The University of Georgia School of Law (Georgia Law) is the

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. It was founded in 1859, making it one of the oldest American university law schools in continuous operation. Georgia Law accepted 14.77% of applicants for the class entering in 2023. Georgia Law recent graduates include 11 governors, over 110 state and federal legislators, approximately 70 federal judges, and numerous state supreme court justices, practitioners, government officials, ambassadors, trial court judges, academics and law firm principals. Notable recent alumni of Georgia Law include former acting

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and present Senior Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals Larry Edmondson, and Ertharin Cousin, named to the ''TIME'' 100 most influential people in the world list and Payne Distinguished Professor at

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's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.

History

The law school was founded in 1859. The founding three professors of the university's new law school included one of the United States' first state supreme court chief justices, Joseph Lumpkin, a Princeton alumnus. Joining him was attorney Thomas Cobb, who was the author of first enacted comprehensive codification of common law in the United States. The third original law professor was William Hull, an honors graduate of the University of Georgia, who had been a United States Attorney and a Solicitor General of the United States. Previously, law courses had been offered as part of the undergraduate curriculum of Franklin College of the university. The first classes of the Lumpkin Law School, as it was originally designated, were held at the law offices of Lumpkin and Cobb at the corner of Prince Avenue and Pulaski Street until 1873. By 1880, the curriculum included courses in equity, parliamentary law, and various commercial law studies such as partnership, insurance, tax, and tariffs. Around 1889, stricter admission standards mandated that students be at least 18 years old. Two years later, an entrance exam had been instituted. The modern method of case law instruction was ushered in during the 1920s. In December 1931, the school was granted membership in the Association of American Law Schools. After being housed in various buildings over the years, the law school in 1932 moved into the new Hirsch Hall, named in honor of prominent attorney Harold Hirsch, located on historic North Campus at the University of Georgia. Hirsch Hall, expanded by many thousands of square feet over the years in connected buildings and upgrades, remains the site of law school classrooms and offices, as well as the Alexander Campbell King Law Library and the Hatton Lovejoy Courtroom. A 2012 renovation created almost 4,000 square feet of additional space, including a cafe and enclosed three story courtyard. The law school's four-story, 40,000-square-foot separate addition, Dean Rusk Hall, opened in 1996 adjacent to Hirsch Hall. Named for former U.S. Secretary of State

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, who was a Georgia Law professor, this building became the new home of the Dean Rusk International Law Center, founded in 1977. Dean Rusk Hall also houses additional classrooms, faculty offices, and library space, and a second law school courtroom, the James E. Butler Courtroom. In the three years up to 2020, the Law School raised an additional $61 million to add to its endowment for scholarships, teaching, clinics, and experiential offerings. In 2024, the Law School received an additional $5 million donation from the Stanton Foundation.

Academics

More than 300 courses, clinics, and seminars are offered at Georgia Law, including business-related law, property-related law, personal rights and public interest law, trial and appellate practice, as well as global practice preparation. Although academics, theory, and legal reasoning are primary, Georgia Law is also ranked A+ and 16th of all ABA law schools for practical training. Ninety-four percent of students participate in clinics and externships. Degrees awarded include the

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(J.D.), the

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(LL.M.) for foreign-trained lawyers, and th
Master in the Study of Law
(M.S.L.) for those who do not want to practice law, but wish to gain an understanding of legal principles and perspectives in order to advance their careers. Students also may choose to pursue interdisciplinary coursework in other University schools and colleges, or to earn one of many dual degrees including a J.D./M.B.A. or LL.M./M.B.A. The law school is accredited by the

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(ABA), is a member of the Association of American Law Schools, has a chapter of the Order of the Coif, and is host to two advocacy inns: Lumpkin Inn of Court, one of the earliest American inns of court, and E. Wycliffe Orr Sr. American Inn of Court. Both are modeled after the English inns of court. It is also an academic partner of the

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Admissions

The law school is among the most selective law schools in the nation, Georgia Law accepting 14.77% of applicants for the Class entering in 2023, with that class having an ''median'' LSAT score of 169 and ''median'' undergraduate

