Elie, are you confirming that you are the son of the corrupt LI politician of the same name?

First to point out that she looks kind of like Grayskull from He-Man.

First to point out that she looks kind of like Skeletor from He-Man.

cravath firing staff attorneys?? associates?!?

dumb bitch

This isn't news. It will be news when she is caught have extramarital relations with Uga, the university's k-9 mascot.

1, 3, 4 = Fail

Why is this news? Beauty pageant winners spend their prizes at law schools and other graduate schools all the time, seeing as how they usually win scholarships.

And the person who sits next to her in torts class won't even know it, especially when she shows up without the 5lbs of stage makeup.

9 = Fugly chick

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First to note that I would do her.

9 - men know when a hot chick is near. My divining rod would point to that chick even if she was wearing a jumpsuit and a paper bag.

This girl is hot and life will be very easy for her if she makes the right moves. All the T14's on here may hate it, but the reality of the world is that hot is a lot more marketable than the "merit" associated with your fancy law degree. I'm an average looking T3, here, so I'm in the same boat. But the whole rat race of LSAT scores, law school rankings, law review, law firm rankings...that only really signals to an employer that you have a baseline of competence and that you'll blindly work yourself into the ground for them. This girl has something real that will translate into clients and money. As long as she can manage to show up to work, she will be a partner one day and the boss of several T3 associates.

She is hot as fuck.

I'm sure Alston & Bird will try to snap her right up. Their chief HR hack is a former Miss Georgia. It's all about the qualifications!

Hot chicks pick UGA. Further proof that Emory is TTT.

Attractive yes, but her arms are too fat for me. Maybe all the overweight attorneys on this site will be fine with it.

Upon review of the video, she is not as hot as she appears in her photograph. I think she may have a killer top/bottom combo, though. Her face is a 7, but she might be a 10 where it counts.

She left John and those 8 brats to go to some redneck law school?

She left John and those 8 brats to go to some redneck law school?

She's average by Athens standards.

Yes, but what is her opinion regarding gay marriage? That is the only important thing.

First to say that this wouldn't happen in Texas.

I'd hit it

LIKE A BOSS

I graduated LS with two Miss Somethings. This happens all the time.

@25, no man, that's not my thing.

This really increases the intellectual capital of UGA Law. Good to see.

I would hire her as an attorney, if for no other reason that to pound her in the ass. After all, so long as you pay with cash dollars, an attorney will do anything and everything for a paying client.

The picture is much prettier than the video.

She has an Adams apple.

I am surprised. Usually ATL makes you hit the jump to watch stupid videos and drive up hit counts.

When I attended law school (1964-1967), there were perhaps half a dozen to 10 female law students at most in any given class. This type of environment promoted academic success. Students such as Emily Cook are a distraction. Is she attractive? Yes but I have seen much better eye candy. We have reached a sad day when law schools not only admit folks based on their ability to sign promissory notes but also admit mini celebrities based on web search hits.

14 speaks the truth. Sad but true.

I like how some poor UGA grad/student feels so inferior that he he/she needed to use this thread to say that Emory sucks.

Kash has a lot more money than this broad.

all makeup, no natural beauty

16 couldn't get hired at A&B

Seriously? Girl is a 6.5 at best.

You know the internet is a weird place when law students and lawyers, not generally the most attractive group of people out there (both male and female - I'm looking at you overweight, balding 24 year old who constantly bags on law school girls for being ugly) can get together and put down freaking Miss Georgia's looks without immediately realizing the inherent irony, and furthermore that it takes an hour for someone to come along and say this -

We're freaking lawyers!!! 98% of us are completely hideous, especially us men, so unless you happen to be the one Biglaw associate who moonlights as an underwear model, shut up about how other people look, you immature, pathetically insecure loser!!!

Fap.

17 - "Hot chicks pick UGA. Further proof that Emory is TTT."

Laughable. Good luck getting back in front of Alabama School of Law.

Also, I find it interesting that Miss Georgia came in SECOND PLACE and was the default choice, kind of reminds me of UGA's relationship with Emory.

Stupid chicks pick UGA.

Can anyone comment as to the feasibility of transferring to UGA and postponing my 3L year until she is a 3L?

