LawClinics@50

2018 marks the 50th anniversary of clinical legal education at the University of Georgia School of Law. This timeline hopes to capture a variety of moments from the clinic and experiential learning program history, from 1967 to present, by combining articles, press releases, photographs, audio and video.

This interactive timeline was created by the Alexander Campbell King Law Library. To explore more content from the University of Georgia School of Law Archives please visit our institutional repository at: https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu

1st September 1957

Origins from 1957

Legal aid by the University of Georgia Law students can find its origin as long ago and 1957 when a small group of students, in cooperation with attorneys of the local bar, began to furnish legal aid to the poor. This work continued in a similar manner in the civil side of the Legal Aid and Defender Society's work through 1967.

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1st January 1964

Memory of John F. T. Murray

The Legal Aid & Defender Society dedicated to John F.T. Murray their first annual report. This was due to the fact that in 1964 Dean Cowen "appointed Professor John F.T. Murray to work with the Legal Aid Society and with the Athens bar in expanding the program to include legal aid for indigents accused of crimes. He sought foundation assistance to establish the program and finance it until its worth could be demonstrated."

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1st November 1965

UGA Legal Aid & Defender Society Opens Office Downtown

In the fall of 1965 through a grant from the National Defender Project which had been provided with funds of the Ford Foundation to improve administration of criminal law and procedure throughout the nation, the University of Georgia Legal Aid Defender Society opened its first office in downtown Athens. The office operated by second and third year law students began its service to the indigent in the Athens-Clarke County area.

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1st January 1966

Society Receives NLADA Grant

In 1966 the school applied for and received a grant from the National Defender Project (now known as the National Legal Aid & Defender Association) to operate the programs of the Legal Aid and Defender Society.

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1st January 1967

Gary Blasingame Joins Faculty, Creates "Criminal Trial Practice"

On January 1, 1967 for the first time a practicing attorney joined the University of Georgia School of Law faculty for the sole purpose of supervising the activities of the Legal Aid and Defender Society.

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1st May 1967 - 1st May 1968

Legal Aid & Defender Society Annual Report

In 1968 a printed annual report was published for the Legal Aid and Defender Society. It included photos of students and faculty, a dedication to Jon F. T. Murray, and statements from Dean of the Law School Lindsey Cowen, Clarke County Superior Court Judge James Barrow, Legal Aid and Defender Society director Gary Blasingame and Legal Aid and Defender Society president Bill Goodman. It gave a brief history of the society and the evolution it had experienced up to that point in time.

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1st August 1967

Judge James Barrow Certifies 7 Students to Act as Counsel in Court

In the fall of 1967 Judge James Barrow of the Superior Court of Clarke County under the Law School Legal Agency Act of 1967 certified seven students to act as counsel in court.

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1st September 1968

Peckham Becomes Director

Robert Peckham became the director in September 1968 and in that year the Society handled 210 criminal cases and 170 civil cases.

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1st August 1969

Clinic Photos, Circa 1970

Several photos appeared in that first annual report. Among them were images of students from the early days of the society, an office image of the first society's location, and photos of student officers and Blasingame leading them in a small classroom setting.

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1st September 1970

Academic Credit Awarded 1970-71

In the spring of 1970, a faculty committee recommended the enlargement fo the Legal Aid and Defender Society and the creation of a prosecutorial unit. Both programs were electives and the faculty strongly recommended that the clinical experience be augmented by seminar sessions and substantive courses. Academic credit was awarded for the first time in 1970-71.

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1st September 1970

General Assembly Permits Students to Assist DA's

In 1970 the General Assembly voted to permit law students to assist district attorneys in the prosecution of cases and the Prosecution Clinic (now Prosecutorial Justice Program) 34 students were enrolled in the first year and it was the largest fo 10 such projects in the country. Professor Donald Eugene Wilkes!!!-gives us someone to get a quote from!!!! assumed the temporary directorship after the resignation of Charles T. Shean, clinic director during 71-72, who went on the become the assistant director of the Georgia District Attorneys Association.

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1st October 1970

Strauss Leads New Prosecutorial Clinic

In fall of 1970 John T. Strauss joined the faculty as Clinic Director of a new Prosecutorial Clinic with 12 students.

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1st December 1971

The Cowen Legacy, 1964-1971

Lindsey Cowen's deanship helped develop the earliest clinics. It saw the basic ingredients of a first-rate law school come together: new facilities, additional faculty, and new programs.