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of 3.83. Georgia Law's 2022 ''average'' selectivity rating was 96 out of a possible maximum of 99, Georgia Law enrolled students being in the top 3% of law school applicants. Approximately 27% of enrolled students self-identify as belonging to historically underrepresented groups. Although grades, degrees earned, and standardized test scores are important, for each applicant the admissions committee primarily considers a mandatory personal admission essay, a mandatory resume detailing the applicant's education, employment, fellowships, skills, honors, awards, community involvement, volunteer work, and other accomplishments, as well as mandatory letters of recommendation. The 165 students entering in 2023 came from 26 states, 15 countries, and 59 undergraduate institutions. Of those students, 73% received merit based scholarships and 92% received some form of financial aid.

Student support and faculty to student ratio

Georgia Law's Mentorship Program matches every law student with a faculty member mentor, an upperclassman peer mentor, a Career Development Office counselor, and an alumnus professional mentor. There are just six students for each faculty member.

Rankings

For the 2024 ''Top 50 Law School Rankings,'' of the 196 ABA-approved law schools, Georgia Law was ranked No.13. However, according to the study by

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, Georgia Law ranked in the top ten nationally for employment outcomes, while ''

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'' recognized Georgia law as being in the top five law schools offering the best salary-to-debt ratios in the nation. Furthermore, the law school has been ranked No.13 of the top best law schools by ''the National Jurist'' as well as by Above the Law. ''U.S. News & World Report's'' 2025 ranks Georgia Law tied for 22nd out of 197 ABA schools, with ''U.S. News'' also ranking Georgia Law the No.10 school out of 197 schools for Law Schools With the Most Graduates in Federal Clerkships. The is school additionally individually ranked in Trial Advocacy, Business/Corporate Law, Clinical Training, Constitutional Law, Contracts/Commercial Law, Dispute Resolution, Environmental Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Law, Healthcare Law, Legal Writing, and Tax Law. Finally, based on outcome-driven factors such as average indebtedness, bar passage, and employment, Georgia Law has been ranked No.1 as the best value in legal education in the United States by ''the National Jurist'' since 2019 for five years.

Law review and journals

Georgia Law students publish four legal journals:
'' Georgia Law Review''
''Journal of Intellectual Property Law''
''Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law''
''Georgia Criminal Law Review''.
These journals have frequently been cited by federal and state courts, as well as textbooks and law reviews. Membership on the journals is limited to students in their second and third years of law school. In addition to the ''Georgia Law Review,'' students publish the online component, the ''Georgia Law Review Posts'', which features essays by students, practitioners, judges, and professors focused primarily on timely legal issues in the U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. courts of appeals.

Alexander Campbell King Law Library

The Alexander Campbell King Law Library is the oldest and largest

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in the state of Georgia. In 1967, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black gave the keynote address at an outdoor ceremony to dedicate a modern law library building adjacent to Hirsch Hall. Housing a collection of more than 500,000 digital and print titles, the law library is a founding member of the Legal Information Preservation Alliance and the Law Library Microform Consortium. It has been designated a Federal Depository Library. The library is also one of the United States' Specialized European Documentation Centres, houses the Faculty Writings Collection, the Phillips Nuremberg Trials Collection, the Rare Book Collection, and the J. Alton Hosch Collection, which includes the extensive personal library of Dean Hosch, a member of the law school faculty from 1935 to 1964. The Louis B. Sohn Library on International Relations is housed within the school's Dean Rusk International Law Center. The Sohn library is the extensive international law collection of Louis B. Sohn, who was the Woodruff Chair professor at Georgia Law and previously the Bemis Professor of International Law at

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Clinics and related initiatives