Oh, and PE's schtick is old. Come up with a new troll -- I have faith in you, buddy.

Newt Gingrich teaches at UGA and he doesn't even have a law degree. At UGA, all things are possible.

There are lots of attractive young women lawyers. In fact I would say women lawyers are on average more attractive than women generally. I'm not sure if this is because they are confident and self-disciplined, which ensures that they make the best of what they have, or if it is that attractiveness breeds confidence in the first place.

I disagree with those posters who suggest that Miss Georgia can or should trade off of her looks. Yes she might get some favoritism on that basis, but at the end of the day she will damage her credibility if she is seen to be all flash and no substance. Yes, beauty might open some doors for her but lawyers and clients are very unforgiving. if she doesn't have the brains and work ethic to match her beauty those doors will slam faster than she can wish for "world peace."

Damn, girl, your fupa be huge!

UGA students will just never come to terms with their bum deal in life. Look on the bright side, hopefully you'll have some classes with Miss Georgia. If so, try to make a good impression, maybe she can get you a job!

I'd hit it, then quit it.

Having lived in both Georgia and New York, I can safely say that southern girls are WAY hotter.

If you want to work outside of the South, Emory is the better option. If you want to work in the South, especially Atlanta, then you'd be a moron to choose Emory over UGA unless Emory gave you some sort of amazing scholarship and UGA didn't. Firms in Atlanta don't view the two any differently. I asked several lawyers in Atlanta before going to law school whether I should go to UGA or Emory and they all were of the opinion that I'd be a fool to spend the extra money on Emory if I wanted to practice in Atlanta.

Her looks will help her out, no doubt. But at the end of the day, clients hire you for the quality of your legal advice and good customer service. If she can't stand and deliver (and I express no opinion one way or another), she'll be realized as a fraud eventually.

At lawa, we call this LATHAM MATERIAL.

Is bleached blond still in? Having some familiarity w/ Georgia pageantry (a REALLY BIG THING down there), I'm surprised that she won - even as runner up. That interview was mediocre at best. Her voice and poise are sub-par. She has little natural beauty.

I think she'd be one of the 3 hottest chicks at a random Georgia bar, but a Georgia Peach, she is not.

53 - For some reason I have a hunch that she can deliver very, very good customer service...

As a woman, I must say that she is chunky and has terrible teeth!

Hot asian reporter did more for me.

She's attractice, and I'd probably do her, but I wouldn't say she's hot.

I'm sorry, but to call this young lady anything but attractive is just absurd.

She has a very comely face and a borderline-wondrous figure. How on Earth, one is left to imagine, is it possible for you losers who clearly spend night after night alone in your mom's basement staring at porn to look in the mirror? What must be there for you to say such things? I do hope that she hasn't read these comments; even beautiful women get very hurt by such invective.

She's no hotter than the average UGA student. Maybe hotter than the average UGA Law student, but no respectable UGA Law guy dates UGA Law girls. There are far too many other options in Athens.

According to the AJC article, the dress she wore was purchased at Ross for $7!

I'm sorry, but to call this young lady anything but attractive is just absurd.

She has a very comely face and a borderline-wondrous figure. How on Earth, one is left to imagine, is it possible for you losers who clearly spend night after night alone in your mom's basement staring at porn to look in the mirror? What must be there for you to say such things? I do hope that she hasn't read these comments; even beautiful women get very hurt by such invective.

i love her

I hope they served oats in the green room. Neigh!!

60/63 hasn't been to georgia. Hot women can be picked right from the trees in georgia.

I'm sure the goatherder could provide some very insightful commentary about this, the pressing issue of our times! Oh were oh were art thou, Goatherder??

A little friendly advice for Ms. Cook. The law school at UGA is an awful place to be for three years. The students are cut-throat competitive, the curve is unjustifiable, and the professors are petty and cruel. The comments on this blog are just a sweet prelude to the type of behavior you will be subject to as a law student and as a lawyer. With the collapse of biglaw, you can almost be guaranteed a spot at some mid-size firm in Smyrna or Buckhead where the partners will terrorize you daily. In contrast, teaching is a great gig. Over the life of your career, you will probably earn close to what you'll earn in law (55k avg for teaching v. 65 avg for mid or small law in Atlanta) plus you will have summers and all major holidays off. Instead of a law degree, get an advanced teaching degree. I promise you you won't regret it.