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1st September 1972

Georgia Prisoner Legal Counseling Project Established

Robert Peckham developed the Georgia Prisoner Legal Counseling Project in 1972. One of the first of its kind in the nation, it was co-sponsored by UGA School of Law and the Georgia Department of Offender Rehabilitation. The project provided legal counseling services to inmates in each of Georgia's 40 penal institutions.

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1st March 1980

Peckham receives service award for clinic work

Robert D. Peckham in 1980 received the Charles L. Decker award for his work in developing programs to provide legal counseling to prison inmates. As director of the Athens Legal Aid and Defender Society he "demonstrated outstanding achievement in service to the country's courts, corrections departments and inmates."

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1st June 1983

Memory from Alan Cook (JD '84)

The Georgia Advocate Placement Edition, Volume 19, Number 2 from the Summer of 1983 includes then student Alan Cook, noting his involvement with the Prosecutorial Clinic Program. Cook would go on to graduate the following spring and is now director of the same program since 2003 (now called the Prosecutorial Justice Program). Also included on page 8 is an entire section dedicated to Clinical Education Programs, with detailed descriptions.

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1st June 1984

Peckham and Cook, 1984

In the Summer of 1984 a faculty photo was taken which was later printed in the Advocate alongside various faculty achievement blurbs. Included among the faculty of this particular photo were Robert Peckham, the Legal Aid Director, and Thomas Cook, the Prosecutorial Clinic Director. The original photo appears on page 19 of Volume 20.

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1st March 1986

Prosecutorial clinic director to enter private practice

This short piece appeared on page 26 of the Spring 1986 issue of the Advocate. It announced that Tom Cook after 13 years as director of the prosecutorial clinic was moving to private practice.

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1st July 1986

Robert D. Peckham retires

Peckham came to Georgia as director of the Legal Aid and Defender Society in 1968. He built the legal aid and prisoner counseling services into a model program emulated across the country. He also team taught the trial practice course as well as a course in military law. He retired on July 1, 1986. The announcement along with the photo shown here appeared in the Fall 1986 Advocate, Volume 22 on page 21.

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1st May 1990

Clinic Origins in "Historic Law Schools Part II" of Georgia State Bar Journal

In the Georgia State Bar Journal, Volume 26, No. 4 published in May 1990, Ron Ellington details the history of the University of Georgia School of Law from page 186 to 194.

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1st June 1991

Contemporary Curriculum

A bulletin produced by the Admissions Office subtitled "Meeting the Demands of the 1990's".

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1st August 1991

Adrienne R. McFall leads Legal Aid Clinic

Adrienne R. McFall directed the Legal Aid Clinic from 1991 to 1994. In a 1992 edition of the Advocate Magazine it was announced that the previous Legal Aid Clinic director Albert M. Pearson returned to full-time teaching and in his place Adrienne R. McFall was named director.

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1st September 1993

Legal Aid gets a new director, Adrienne McFall

Among a selection of blurbs about faculty in Volume 28 of the Fall 1993 Advocate it is announced that Adrienne McFall will be the new director of Legal Aid.

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1st August 1994

Environmental Law Practicum Takes Shape

In an interview with UGA Today in 2014 Laurie Fowler notes that she first "started teaching my practicum at the law school 20 years ago. We made it interdisciplinary in focus."

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1st September 1994

Public Interest Practicum students help abused women

This short blurb appeared in Volume 29 of the Advocate on page 26 alongside several other short paragraphs in the "In Brief" section of the issue.

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1st September 1994

Memory from Elizabeth Grant (JD ’94)

"I came to law school intending to be a criminal attorney so it worked out for me that clinical legal education at UGA back then was mostly criminal clinics. I took three semesters of the Criminal Defense Clinic (now the Criminal Defense Practicum) which at that time was run by the School of Law with a contract to be the public defender for the Western Judicial Circuit. My first semester was the summer following my 1L year...

