Consistent investment in the University of Georgia School of Law propels our mission of redefining what it means to be a great national public law school by matching excellence with access.

Over the 2025–26 academic year, some of the areas championed by the law school’s loyal donors and friends include: the Alexander Campbell King Law Library, the Dean Rusk International Law Center, the Veterans Legal Clinic and the Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic. Support was also directed to assist military veterans enrolled at the law school and students from rural areas in addition to international programming, summer public interest fellowships and mental health initiatives.

Several of the specific funds receiving donations included: the Philip H. Alston, Jr. Distinguished Law Fellowship, the Brendan Fair Dodd Scholarship, the Robert G. Edge Distinguished Law Fellowship, the Beverly Renee Epps Scholarship, the James T. Fordham Memorial Scholarship, the John E. “Buck” Griffin Endowment, the J. Curtis Lewis III Endowment, the David E. Ralston Memorial Fund, the Becky and Buddy Snow Scholarship and the Yee Family Professorship.

Some key donors were: John G. Alston Sr., James E. “Jim” Butler Jr. (J.D.’77), Clare A. Dodd, Kevin E. Epps (J.D.’08), Henry G. Garrard III (J.D.’71), Thomas J. “Tom” Harrold Jr. (J.D.’69), Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor Emeritus Walter Hellerstein, J. Curtis Lewis III (J.D.’78), W. Gray Reilly (J.D.’14), Ralph M. Snow and Allen W. Yee (J.D.’03) in addition to the Bready Family Charitable Fund, the Lingam Foundation and the Wilbanks Family Donor Advised Fund.

Please join us in preparing the next generation of legal leaders.

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