For the 2020–21 academic year, more than 450 Georgia Law students enrolled in clinical and field placement programs for approximately 94,000 hours. There are over 100 organizations, experiential learning and practical training offerings, and other additional education opportunities at Georgia Law. Some of the offerings include, without limitation, the Business Law Clinic, Civil Law Practice Externships, the Corporate Counsel Externship, the Environmental Law Practicum, the Washington D.C. Semester in Practice, the First Amendment Clinic, the Atlanta Semester in Practice, Corsair Law Society (transactions and litigation in major financial markets), the Family Justice Clinic, Labor & Employment Law Association, Public Interest Law Council, Real Estate & Other Property Organization, the Mediation Clinic, the Community Health Law Partnership (HeLP) Clinic, Business Law Society, American Constitution Society, the Public Interest Practicum and Fellowships, Health Law Society, Intellectual Property Law Society, International Law Society, the Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic, Family Law Society, Association of Law and Politics, the Criminal Defense Practicum, the Prosecutorial Justice Program, Environmental Law Association, Veteran Legal Services Clinic, Trial Lawyers Association, Practicum in Animal Welfare Skills, Entertainment & Sports Law Society, Federal Bar Association, Tax Law Society, national award-winning

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, mock trial, and negotiation programs (for example, in last five years members have been awarded 28 national and ten regional titles and, for the average of three years through 2023, the moot court program was ranked sixth best of all 196 U.S. ABA accredited law schools), Georgia Law–Leuven Centre Global Governance Summer School in Belgium, Georgia Law at the

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program, and the Capital Assistance Project. Students in the Appellate Litigation Clinic have briefed and argued before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth,

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, Eleventh, and D.C. Circuits (with students winning five times in four courts in 2020–2021). The Global Externship initiative provides global practice preparation for many students each summer, for instance past practice preparation included, without limitation, placement with law firms like DLA Piper in Russia, GÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB in Germany, Priti Suri & Associates (PSA) in India, Siqueira Castro Advogados in Brazil, and King & Wood Mallesons in China. To educate students in the benefits of public service and the functioning of the judiciary, up to 20 jurists, including U.S. Supreme Court justices, U.S. Court of Appeals judges, and trial judges, visit Georgia Law to teach classes.

Costs

''U.S. News & World Report'' ranks Georgia Law as having the lowest tuition of the top 20 law schools. The total of tuition and fees for one year at Georgia Law is $18,994 for Georgia residents and $37,752 for non-residents. The total cost of attendance (including the cost of tuition, fees, room and board, books and supplies, transportation, and miscellaneous personal expenses) for the 2022–23 academic year is estimated to be $36,694 for Georgia residents living on-campus, $39,860 for Georgia residents living off-campus, $56,286 for non-residents living on-campus, and $59,452 for non-residents living off-campus. Non-resident students are able to obtain Georgia residency at the beginning of their second year of law school, and besides other scholarships, available are tuition reduction scholarships that allow non-residents to pay resident tuition for one or two semesters of the first year of Georgia Law. Further, over 73% of the members of the class matriculating in 2024 received merit based scholarships funded by donors, 92% of students received some form of financial aid, and 50% of students did not need to borrow at all for their education. ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranked Georgia Law as a top five law school in having the 4th best salary to debt ratio, while Georgia Law has been ranked #1 as the best value in legal education in the United States by ''the National Jurist'' since 2019 for five years. UGA Law Library

Employment

Living Georgia Law graduates work in all 50 states and more than 60 countries. Those who graduated in 2021 are working in 26 states and abroad. According to ABA required disclosures, ''not including'' those choosing to open their own practices, to pursue additional education, etc., 98% of the 2022 graduating class were hired to perform high-value jobs within nine months after graduation, and 94.79% held full-time, long-term, JD-required positions at that point (Georgia Law being the nation's #1 law school for high-value jobs out of 196 ABA-approved schools). For the class graduating in 2022, Georgia Law was ranked in the top four of all 196 ABA approved law schools for the highest percentage of graduates obtaining full-time legal jobs requiring bar passage. Georgia Law was among the top law schools that sent the highest percentage of juris doctor graduates into associate positions at the largest 100 law firms in the country. Of 202 students who graduated in 2021 - ''not including'' those who opened their own practices, pursued additional education, etc. - 57 went to law firms with up to 50 attorneys, 54 to law firms with 51 to over 500 attorneys including 25 to law firms of over 500 attorneys, 5 to business organizations, 38 to government and public interest organizations (not including judicial clerkships that 38 graduates obtained) and six to academia. Serving as a judicial clerk is considered one of the most prestigious positions in legal circles, and often opens up wide-ranging opportunities in private practice, high-ranking government work, and academia. Georgia Law has had six alumni serve as judicial clerks for