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1st March 1996

Prisoner legal counseling program ceases

The push to downsize and privatize has taken a toll at the University of Georgia School of Law: After 24 years of providing federally-mandated legal assistance to Georgia inmates, the Prisoner Legal Counseling Project (PLCP) has been terminated by the State Department of Corrections, and the Project's 26 employees have lost their jobs. PLCP Director Tom Killeen learned of the decision in a two-line fax informing him that Corrections Commissioner Wayne Garner had signed a contract with the Center for Prisoners' Legal Assistance effective April 1. The Center is a new for-profit organization run by two 1995 Emory law graduates. Killeen expressed concern about the level of experience and expertise of the new agency which will be handling the legal interests of the state's inmate population.

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1st September 1996

Gabriel & Scherr Join Faculty

Both Russell Gabriel and Alex Scherr joined the University of Georgia School of Law faculty in 1996, announced with short bios and photos of each in Volume 31 of the Advocate. Each would go on to lead several clinical and experiential learning programs for more than 20 years to come. They are both still members of the faculty today.

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1st May 1997

Memory from Jessica L. Heywood (JD '97)

Jessica L. Heywood graduated from the University of Georgia Law School in 1997. She is currently the Director of the Washington, D.C. Semester in Practice Program.

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1st January 1999

Scherr Publishes Update of Green's "Georgia Law of Evidence" Book

This book by Alexander Scherr updated the reference work on evidence law in Georgia, originally created by the late University of Georgia professor, Thomas Green. It was published by the Harrison Company and an excerpt is available in our repository with permission from Thomson Reuters.

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1st March 1999

Learning by doing: Hands-on- experience in lawyering

This article shared stories of people helped by UGA Law School's clinical programs, gave a brief history of the program origins, and included photos and quotes from students in the programs at the time.

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1st May 1999

Aiding victims of domestic abuse

An offshoot of PIP is the Family Violence Clinic, which from humble beginnings has transformed into a civil clinic offering of its own. Founded by Christine Nalbone Scartz 0.0.'94), law students now respond to nearly 500 inquiries of domestic violence each year, helping abused spouses and children obtain civil protective orders.

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1st September 1999

Memory from Elizabeth Weeks (JD ’99)

"I had three clinical/experiential learning experiences during Law School – four semesters of Public Interest Practicum (PIP), one of Defender Clinic, and one of Capital Assistance Project. Although law school ultimately took me in a very different direction than I imagined coming in, those experiences were centering and kept me connected to my core public service values...

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1st August 2002

Land use clinic wastes no time in making impact

Georgia Law’s newest clinical learning opportunity for students, the Land Use Clinic, is making its presence known throughout the state. Since its start in August 2002, the clinic has helped local governments and nonprofit organizations negotiate the difficult path of creating development that is responsive to human and environmental needs.

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1st September 2002

Legal aid and defender clinic receives top honors

This summer, a major newspaper publishing company reviewed Georgia’s indigent defense system and the school’s legal aid clinic came out on top. Attorney Stephen Bright of the Atlanta- based Southern Center for Human Rights, which helps represent the poor, said the Legal Aid and Defender Clinic is "as good as it gets" in Georgia. The clinic, which handles nearly 4,000 mis- demeanor and felony cases annually for Athens-Clarke and Oconee county defendants, was positioned as a model for other circuits to follow.

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1st May 2003

Laurie Fowler quoted in AJC

Under the headlines section of Spring/Summer 2003's Advocate is a short blurb noting that the then Land Use Clinic director Laurie Fowler being quoted in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Today Fowler still leads the program which is now titled "Environmental Law Practicum".

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1st September 2004

Killeen retires to head up PD office for the Western Judicial Circuit

After 30 years of advocacy and teaching in two Georgia Law clinical initiatives, the Prisoner Legal Counseling Project and the Legal Aid and Defender Clinic, Thomas J. Killeen Jr. (J.D.’74) retired to lead the newly created Western Circuit Public Defender Office, which began operation on January 1. Killeen joined the PLCP after graduating from law school. He directed the program from 1987 to 1996, when he joined the clinic. Although the law school will no longer administer indigent defense efforts for Athens-Clarke and Oconee counties, it will maintain an affiliation with the new public defender’s office. Russell C. Gabriel (J.D.’85), the director of the clinic since 1996, will continue to supervise the law school’s criminal defense clinic, and Georgia Law students will still earn academic credits by working with the attorneys in the Western Circuit Public Defender Office. - Portions of this story were taken in part from an article published in the Athens Banner-Herald

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1st August 2005

Georgia Law launches Mediation Practicum

Georgia Law launches Mediation Practicum Earlier this academic year, the School of Law introduced a new skills-based course titled Mediation Practicum, which trains upper-level students to become Georgia court-related mediators.

