The Georgia Advocate Placement Directory University of Georgia School of Law

Digital Commons @ Georgia Law Other Law School Publications Archives 7-1-1986 The Georgia Advocate Placement Directory University of Georgia School of Law Repository Citation University of Georgia School of Law, "The Georgia Advocate Placement Directory" (1986). Other Law School Publications. 97. https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/lectures_pre_arch_archives_other/97 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives at Digital Commons @ Georgia Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Other Law School Publications by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Georgia Law. Please share how you have benefited from this access For more information, please contact [email protected]. The University of Georgia School of Law Classes of 1987 & 1988 .. The Georgia Advocate Placement Directory Summer 1986· Letter from the Dean 2 Law School Description and Academic Calendar 3 Placement Policies and Procedures 4 Faculty 6 Clinical Education Programs and Student Publications 8 Student Organizations 9 Employment Preference Index for the Class of 1987 12 Directory of Third Year Students (Class of 1987) 13 Directory of Second Year Students (Class of 1988) 44 Employer Data Sheet (Job Posting Request Form) 77 Student Portrait Photography: Chuck Moore, Athens, Georgia With great pleasure and pride we introduce in this directory the Classes of 1987 and 1988 of The University of Georgia School of Law. The 1987 graduating class, 192 students selected from 1,326 applicants, entered the Georgia Law School in the fall of 1984 with a mean undergraduate grade point average of 3.33 and a median Law School Admission Test score of 38 (85th percentile). Our second year class (Class of 1988), 201 students selected from 1,549 applicants, entered Georgia in the fall of 1985 with a mean undergraduate grade point average of 3.34 and a median Law School Admission Test score of 38 (85th percentile). The selectivity of our admissions standards and the entering qualifications of our students combine to assure competence in these students, who then participate in a rigorous course of study. This course of study, a comprehensive program in legal education, includes a carefully planned curriculum, taught by legal educators whose national and international reputations rest on their instruction, scholarship and service. Our students themselves conduct research and study in a Law School Library ranked among the top twenty-five in the nation as defined by the 1985 ABA Review of Legal Education. To broaden their education, many of these students participate in clinical programs that include prosecution, legal aid, legal writing for publication, and trial presentation, and they become involved in organizations that offer practical experience in and a respect for our legal system. We welcome your inquiries about these students, encourage you to use our placement services, and invite you to visit The University of Georgia School of Law at your earliest convenience. p{~ L-{ J. Ralph Beaird Dean 2 Bar Examination Rate: Of the 169 Georgia graduates who took the Georgia Bar Examination for the first time in July 1985 or February 1986, 92 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. 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 Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, one of twenty student published interna- tionallaw 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 Comparative 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 of this chapter ensures recognition of the 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 (i.e. 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 transcript 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 official 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 - (3,1), B + (3.3), B (3.0), B - (2.7), C + The University of Georgia (2.3), C (2.0), 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 thir- teen schools and colleges. Enrollment: 590 (1985-86) 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 was completed in 1967. This complex provides 102,000 square feet of work and study space. Classrooms and seminar halls, faculty offices, library, courtroom, student lounges, conference rooms and administrative offices are the facilities for a Academic Calendar professional school which administers its own admissions, regis- tration and placement services. An annex to the law library was Fall Semester 1986 completed in March 1981. The new building accommodates 106,000 volumes and provides office and study space, two conference rooms August 21 Classes begin and an audiovisual room. In addition, the Dean Rusk Center for September 18 - December 4 Available for interview dates International Law, located in Waddel Hall, provides office and con- November 24 - 28 Thanksgiving Recess ference room facilities for the school's expanding research and in- December 4 Classes end structional programs in the field of International Law. December 9 - 17 Examinations Law Library: The Law Library is one of the 25 largest law school December 18 - January 13, 1987 Winter Recess libraries in the United States. This official size category established by the Association of American Law Schools and American As- sociation of Law Libraries is in recognition of the library's 373,781 Spring Semester 1987 volume and volume equivalent count. The collection includes a January 14 Classes begin comprehensive listing of material on Anglo-American law as well January 15 - April 29 Available for interview dates as extensive holdings in international relations law and foreign law. March 23-27 Spring Recess Student Body: Students come to the School of Law from undergraduate April I First day for scheduling Fall 1987 Interviews degree programs in some 77 colleges and universities located in April 29 Classes end approximately 21 states. Each year approximately 200 students are May 4 - May 13 Examinations admitted to the first year class. May 16 Commencement 3 Experienced Lawyer/Alumni Placement Service THE The Placement Office maintains a file of information regarding law school alumni who are seeking jobs. The alumni files include graduates who have experienced short term employment in judicial clerkships, PLACEMENT fellowships or military service, those who have pursued additional study, and those who have been in practice and are interested in changing the nature or location of their work. Employers having positions they OFFICE desire to fill with experienced attorneys are urged to notify us; we will then publish the job notice in our twice-monthly Alumni Newsletter and interested alumni will contact the employer directly. The Placement Office serves as a liaison between legal employers and law students and as a source of information about the legal employment market. Its primary function is to serve as a clearinghouse Placement Policies for employment notices. Prospective employers are invited to use our Because the employer is the individual most familiar with the re- services and thereby gain exposure to some of the finest aspiring legal quirements of a particular position, the Placement Office does not practitioners in the country. screen students for interviews. All jobs posted by the Placement Office are displayed in the Placement Resource Center for viewing by the entire student body; the employer may then review resumes of inter- The Student Body ested students to determine which applicants appear to be most ap- propriate for consideration. We will, in short, attempt in every way to The University of Georgia School of Law graduates annually some facilitate the employer's recruitment process but, in fairness to em- of the finest new attorneys available anywhere in the United States. In ployer and applicant, refrain from influencing hiring decisions. light of our stringent admissions policy, each entering class is composed The University of Georgia School of Law is committed to a policy of college graduates from the top of their classes who have demon- of equal employment opportunity for individuals regardless of their strated outstanding aptitude for the study and practice oflaw.

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