University of Georgia School of Law

University of Georgia School of Law
MottoJustitia
(Latin for Justice)
Established1859; 165 years ago (1859)
School typePublic law school
Parent endowment$1.8 billion (2021)[1][2]
DeanPeter B. Rutledge
LocationAthens, Georgia, United States
Enrollment577
Faculty107
USNWR ranking20th (2024)[3]
Bar pass rate95.32% (2020 first-time takers, all jurisdictions)[4]
WebsiteGeorgia Law
ABA profileGeorgia Law

The University of Georgia School of Law (Georgia Law) is the law school of the University of Georgia, a public research university in Athens, Georgia. It was founded in 1859, making it one of the oldest American university law schools in continuous operation.[5] Georgia Law accepted 14.77% of applicants for the class entering in 2023.[3][6]

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 United States Attorney General Sally Yates, former President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate Richard B. Russell Jr., former Chief Judge 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 Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.[7]

  1. ^ As of June 30, 2021. Foundation Report (Report). University of Georgia. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  2. ^ "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Endowment Market Value, and Change* in Endowment Market Value from FY20 to FY21". nacubo.org. National Association of College and University Business Officers. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "University of Georgia". U.S. News & World Report – Best Law Schools. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  4. ^ "ABA Required Disclosures-Bar Passage 2021 Georgia, University of." American Bar Association. Retrieved on November 29, 2021.
  5. ^ Gabriel, Henry D. (1989). "America's Oldest Law School". Journal of Legal Education. 39 (2): 269–274. JSTOR 42893038.
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  7. ^ "About the School of Law | University of Georgia School of Law". www.law.uga.edu.