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1st September 2006

Remembering Robert Peckham, a leader in indigent defense

In July 2006, the law school lost Col. Robert D. Peckham, former professor and director of the Legal Aid and Defender Society for more than 18 years. He was 81 years old. A longtime supporter of indigent defense, Peckham was highly involved in shaping the Legal Aid and Defender Society (which would later become the Legal Aid and Defender Clinic) once joining the Georgia Law faculty in 1968, a year after the society was established. He also taught courses in military law and criminal trial practice. While at the School of Law, Peckham was instrumental in the development of the Georgia Prisoner Legal Counseling Project, the first of its kind in the nation.

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1st April 2007

PIP partners with local service group to provide legal advice to artists

PIP partners with local service group to provide legal advice to artists T his spring, Georgia Law’s Public Interest Practicum began collaborating with a local service group, Nuçi’s Space, to bring free legal information to the music and arts communities. Working under legal supervision, law students are providing consultation and edu - cation to artists located in Athens-Clarke and Oconee counties who cannot afford an attorney. Clients can get consultation, advice and referrals about legal questions including those involving housing, families, consumer debt, benefits and health care. Inspired by Georgia Lawyers for the Arts, which provides advice and education to artists and art organizations throughout Georgia, this new service should complement those already available to artists and musicians

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1st September 2007

Land Use Clinic celebrates fifth anniversary

On page 18 of Volume 42 of the Advocate Fall 2007/Winter 2008 issue the 5th anniversary of the land use clinic was announced.

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1st April 2009

Survey of Local Government Green Building Incentive Programs for Private Development

In this article written by Anne Marie Pippin in 2009 we get a description of the Land Use Clinic's purpose, contact information for the managing attorney, and an overview of the clinic's work in a survey of the local area.

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1st May 2010

11th service learning opportunity created at Georgia Law

Students at Georgia Law can now explore the practice of law from the perspective of an in-house counsel through the school’s newest service learning offering, the Corporate Counsel Externship. This course is designed to benefit not only students interested in an in-house career but also those who will work in law firms and deal with in-house counsels as their primary client contacts.

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1st September 2010

Gabriel awarded grant to research indigent defendants

Georgia Law Criminal Defense Clinic Director Russell C. Gabriel (J.D.’85) was awarded a grant to investigate the financial burden of prosecution on indigent defendants in the criminal justice system even though they are represented by appointed counsel.

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1st August 2011

Litigation Clinic Creates New Opportunities

Georgia Law students are now working on cases in federal appeals courts as part of the school’s newest clinic, the Appellate Litigation Clinic. Its creation this past year brings the total number of service learning opportunities available to students to 12. Overseen by Associate Professor Erica J. Hashimoto, this clinic operates as a small appellate litigation firm with students accepting appointments from the U.S. Courts of Appeals and the Board of Immigration Appeals to represent indigent clients. They then work in teams to draft briefs and handle oral arguments when necessary. Hashimoto said the school started the clinic to give students the opportunity Litigation clinic creates new opportunities to gain experience in an appellate setting while helping clients who might not otherwise receive any legal counsel.

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1st May 2013

Memory from Hyun Baek (JD '13)

"I would highly recommend Mediation I and II with Professor Lanier to develop the essential skills that can help you elevate your legal career. From my experience, the practice of law has been more than applications of concepts I learned in law school class rooms. After all, facts of your case, your network, and your reputation will be built upon your interactions with your clients and colleagues. Professor Lanier's instructions in Mediation I and II helped me understand, develop, and practice communication skills that I use in my interactions with my clients and colleagues every day. These skills (e.g., listening carefully, reading body language, and sensing ambience of the conversation) developed through numerous mediations have helped me develop rapport in each interaction and ultimately lead me to my career in NYC. "

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14th May 2013

Appellate Litigation Clinic Students Argue Before Sandra Day O'Connor

Students Crystal Johnson and James Rubinger present an argument with faculty member Peter Rutledge at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit before Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor for James Dunlap v. Cottman Transmission Systems.

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1st July 2013

Memory from Jason Cade, HeLP Clinic Director

Jason A. Cade is the Community Health Law Partnership (HeLP) Clinic director. In fall of 2015 the law school spotlighted this faculty member with several interview questions including questions about his goals related to the clinic and what he likes most about teaching in that setting.

