Digital Commons @ Georgia Law Other Law School Publications Archives 7-1-1974 The Georgia Advocate Placement Edition University of Georgia School of Law Repository Citation University of Georgia School of Law, "The Georgia Advocate Placement Edition" (1974). Other Law School Publications. 89. https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/lectures_pre_arch_archives_other/89 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 Georgia Advocate Placement Edition Summer 1974 Vol. 10 No.2 Published by the University of Georgia Law School Association This placement directory introduces the 1975 graduating We welcome your inquiries about our placement pro- class of the University of Georgia School of Law. We are proud gram, encourage you to post your employment needs with us, of all these graduates who are prepared to assume responsible and invite you to visit the University of Georgia campus and positions in the legal community. make use of our interview facilities at the Law School. The present senior class entered the Georgia Law School in the fall of 1972 with an average undergraduate grade point average of 3.14 and an average Law School Admission Test score of 614. The 207 third-year students were selected for law school admission from among 1,687 applicants. As you can see, the 1974 graduate was well qualified when he or she entered the J.D. degree program, and the completion of three years of comprehensive studies has Neill H. Alford, Jf. confirmed our confidence in each graduate's ability to succeed Dean in some field of the law. This comprehensive program of study includes a carefully planned and executed curriculum, instruc- tion under legal educators who are nationally-known for competence in their specialties and opportunities to partici- pate in clinical programs of prosecution and legal aid, legal Gwen L. Yawn writing for publication and trial preparation. Director of Placement The placement office serves as a clearinghouse where employment inquiries directed to the Law School may be distributed to student applicants. This office makes a careful effort to establish contact between prospective employers and students whose interests are compatible with the type of work and job location each opportunity affords. Employers may utilize placement services either by conducting interview sessions at the Law School or through recruitment by mail leading to interviews at the employer's office. The Law School is open for interview appointments Monday through Friday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and Placement 5:00 p.m. and, if necessary, on Saturday between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon. The calendar on page 4 outlines the academic Procedures / schedule for 1974-75. Unless otherwise requested, interviews ../ are scheduled in twenty-minute periods. and ~ .. Each student who desires to use placement services submits a brief resume which is deposited in office files. As an employer lists a job opening with the Law School, information Policies. on the position is posted with access to all students. The notice usually states the title of the position, whether it is a permanent job or summer clerkship, the location of the job, description of the duties, salary range and applicant specifications appropriate to the work. Interested candidates will sign listings in the Placement In compliance with University of Georgia policy, all Office which authorize their resumes to be sent to the placement services provided by the University are to be prospective employer. These resumes are assembled, photo- administered in a manner which provides equal opportunities copied and sent to the employer for review before an for the employment of individuals who are entitled to use such on-campus interview session, or for selection by an employer services. Therefore, placement office files and listings are not who plans to invite applicants to the firm or agency office. available to any organization which discriminates against any For those who visit the campus for an interview session, person because of race, creed, sex, religion, or national origin. conference rooms are provided in the law building. Appoint- The placement Office will not attempt to screen ment times are designated for each student and this schedule is applicants for a specific job request. The obligation of this available to the interviewer upon arrival. Parking permits and office is to provide a procedure whereby interested applicants maps of the campus are sent in each advance packet. For those may identify themselves to an employer. Students are en- who need overnight accommodations, a list of Athens motels couraged, through their resumes, to provide as much informa- is also available. tion about themselves as possible. It is the information If an employer is unable to come to