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Best Brief in National Competition A Georgia State University College of Law Intellectual Property Moot Court team won best brief and placed fourth March 9 in the national 2014 Cardozo/BMI Entertainment and Communications Law Moot Court Competition in New York City at Cardozo Law School. Team members Becki Lee (J.D. ’14) and Farhaan Merchant (J.D…. Read more »

Slideshow: Honors Day 2013 Share | Each year during Law Week, students are recognized for their outstanding work at the Honors Day Luncheon.

Mother of Three Earns Law Degree When Jennifer Thuy-Tien McCall got pregnant at 15, her mother cried. One bad decision didn’t mean McCall’s life would be ruined, her mom said, but it would be harder to achieve her dreams. McCall married the year after she got pregnant, and by the time she was 28 she… Read more »

Get Involved in Local Schools If you open any newspaper or watch any news program, you will hear about the American education problem. The K-12 pipeline is broken; too few students graduate high school and those that do aren’t always prepared for college; students spend too long in college and the price tag has skyrocketed…. Read more »

Bar Pass Rates Are In Georgia State University College of Law’s Class of 2013 fared well on the state bar exam in July, yielding a passage rate of 94.7 percent for first-time takers, well ahead of the 88.8 percent statewide average.   Overall, the college fared well with a 94.1 percent rate among all applicants,… Read more »

Stevens To Deliver Miller Lecture Retired Associate Justice John Paul Stevens of the Supreme Court of the United States will deliver the 53rd Henry J. Miller Distinguished Lecture at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, in the Georgia State University Student Center House & State Senate salons. “We are honored to have Justice Stevens giving the… Read more »

Best Brief Award Winners Eighteen second-year students received the Best Brief Award for the Litigation Program. The award is given to students whose outstanding summary judgment briefs show clear and succinct writing, along with the appropriate use of legal authority and research. The students are Mark Bryce (J.D. ’14), Jason Cramer (J.D. ’15), Todd Dupree… Read more »

Commencement: Choose to Do Hard Things May 20, 2013 “I want you to choose to do hard things,” imploring the Class of 2013 to not turn away from those who need lawyers most, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed asked the 174 graduates to “have the will to act.” Reed was the keynote speaker at the 29th… Read more »

Alexis Person: My PILA Scholarship First Person: Summer with Voices for Georgia’s Children This summer I had the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of children when I interned with Voices for Georgia’s Children, a nonprofit child policy and advocacy organization.  I was eager to work for an organization that focuses on improving… Read more »