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1st August 2013

Georgia Law Introduces 2 New Experiential Learning Programs

This advocate article announced the Community Economic Development Clinic on page 16 (Volume 47, 2013).

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23rd February 2014

Laurie Fowler in UGA Today

This spotlight on Laurie Fowler of the School of Law's clinical faculty asks her questions and shares about her hopes for students in the classroom.

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Memories

Memory from Lyddy O’Brien (JD '19)

20th May 2019

"One of my semesters with the Public Interest Practicum focused on housing, and my eyes were opened to housing issues in Athens I had heard about but...

Press Releases & News Stories

Amazing Students: Gilbert Oladeinbo

13th January 2019

Third-year student Gilbert Oladeinbo is featured on UGA's homepage as an "Amazing Student". In his interview with UGA Today he highlights his...

Press Releases & News Stories

Faculty member helps develop clinical programs, experiential learning...

4th January 2019

This news story appeared in UGA Today featuring Alexander W. Scherr and his contributions to clinical legal education.

Press Releases & News Stories

A military soldier and scholar who serves his fellow veterans

9th November 2018

Administrative Specialist Jason Peden was featured in the LaGrange Daily News regarding his role with the Veterans Legal Clinic and the Wilbanks Child...

Press Releases & News Stories

Gabriel receives indigent defense award

8th November 2018

Clinical Professor & Criminal Defense Practicum Director Russell Gabriel received the 2018 Indigent Defense Award from the Georgia Association of...

Press Releases & News Stories

Georgia veterans face challenges and UGA law students are stepping up

8th November 2018

This press release gives an official announcement of the new Veterans Legal Clinic coupled with stories of how the clinic can help move claims along.

Journal Articles & Books

50 Years of Clinical and Experiential Learning at Georgia Law

29th October 2018

Authored by current Associate Dean for Clinical Programs and Experiential Learning & Mediation Clinic Director Eleanor Crosby Lanier this note proudly...

Advocate Magazine Articles

Five clinics find new space in downtown Athens

1st August 2018

This short news announcement was featured in the bottom right corner of page 5 in Advocate Magazine on the same page containing an article about the...

Advocate Magazine Articles

Conference Spotlights: Advocacy for abuse survivors

1st August 2018

This Advocate Magazine article looks back on the Wilbanks CEASE clinic conference held earlier in the year and shares highlights from the program.

Advocate Magazine Articles

Law School Launches Veterans Legal Clinic

1st August 2018

This article in the 2018 issue of Advocate Magazine talks about the Veterans Legal Clinic opening its doors to provide former service men and women in...

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Wilbanks CEASE Clinic makes history

1st August 2018

In May, the Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic won the first case tried to verdict under Georgia’s Hidden Predator Act.

Advocate Magazine Articles

Appellate clinic expands to Ninth Circuit

1st August 2018

This article from Advocate Magazine shares the expansion of the Appellate Litigation Clinic as of fall 2018.

Memories

Memory from Hannah Allen Helmstetter (JD '18)

1st May 2018

"I participated in Mediation clinic in my 2L and 3L years. My second year of mediation clinic, I mediated cases at the Athens-Clarke County Magistrate...

Conferences & Lectures

Externships 9: Coming of Age

9th Mar 2018 - 11th Mar 2018

This conference was hosted by the University of Georgia School of Law in 2018 and marked the 20th anniversary of the first Externships Conference.

Conferences & Lectures

Wilbanks CEASE Clinic 2nd Annual Conference

26th January 2018

The University of Georgia School of Law’s Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic hosted a conference focusing on interdisciplinary...

Memories

Memory from Jessie Kimball (JD '18)

1st January 2018

"I participated in the Business Law Clinic during the spring semester of my 3L year. I am an associate at the Jones Day office in Atlanta, focusing on...

Advocate Magazine Articles

Clinic secures rare presidential clemency grant

1st November 2016

Earlier this year, students and professors in Georgia Law’s Appellate Litigation Clinic had a profound and lasting impact on a client’s life when...

Advocate Magazine Articles

Clinic supports Athens’ entrepreneurs

1st October 2016

The Business Law Clinic at Georgia Law was founded four years ago with two primary goals: to provide law students with real-world transactional law ...

