School of Law receives multiple competition honors

 

Two quarterfinal finishes at environmental law negotiation competition

Two separate teams from UGA finished as quarterfinalists at the Robert R. Merhige, Jr. National Environmental Negotiation Competition, with one team composed of second-year law students Olivia G. Buckner and Camille A. Weindorf, and the other of third-year student Grace M. Craft and second-year student Colin A. Pelletier. The Merhige Competition is an annual event hosted by the University of Richmond School of Law allowing students to practice negotiations involving contemporary issues in environmental law.

Supreme Unukegwo, Elisa Lara, Vernesha Brown, Porter Tynes and Myles Solomon

Law students Supreme Unukegwo (left) and Elisa Lara (second from left) finished as semifinalists at the Tulane International FĂștbol Negotiation Competition. They are pictured with competition mates Vernesha Brown (second from right) and Porter Tynes (right) and Sports Law Program Director Myles Solomon.

UGA lands in final four at Tulane tournament

Second-year student Elisa C. Lara and third-year student Supreme Unukegwo finished as semifinalists at the Tulane International FĂștbol Negotiation Competition, where students engaged in simulated contract negotiations using real-life international clubs and players surrounding hypothetical scenarios.

Hodges and Moore named semifinalists in tax challenge

Second-year students Clifford M. Hodges and Brigman T. Moore finished as semifinalists in the ABA Law Student Tax Challenge. This competition gives J.D. students an opportunity to solve a complex business problem that might arise in everyday tax practice.