Congratulations to the School of Law’s 2025-26 faculty and staff award winners (pictured in order starting at the top left):

• Elizabeth Chamblee Burch – Callaway Chair – Ellington Award for Excellence in Teaching
• Nathan S. Chapman – Associate Dean for Faculty Development & Cleveland Distinguished Chair – Graduation Faculty Marshal
• Matthew I. Hall – Associate Professor – Brown Professionalism Award
• Jessica L. Heywood (J.D.’97) – Clinical Professor & Director of Washington, D.C., Semester in Practice – Lanier Award for Excellence in Clinical Education
• Jean Goetz Mangan (J.D.’11) – Senior Lecturer & Director of Bar Passage – Watson Award for Outstanding Legal Research or Writing Instructor
• Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge – Talmadge Chair – Graduation Faculty Marshal
• David E. Shipley – Georgia Athletic Association Professor – O’Byrne Memorial Award for Significant Contributions Furthering Student-Faculty Relations
• Nikko Terry – Academic Program Coordinator – SBA Award for Outstanding Staff Member
• Logan E. Sawyer III – Hosch Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies – UGA Law Excellence in Undergraduate Education Award

Additionally, Rutledge was presented with UGA’s First-Year Odyssey Seminar Program Teaching Award, recognizing innovation and excellence in instruction as well as effectively connecting his undergraduate seminar to his scholarship and the three goals of the First-Year Odyssey Seminar Program.