Scherr presented with career achievement award
Veterans Legal Clinic Director Alexander W. “Alex” Scherr has been awarded the inaugural Career Achievement Award by the Association of American Law Schools Externship Committee. This recognition honors his “enduring contributions, mentorship, and dedication” that have shaped the externship community and advanced the field of experiential learning.
Since joining the UGA faculty in 1996, Scherr has created or significantly shaped many of the law school’s core clinical offerings, including: the Civil Externship, the Corporate Counsel Externship, the Public Interest Practicum, the Wilson Family Justice Clinic, the Community Health Law Partnership Clinic and the Veterans Legal Clinic, which he currently directs. From 2016 to 2018, he served as the school’s associate dean for clinical programs and experiential learning.
Scherr is the author of Learning From Practice: A Text for Experiential Legal Education and Green’s Georgia Law of Evidence. He has served as president of the Clinical Legal Education Association and chair of the AALS Clinical Advisory Committee. He has also organized many regional and national conferences on clinical education and has been involved with the development and implementation of the ABA’s standards for externship courses. He has served on the board of the National Law School Veterans Clinic Consortium. Presently, he is an editorial board member of the Clinical Law Review in addition to being a drafter of the Multistate Performance Test for the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
Hale receives UGA teaching award
Allison G. Hale (J.D.’89) was presented with the UGA Award for Excellence in Teaching earlier this year. The honor recognizes faculty whose time is primarily dedicated to instruction, promoting pedagogical innovation and providing an engaging environment for student learning. Notably, she was one of only two faculty members campus-wide to be selected.
Hale, who has been a member of the law school faculty since 1992, teaches Legal Writing to first-year law students and serves as the school’s director of academic enhancement, teaching in the pre-orientation Early Start program and providing a series of workshops called “OneL” to help first-year students develop the skills necessary to succeed in law school.
Hale also serves as the faculty advisor for students pursuing the Master in the Study of Law and teaches Introduction to the American Legal System and Legal Writing & Analysis for this cohort of students.
She is a member of the Georgia Bar Association, the Association for Academic Support Educators and the Legal Writing Institute.
Students recognize faculty and staff
Matthew I. Hall – Associate Professor – Brown Professionalism Award
Jean Goetz Mangan (J.D.’11) – Lecturer & Director of Bar Passage – Watson Award for Outstanding Legal Research or Writing Instructor
Rob McNiff (J.D.’02) – Clinical Assistant Professor – Lanier Award for Excellence in Clinical Education
John B. Meixner Jr. – Assistant Professor – Ellington Award for Excellence in Teaching and Graduation Faculty Marshal
Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge – Talmadge Chair – O’Byrne Memorial Award for Significant Contributions Furthering Student-Faculty Relations and Graduation Faculty Marshal
Anthony E. “Tony” Waller (J.D.’93) – Assistant Dean for Career Development – Outstanding Staff Member
Gregory L. “Greg” Roseboro (J.D.’87) – Adjunct Professor – UGA Law Excellence in Undergraduate Education Award