Advocate Magazine Articles

Corporate Counsel Externship adds high profile locations

1st September 2016

The Corporate Counsel Externship, which allows students to explore the practice of law from the perspective of an in-house counsel, has gained new...

Memories

Memory from Elinore Young (JD '16)

1st May 2016

"I am an attorney practicing estate planning and estate administration. Drafting, wills, trusts, and probate also. The most important skill I learned...

Memories

Memory from Mical Carter (JD '16)

1st April 2016

Mical found the resources and programs she needed to gain direct access to those who need legal assistance. Through her participation in the school’s ...

Press Releases & News Stories

School of Law Hires Director for New Child Sex Abuse Legal Clinic

9th February 2016

In this article featured in the Daily Report the University of Georgia School of Law announces that it has hired Emma Hetherington as the director of...

Journal Articles & Books

Scherr publishes "Learning from Practice: a Professional Development Text...

1st January 2016

This 3rd edition published by West Academic "Covers topics relevant to law students working in real practice settings, including externships, in-house...

Press Releases & News Stories

UGA law school alumnus funds nation’s first child sexual abuse victim...

2nd November 2015

This UGA Today article announced that the University of Georgia School of Law would be the first in the nation to have an experiential learning...

Advocate Magazine Articles

Hashimoto named associate dean for clinical programs

1st August 2015

“She runs an absolutely first-rate program [in the Appellate Litigation Clinic], which has brought great honor to the University of Georgia Law...

Advocate Magazine Articles

New clinic gives students a holistic approach to the legal world

1st August 2015

In its first year, the Community Health Law Partnership Clinic has helped Georgia Law students hone their legal skills through a variety of different...

Memories

Memory from Brian Stoltz (JD '15)

20th May 2015

"I currently do a mix of litigation and transactional work and I practice in the areas of corporate law, commercial and business litigation, premises...

Promotional Materials

Experiential Learning Admissions Video

1st May 2015

This short promotional video was created by the Admissions office and features law students and then clinic director Alex Scherr.

Press Releases & News Stories

Laurie Fowler in UGA Today

23rd February 2014

This spotlight on Laurie Fowler of the School of Law's clinical faculty asks her questions and shares about her hopes for students in the classroom.

Advocate Magazine Articles

Georgia Law Introduces 2 New Experiential Learning Programs

1st August 2013

This advocate article announced the Community Economic Development Clinic on page 16 (Volume 47, 2013).

Memories

Memory from Jason Cade, HeLP Clinic Director

1st July 2013

Jason A. Cade is the Community Health Law Partnership (HeLP) Clinic director. In fall of 2015 the law school spotlighted this faculty member with...

Press Releases & News Stories

Appellate Litigation Clinic Students Argue Before Sandra Day O'Connor

14th May 2013

Students Crystal Johnson and James Rubinger present an argument with faculty member Peter Rutledge at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit...

Memories

Memory from Hyun Baek (JD '13)

1st May 2013

"I would highly recommend Mediation I and II with Professor Lanier to develop the essential skills that can help you elevate your legal career. From...

Advocate Magazine Articles

Litigation Clinic Creates New Opportunities

1st August 2011

Georgia Law students are now working on cases in federal appeals courts as part of the school’s newest clinic, the Appellate Litigation Clinic....

Advocate Magazine Articles

Gabriel awarded grant to research indigent defendants

1st September 2010

Georgia Law Criminal Defense Clinic Director Russell C. Gabriel (J.D.’85) was awarded a grant to investigate the financial ...

Advocate Magazine Articles

11th service learning opportunity created at Georgia Law

1st May 2010

Students at Georgia Law can now explore the practice of law from the perspective of an in-house counsel through the school’s newest service...

Journal Articles & Books

Survey of Local Government Green Building Incentive Programs for Private...

1st April 2009

In this article written by Anne Marie Pippin in 2009 we get a description of the Land Use Clinic's purpose, contact information for the managing...

Advocate Magazine Articles

Land Use Clinic celebrates fifth anniversary

1st September 2007

On page 18 of Volume 42 of the Advocate Fall 2007/Winter 2008 issue the 5th anniversary of the land use clinic was announced.

Advocate Magazine Articles

PIP partners with local service group to provide legal advice to artists

1st April 2007

PIP partners with local service group to provide legal advice to artists T his spring, Georgia Law’s Public Interest Practicum began ...