Athens for personal provided by the student which should serve as guidelines for interviews, he may still request resumes to be sent from the judgment by the employer pursuant to an interview. Law School or seek direct application from the student. As a courtesy to the job applicant and as a means of Please direct inquiries to: Director of Placement, School maintaining current and accurate job listings, employers are of Law; University of Georgia; Athens, Georgia 30602; asked to notify the placement office when a position which it telephone: area code 404-542-2511. advertised has been filled. Employer Request for Place men t Services University of Georgia School of Law Address _ Name of personnel director/recruitment chairman _ Telephone _ (area code) (number) Job description _ Applicant specifications _ First Year _ Second year _ Third year _ Datepostlionbecomesavailable. ----------- For on-campus interviewers: a. Preferred interview dates First choice _ Second choice _ Third choice _ b. Beginning time, _ c. Interview length Thirty minutes _ Fifteen minutes ------- Twenty minutes _ d. Names of interviewers, _ For inquiry by mail: a. Resumes to be sent from Placement Office _ (Allow at least two weeks for processing request, posting of notice, sign-ups by students, resume duplication and return correspondence.) b. Direct response by individual student. _ Closing date for consideration, _ Other special instructions, _ 3 Academic Calendar Fall, 1974 September 18 Classes begin September 30 - November 25 Available for interview dates November 26 Classes end December 2 - December 6 Examinations Winter, 1975 January 6 Classes begin January 13 - March 13 Available for interview dates March 14 Classes end March 15 - March 20 Examinations Spring, 1975 March 26 Classes begin March 31 - June 2 Available for interview dates June 3 Classes end June 4 - June 9 Examinations June 13 Graduation History: Established in 1859 as the Joseph H. Lumpkin School of Law, the School is the second oldest unit of the University of Georgia's thirteen schools and colleges. Enrollment: 655 (1973-1974) 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. The new law complex provides seven times the space formerly available to the School. Classrooms and seminar halls, faculty offices, library, courtroom, student lounges, conference rooms and administrative offices are the facilities for a professional school which administers its own admissions, registration and placement services. Law Library: The Law Library shelves more than 210,000 volumes of legal research material. In terms of volume count, it is the 17th largest among the nation's 163 law libraries. Bar Examination Data: One hundred per cent of the 1972-73 Georgia graduates who took the Georgia Bar Examination were successful in qualifying to practice law in the state. During the 1972-73 academic year, 189 seniors completed requirements for the J.D. degree. Of that number, 180 graduates took the Georgia Bar Examination in either February or July 1973. The passing percentage for both examinations was 100. 4 Administrative Faculty NEILL H. ALFORD, Dean ALBERT M. PEARSON, Ill, Assistant Professor SAMUEL M. DAVIS, Assistant Dean B.A., Birmingham-Southern College, 1969 SEWELL M. BRUMBY, Law Librarian J.D., Vanderbilt University, 1972 FRANK G. POLSTER, JR., Registrar WALTER RAY PHILLIPS, Professor GWENDOLYN L. Y AWN, Assistant to Dean, Director of A.B., University of North Carolina, 1954 Placement LL.B., Emory University, 1957 JAMES W. CURTIS, Director, Institute of Continuing Legal LL.M., Emory University, 1962 Education MACK PLAYER, Associate Professor ROBERT C. KATES, Director, Office of Special Studies A.B., Drury College, 1963 ROBERT D. PECKHAM, Director, Legal Aid and Defender J.D., University of Missouri, 1965 Society LL.M., George Washington University, 1972 B. THOMAS COOK, JR., Director, Prosecutorial Clinic JOHN REES, JR., Professor B.A., Hobart College, 1954 LL.B., University of Virginia, 1957 Instructional Faculty DEAN RUSK, Samuel H. Sibley Professor of International Law NEILL H. ALFORD, JR., Joseph H. Lumpkin Professor of A.B., Davidson College, 1931 Law B.S., St. John's Oxford, 1933 B.A., The Citadel, 1940 M.A., St. John's Oxford, 1934 LL.B., University of Virginia, 1947 *CHARLES SAUNDERS, JR., Professor J.S.D., Yale University, 1966 B.S., University of Wisconsin, 1952 VAUGHN C. BALL, Thomas R. R. Cobb Professor of Law LL.B., University of Virginia, 1958 A.B., Washington University, 1947 PERRY SENTELL, JR., Professor LL.B., Washington University, 1937 A.B., University of Georgia, 1956 RALPH BEAIRD, University Professor LL.B., University of Georgia, 1958 B.S., University of Alabama, 1949 LL.M., Harvard, 1961 LL.B., University of Alabama, 1951 IRA B. SHEPARD, Assistant Professor LL.M., George Washington University, 1953 A.B., Harvard, 1958 EMILY C.