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since 2005. Based on the 2005-2021 graduating classes, the School of Law was ranked 14th among the nation's law schools for sending its graduates to clerk for the U.S. Supreme Court. For the class of 2021, Georgia Law placed 38 graduates in federal and state court clerkships (for 2020 Georgia Law had a top eight placement rate of all ABA approved law schools in the nation for federal court clerkships).

Notable recent alumni

Georgia Law graduates work in all 50 states and more than 60 countries. Among recent Georgia Law graduates are 11 governors, more than 110 state and federal legislators, approximately 70 federal appeals and district court judges, multiple state trial and appeals court judges, numerous state supreme court justices, government officials, ambassadors, law firm principals, as well as other notable practitioners, leaders, authors, and academics. Some recent graduates include the following. * Luis A. Aguilar (J.D. 1979), attorney, former

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* M. Neil Andrews (LL.B. 1956), former special assistant to the

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, Chief of the Trial Section of the

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, U.S. District Court * Ellis Arnall (LL.B. 1963), attorney, Am Law 200 law firm founder, former

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* R. Stan Baker (J.D. 2004), Judge, U.S. District Court *

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(J.D. 1972), former

, attorney, law firm founder * Timothy Batten (J.D. 1984), Chief Judge, U.S. District Court * Robert Benham (J.D. 1970), Chief Justice state

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, first African-American to serve as

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of the Supreme Court of Georgia * Charlie Bethel (J.D. 2001), Justice, state

* Keith R. Blackwell (J.D. 1999), Justice, state

* Thomas C. Bordeaux, Jr. (J.D. 1979), judge, attorney, and member state

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* J. P. Boulee (J.D. 1996), former partner Jones Day, Judge, U.S. District Court * Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr. (LL.B. 1965), Judge, U.S. District Court * Mike Bowers (J.D. 1974), state

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* Michael Lawrence Brown (J.D. 1994), Judge, U.S. District Court * George Busbee (J.D. 1952), senior partner at King & Spalding international law firm, former

* Valerie E. Caproni (J.D. 1979), Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; formerly,

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* Julie E. Carnes (J.D. 1975), Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals * Christopher M. Carr (J.D. 1999), state

* John William Carter (J.D. 1975), investment consultant and state

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* Jason Carter (J.D. 2004), partner Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, represents the

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, awarded the Stuart Eizenstat Lawyer Award, given by the Anti-Defamation League, for his

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* Thomas Alonzo Clark (LL.B. 1949), Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals * Verda Colvin (J.D. 1993), Justice, state

* Christian A. Coomer (J.D. 1999), Judge, state

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* Ertharin Cousin (J.D. 1982), named to the ''TIME'' 100 most influential people in the world list, Payne Distinguished Professor at

's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies * Bill Cowsert (J.D. 1983), attorney,

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and Majority Leader * George W. Darden III (J.D. 1967), former

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; Advisor on behalf of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs; partner, international law firm McKenna Long & Aldridge (now, Dentons) * Bertis Downs IV (J.D. 1981), entertainment attorney * Berry Avant Edenfield (LL.B. 1958), Chief Judge, U.S. District Court * Newell Edenfield (LL.B. 1938),

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Judge, U.S. District Court * James Larry Edmondson (J.D. 1971), former Chief Judge, now

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals * John J. Ellington (J.D. 1985), Justice, state

* Randy Evans (J.D. 1983), attorney, partner Squire Patton Boggs, former

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to Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives * Stacey Evans (J.D. 2003), attorney and State Representative * Duross Fitzpatrick (LL.B. 1966), Chief Judge, U.S. District Court * Norman S. Fletcher (J.D. 1958), Chief Justice, state

* Daisy Hurst Floyd (J.D.1980), attorney,

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* Elizabeth Gobeil (J.D. 1995), Judge, state