Advocate Magazine Articles

Remembering Robert Peckham, a leader in indigent defense

1st September 2006

In July 2006, the law school lost Col. Robert D. Peckham, former professor and director of the Legal Aid and Defender Society for more...

Advocate Magazine Articles

Georgia Law launches Mediation Practicum

1st August 2005

Georgia Law launches Mediation Practicum Earlier this academic year, the School of Law introduced a new skills-based course titled ...

Advocate Magazine Articles

Killeen retires to head up PD office for the Western Judicial Circuit

1st September 2004

After 30 years of advocacy and teaching in two Georgia Law clinical initiatives, the Prisoner Legal Counseling Project and the Legal...

Press Releases & News Stories

Laurie Fowler quoted in AJC

1st May 2003

Under the headlines section of Spring/Summer 2003's Advocate is a short blurb noting that the then Land Use Clinic director Laurie Fowler being quoted...

Advocate Magazine Articles

Legal aid and defender clinic receives top honors

1st September 2002

This summer, a major newspaper publishing company reviewed Georgia’s indigent defense system and the school’s legal aid clinic came out on top....

Advocate Magazine Articles

Land use clinic wastes no time in making impact

1st August 2002

Georgia Law’s newest clinical learning opportunity for students, the Land Use Clinic, is making its presence known throughout the state. Since its...

Memories

Memory from Elizabeth Weeks (JD ’99)

1st September 1999

"I had three clinical/experiential learning experiences during Law School – four semesters of Public Interest Practicum (PIP), one of Defender Clinic,...

Advocate Magazine Articles

Aiding victims of domestic abuse

1st May 1999

An offshoot of PIP is the Family Violence Clinic, which from humble beginnings has transformed into a civil clinic offering of its own. Founded by...

Advocate Magazine Articles

Learning by doing: Hands-on- experience in lawyering

1st March 1999

This article shared stories of people helped by UGA Law School's clinical programs, gave a brief history of the program origins, and included photos...

Journal Articles & Books

Scherr Publishes Update of Green's "Georgia Law of Evidence" Book

1st January 1999

This book by Alexander Scherr updated the reference work on evidence law in Georgia, originally created by the late University of Georgia professor,...

Memories

Memory from Jessica L. Heywood (JD '97)

1st May 1997

Jessica L. Heywood graduated from the University of Georgia Law School in 1997. She is currently the Director of the Washington, D.C. Semester in...

Advocate Magazine Articles

Gabriel & Scherr Join Faculty

1st September 1996

Both Russell Gabriel and Alex Scherr joined the University of Georgia School of Law faculty in 1996, announced with short bios and photos of each in...

Advocate Magazine Articles

Prisoner legal counseling program ceases

1st March 1996

The push to downsize and privatize has taken a toll at the University of Georgia School of Law: After 24 years of providing federally-mandated legal...

Memories

Memory from Elizabeth Grant (JD ’94)

1st September 1994

"I came to law school intending to be a criminal attorney so it worked out for me that clinical legal education at UGA back then was mostly criminal...

Advocate Magazine Articles

Public Interest Practicum students help abused women

1st September 1994

This short blurb appeared in Volume 29 of the Advocate on page 26 alongside several other short paragraphs in the "In Brief" section of the issue.

Memories

Environmental Law Practicum Takes Shape

1st August 1994

In an interview with UGA Today in 2014 Laurie Fowler notes that she first "started teaching my practicum at the law school 20 years ago. We made it...

Advocate Magazine Articles

Legal Aid gets a new director, Adrienne McFall

1st September 1993

Among a selection of blurbs about faculty in Volume 28 of the Fall 1993 Advocate it is announced that Adrienne McFall will be the new director of...

Advocate Magazine Articles

Adrienne R. McFall leads Legal Aid Clinic

1st August 1991

Adrienne R. McFall directed the Legal Aid Clinic from 1991 to 1994. In a 1992 edition of the Advocate Magazine it was announced that the previous...

Promotional Materials

Contemporary Curriculum

1st June 1991

A bulletin produced by the Admissions Office subtitled "Meeting the Demands of the 1990's".

Journal Articles & Books

Clinic Origins in "Historic Law Schools Part II" of Georgia State Bar...

1st May 1990

In the Georgia State Bar Journal, Volume 26, No. 4 published in May 1990, Ron Ellington details the history of the University of Georgia School of...

