the 56 member schools. The installation ofthis chapter ensures recognition ofthe academic accomplishments of our graduates in the legal circles in which they compete. Grading System: The Georgia Law School uses a numerical grading system with letter graduations (Le. plus or minus). Within each class, students are ranked in comparison with their classmates; thus, there is no set g.p.a. breakpoint for class percentiles. The g.p.a. necessary for a certain class percentile will vary from year to year. Employers desiring a grade transcript from a student must request it directly from the individual student. The Placement Office does not provide this service. Employers who receive an official UGA student tran- script need to be aware that the transcript will not reflect a law student's true law school g.p.a. As the UGA Registrar's Office does not compute the plus/minus system used by the law school, the of- ficial transcript reflects only straight letter grades. The UGA Law School Registrar, at the request of a student, can provide a certified law school transcript which will reflect the plus/minus point values. The breakdown of the grading system is as follows: A + (4.3), A (4.0), A - (3.7), B + (3.3), B (3.0), B - (2.7), C + (2.3), C (2.0), The University of Georgia C - (1.7). School of Law History: Established in 1859 as the Joseph H. Lumpkin School of Law, the School is the second oldest of The University of Georgia's thirteen schools and colleges. Enrollment: 631 (1987-88) Academic Calendar Physical Plant: Hirsch Hall, located on the University's north campus, was constructed for the School of Law in 1932. A 2.75 million dollar addition to this building ~>;ascompleted in 1967. This complex pro- vides 102,000 square feet of work and study space. Classrooms and Fall Semester 1988 seminar halls, faculty offices, library, courtroom, student lounges, conference rooms and administrative offices are the facilities for a August 22 Classes begin professional school which administers its own admissions, registra- September 17 - December 5 Available for interview dates tion and placement services. An annex to the law library was com- November 21 - 25 Thanksgiving Recess pleted in March, 1981. The new building accommodates 106,000 December 5 Classes end volumes and provides office and study space, two conference rooms December 9 - 17 Examinations and an audiovisual room. In addition, the Dean Rusk Center for December 18 - January 10, 1989 Winter Recess International Law, located in Waddel Hall, provides office and con- ference room facilities for the school's expanding research and in- structional programs in the field of International Law. Law Library: The Law Library is one of the 25 largest law school libraries in the United States. This official size category established Spring Semester 1989 by the Association of American Law Schools and American Asso- January 11 Classes begin ciation of Law Libraries is in recognition of the library's volume and January 17 - April 26 Available for interview dates volume equivalent count. The collection includes a comprehensive February I First day written requests accepted for Fal/1989 Interview Dates listing of material on Anglo-American law as well as extensive hold- March 27-31 Spring Recess ings in international relations law and foreign law. April 3 First day telephone requests accepted for Fal/1989 Interview Dates Student Body: Students come to the School of Law from undergraduate April 26 Classes end degree programs in some 82 colleges and universities located in May I - May 10 Examinations approximately 28 states. Each year approximately 200 students are May 13 Commencement admitted to the first year class. 3 THE Placement Services The services provided by the Placement Office to prospective em- PLACEMENT ployers are listed below: On-Campus Interviews Employers who would like to conduct personal interviews with stu- OFFICE dents at the law school are provided office space to do so. Interviews may be scheduled with LL.M. students and third year students seeking permanent employment and/or first and second year students and for- The University of Georgia Law School is a member of the National eign LL.M. students seeking summer employment or part-time em- Association for Law Placement (NALP) and has been since 1977. NALP ployment. First year students may not participate in fall on-campus was organized in 1971 to promote the exchange of information and interviews but are permitted to interview on-campus in the spring se- cooperation between law schools and employers. To further advance mester. Employers desiring to interview on-campus during fall semester those interests, NALP developed in 1978 the NALP Principles and may either telephone the Placement Office on or after the first business Standards for Law Placement and Recruitment Activities to which the day of April to reserve a fall semester interview date or may mail in Georgia Law School subscribes. A copy of the NALP Principles and a written request after February I on a special form provided by the Standards will be sent to interested employers upon request. Placement Office. Employers wishing to conduct interviews during the The Placement Office serves as a liaison between employers and law spring semester are asked to contact the Placement Office at least one students and as a source for information regarding the legal employ- month in advance of their desired spring semester interview date. ment market. The office acts as a clearinghouse for job notices from prospectiv~ employers seeking to hire for permanent, summer or part- Off-Campus Interviews time positions. We also provide placement assistance to employers seeking to hire experienced lawyers. Prospective employers are invited Employers who are located within 90 miles of Athens may wish to to use the services of our office and thereby gain exposure to a select have the Placement Office arrange for students to interview at the group of very talented and highly motivated individuals. employer's place of business. Employers outside the 90 mile limit or out-of-state employers who find themselves in Atlanta, Georgia on busi- ness may wish to take advantage of this service also.