* Stephen S. Goss (J.D. 1986), Judge, state

* Kenneth E. Gross, Jr. (J.D. 1978), Washington, D.C. attorney, former multilingual U.S. Foreign Service member in Germany, Nepal, Iraq, Malaysia, et al. and former

* James Randal Hall (J.D. 1982), Chief Judge, U.S. District Court * Frank Hanna III (J.D. 1986), former corporate attorney, now

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* Kenneth B. Hodges, III (J.D. 1991), Judge, state

* Pierre Howard (J.D. 1974), attorney,

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; partner, Squire Patton Boggs * Francys Johnson (J.D. 2006),

civil rights Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' political freedom, freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure one's entitlement to participate in the civil and ...

attorney and academic * Steve C. Jones (J.D. 1987), Judge, U.S. District Court * Dar'shun N. Kendrick (J.D. 2007), attorney, member state

* Clay D. Land (J.D. 1985), Chief Judge, U.S. District Court * Edward H. Lindsey Jr. (J.D. 1984), attorney, law firm founder, partner in Dentons international law firm * Beverly B. Martin (J.D. 1981), Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals * Leigh Martin May (J.D. 1998), Judge, U.S. District Court * Scott F. McAfee (J.D. 2013), state trial judge, former state inspector general,

* Christopher J. McFadden (J.D. 1985), Presiding Judge, state

* Carla Wong McMillian (J.D. 1998), Justice, state

* Peter Meldrim (LL.B. 1969), Judge,

of the

of the Uniform Law Commission * Harold D. Melton (J.D. 1991), former Chief Justice, state

, partner Troutman Pepper Locke * Patrick N. Millsaps (J.D. 2000), attorney and American film producer * Tamika Montgomery–Reeves (J.D. 2006), Justice, state

, former

Delaware Court of Chancery The Delaware Court of Chancery is a court of equity in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is one of Delaware's three constitutional courts, along with the Supreme Court and Superior Court. Since 2018, the court consists of seven judges. The cour ...

, former attorney with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati * William Theodore Moore Jr. (J. D. 1964), Chief Judge, U.S. District Court * Jere Morehead (J.D. 1980),

president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

of a top 15 Public National University * Lewis Render Morgan (J. D. 1935), Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals * Thomas B. Murphy (J.D. 1949), attorney, Speaker, state

from 1973 to 2002. * Harold Lloyd Murphy (J. D. 1949), Judge, U. S. District CourtFederal Judicial Center, http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1723&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na * Wilbur Dawson Owens Jr. (J.D. 1952), Chief Judge, U.S. District Court * Charles A. Pannell Jr. (J.D. 1970),

Judge, U.S. District Court * Phaedra Parks (J.D. 1999), attorney, author, activist, businesswoman, actress * William Porter Payne (J.D. 1973), former Managing Director of Gleacher & Company, former

Vice Chairman The chair, also chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the gro ...

Bank of America The Bank of America Corporation (Bank of America) (often abbreviated BofA or BoA) is an American multinational investment banking, investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered at the Bank of America Corporate Center in ...

and other companies, president and

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief executive or managing director, is the top-ranking corporate officer charged with the management of an organization, usually a company or a nonprofit organization. CEOs find roles in variou ...

of the Committee for the Olympic Games responsible for bringing the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

to the United States * Charles Peeler (J.D. 1999), former

, a managing partner of Troutman Pepper Locke * Andrew Pinson (J.D. 2011), former Solicitor General, then Justice, state

* David Ralston (J.D. 1980), attorney, former member of state

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

, Speaker, state

* William McCrary Ray II (J.D. 1990), Judge, U. S. District Court * Brian M. Rickman (J.D. 2001), Chief Judge, state

* Jack L. Rives (J.D. 1977), Executive Director and

Chief Operating Officer A chief operating officer (COO), also called chief operations officer, is an executive in charge of the daily operations of an organization (i.e. personnel, resources, and logistics). COOs are usually second-in-command immediately after the C ...