Memories

Robert D. Peckham retires

1st July 1986

Peckham came to Georgia as director of the Legal Aid and Defender Society in 1968. He built the legal aid and prisoner counseling services into a...

Advocate Magazine Articles

Prosecutorial clinic director to enter private practice

1st March 1986

This short piece appeared on page 26 of the Spring 1986 issue of the Advocate. It announced that Tom Cook after 13 years as director of the...

Memories

Peckham and Cook, 1984

1st June 1984

In the Summer of 1984 a faculty photo was taken which was later printed in the Advocate alongside various faculty achievement blurbs. Included among...

Memories

Memory from Alan Cook (JD '84)

1st June 1983

The Georgia Advocate Placement Edition, Volume 19, Number 2 from the Summer of 1983 includes then student Alan Cook, noting his involvement with the...

Press Releases & News Stories

Peckham receives service award for clinic work

1st March 1980

Robert D. Peckham in 1980 received the Charles L. Decker award for his work in developing programs to provide legal counseling to prison inmates. As...

Memories

Georgia Prisoner Legal Counseling Project Established

1st September 1972

Robert Peckham developed the Georgia Prisoner Legal Counseling Project in 1972. One of the first of its kind in the nation, it was co-sponsored by UGA...

Memories

The Cowen Legacy, 1964-1971

1st December 1971

Lindsey Cowen's deanship helped develop the earliest clinics. It saw the basic ingredients of a first-rate law school come together: new facilities,...

Advocate Magazine Articles

Strauss Leads New Prosecutorial Clinic

1st October 1970

In fall of 1970 John T. Strauss joined the faculty as Clinic Director of a new Prosecutorial Clinic with 12 students.

Memories

General Assembly Permits Students to Assist DA's

1st September 1970

In 1970 the General Assembly voted to permit law students to assist district attorneys in the prosecution of cases and the Prosecution Clinic (now...

Memories

Academic Credit Awarded 1970-71

1st September 1970

In the spring of 1970, a faculty committee recommended the enlargement fo the Legal Aid and Defender Society and the creation of a prosecutorial unit....

Memories

Clinic Photos, Circa 1970

1st August 1969

Several photos appeared in that first annual report. Among them were images of students from the early days of the society, an office image of the...

Memories

Peckham Becomes Director

1st September 1968

Robert Peckham became the director in September 1968 and in that year the Society handled 210 criminal cases and 170 civil cases.

Press Releases & News Stories

Judge James Barrow Certifies 7 Students to Act as Counsel in Court

1st August 1967

In the fall of 1967 Judge James Barrow of the Superior Court of Clarke County under the Law School Legal Agency Act of 1967 certified seven students...

Promotional Materials

Legal Aid & Defender Society Annual Report

1st May 1967 - 1st May 1968

In 1968 a printed annual report was published for the Legal Aid and Defender Society. It included photos of students and faculty, a dedication to Jon...

Memories

Gary Blasingame Joins Faculty, Creates "Criminal Trial Practice"

1st January 1967

On January 1, 1967 for the first time a practicing attorney joined the University of Georgia School of Law faculty for the sole purpose of supervising...

Memories

Society Receives NLADA Grant

1st January 1966

In 1966 the school applied for and received a grant from the National Defender Project (now known as the National Legal Aid & Defender Association) to...

Memories

UGA Legal Aid & Defender Society Opens Office Downtown

1st November 1965

In the fall of 1965 through a grant from the National Defender Project which had been provided with funds of the Ford Foundation to improve...

Memories

Memory of John F. T. Murray

1st January 1964

The Legal Aid & Defender Society dedicated to John F.T. Murray their first annual report. This was due to the fact that in 1964 Dean Cowen "appointed...

Memories

Origins from 1957

1st September 1957

Legal aid by the University of Georgia Law students can find its origin as long ago and 1957 when a small group of students, in cooperation with...

1965

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LawClinics@50

2018 marks the 50th anniversary of clinical legal education at the University of Georgia School of Law. This timeline hopes to capture a variety of moments from the clinic and experiential learning program history, from 1967 to present, by combining articles, press releases, photographs, audio and video.

This interactive timeline was created by the Alexander Campbell King Law Library. To explore more content from the University of Georgia School of Law Archives please visit our institutional repository at: https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu

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