* William V. Roebuck (J.D. 1992), executive vice president of the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, previous U.S. Foreign Service postings throughout the

Middle East The Middle East (term originally coined in English language) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq. The term came into widespread usage by the United Kingdom and western Eur ...

, former acting U.S. Ambassador to Libya, former U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain, most recently deputy special envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS and senior advisor to the Special Representative for Syria Engagement * C. Ashley Royal (J.D. 1974), Judge, U. S. District Court *

(LL.B. 1938), U.S. Senator, former President Pro Tempore of the Senate * Carl Sanders (J. D. 1947), former

, founder and chairman of international law firm Troutman Pepper Locke * Frank W. "Sonny" Seiler (J.D. 1957), trial attorney, leading role in the longest-standing New York Times Best-Seller, '' Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil'' * Tilman E. Self (J.D. 1997), Judge, U.S. District Court * Marvin Herman Shoob (J.D. 1948),

Judge, U.S. District Court * Samuel Hale Sibley (LL.B. 1933), Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals * Sidney Oslin Smith Jr. (J.D. 1949), Chief Judge, U.S. District Court *

George T. Smith George Thornewell Smith (October 15, 1916 – August 23, 2010) was an American US Democratic Party, Democratic Party politician and jurist from the state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, sixth Lieutenant Govern ...

(J. D. 1948), Justice, state

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives The speaker of the United States House of Representatives, commonly known as the speaker of the House or House speaker, is the Speaker (politics), presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the United ...

* Richard W. Story (J.D. 1978), Judge, U.S. District Court * Stephanie Stuckey (J.D. 1992), former member state

(1999–2013), Executive Director of GreenLaw, corporate

* Herman E. Talmadge (J.D. 1936),

, U.S. Senator * Edward J. Tarver (1991), former state

, attorney,

* Robert L. Vining Jr. (J.D. 1959), Chief Judge, then

Judge, U.S. District Court * Joe D. Whitley (J.D. 1975), youngest appointed

, then

United States Associate Attorney General The United States associate attorney general is the third-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). The associate attorney general advises and assists the attorney general and the deputy attorney general in poli ...

, first

for the

United States Department of Homeland Security The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. United States federal executive departments, federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the Interior minister, interior, Home Secretary ...

, Adjunct Professor at the

George Washington University Law School The George Washington University Law School (GW Law) is the law school of George Washington University, a Private university, private research university in Washington, D.C. Established in 1865, GW Law is the oldest law school in Washington, D. ...

, former partner at Alston & Bird international law firm, present partner at Baker Donelson *

Robert Whitlow Robert Whitlow is an American film-maker and a best-selling author of fifteen legal thrillers. He is also a contributor to a short story ''The Rescuers'', a story included in the book ''What The Wind Picked Up'' by The ChiLibris Ring. In 2001, h ...

(J.D. 1979),

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

attorney, best-selling

author In legal discourse, an author is the creator of an original work that has been published, whether that work exists in written, graphic, visual, or recorded form. The act of creating such a work is referred to as authorship. Therefore, a sculpt ...

, and

filmmaker Filmmaking or film production is the process by which a Film, motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, beginning with an initial story, idea, or commission. Production then continues through screen ...

* Melanie D. Wilson (J.D. 1990), Dean of

Washington and Lee University School of Law The Washington and Lee University School of Law (W&L Law) is the law school of Washington and Lee University, a private liberal arts college in Lexington, Virginia. It is accredited by the American Bar Association. Facilities are on the histo ...

* Lisa Godbey Wood (J.D. 1990), Chief Judge, U.S. District Court * William Robert Woodall III (J.D. 1997), member, U.S. House of Representatives * Sally Quillian Yates (J.D. 1986), partner, international law firm King & Spalding, former faculty

Georgetown University Law Center Georgetown University Law Center is the Law school in the United States, law school of Georgetown University, a Private university, private research university in Washington, D.C., United States. It was established in 1870 and is the largest law ...

, former

United States Deputy Attorney General The United States deputy attorney general is the second-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice and oversees the day-to-day operation of the department. The deputy attorney general acts as attorney general during the ...

and acting

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