68 - That is the most ludicrous thing I've ever read (othe than the curve thing - yeah, that's kind of true). UGA Law was extremely laid-back, Athens is a great place, and most lawyers will make a lot more than 65K on average. I was an average student at UGA Law and am pulling down $180K right now. Maybe this is a bit higher than average, but the insurance defense mills are still paying over $100. Whereas teachers, unless they have a PhD, aren't making anywhere near 55K in georgia.

"Ms. Cook assumed the crown after middle school teacher, Kristina Higgins, turned down the prize hours after winning it. "

TTTypically awkward MysTTTal senTTTence: shitty punctuation and redundant use of "after."

If you bag on a girl's looks and you are a guy, you first need to post honest pictures of the last 10 women you have slept with. Beyond that, all who hate on this chick for not being very attractive should post pics of who they think is attractive. "ZOMG I trip over girls 10 times hotter than her on my way to take a stinky poo," is not very helpful, nor believable. If she's a 6, show us a 7-10.

Though I suppose it's a matter of opinion, I'm not sure where 68 gets their opinion of UGA Law. Compared to other law schools--even limiting one's purview to the state of Georgia--one would run into far more "petty" and "cruel" professors or "cut-throat" competition at Emory or Mercer. If you expand the scope to law schools nationwide, the level of "cut-throat," "petty" places to get a law degree only goes up. UGA Law is, aside from a few negligible outlier gunners, a welcoming and enjoyable place to study law.

And the commenter above is correct--if you stay in Atlanta, even the largest law firms regard a degree from UGA Law the same as they do a degree from Emory Law. If properly motivated, you can successfully compete for and be offered positions at the largest, most prestigious firms in the city for a far lower cost than your fellow recent grads around the state.

UGA Law Grads > Other Heavily Indebted Law Grads In-State > Teachers In-State

"If you bag on a girl's looks and you are a guy, you first need to post honest pictures of the last 10 women you have slept with."

I'm not sure that most men have indeed slept with ten women - certainly not most men on this site. (Not me though, loads of ass, before I got married, of course.)

Anyway, this is a silly criterion: do you really need to have, say, a deadly mid-range jumper in order to validly criticize Dwight Howard's lack of creativity on offense? A criticism is true independent of the critic.

I assumed 68 was a troll designed to get across the message that women should stay in female professions like teaching (or nursing).

71, you presume that guys who bag on her looks have slept with at least ten women. You likely presume too much.

72 - flip open your latest Georgia Law magazine. Look at the number of graduates from the last ten years who give to the law school. Looks to me the average is about 10-15%. If these graduates are so pleased and so prosperous why don't they give to the law school?

All UGA Law grads have slept with at least 10 women.

Including the women.

74-I wasn't aware that professions could be characterized as male or female. Please explain.

I miss Athens. Sigh.

72,

Law firms in Atlanta go deeper into the class at Emory than they do at UGA. Before this recession, top 50% at Emory would get you the job. Therefore, your assertion that they view the degrees as the same is just plain wrong.

The best of the best at Emory don't really practice in Atlanta though. They go to NY and DC mostly.

Debt sucks, I agree. But law firms have in interest in hiring students with a lot of debt. People with lots of debt have more motivation to work hard and are more likely to stay. Less likely they will go off on their own w/in 5-10 years.

Amanda Blair (Paige) former UVA undergrad and Playboy centerfold is heading to Richmond law school next year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Paige

80- perhaps, but as a top-10 / Law Review at UGA, I haven't had any difficulties in life.

Athens is a great city. Good luck enjoying it from the law library where you will spend most of your time. Your reward? A 65k job, 60 hour work weeks (if you get a job at all), and 40k in debt.

82-That's the point. UGA works for the top 10% and that's it. Everyone else has to hustle like a used car salesman.

76,

I can't speak to the motivations of whatever percentage of recent graduates "give to the [Georgia] law school"--meaning, I presume, financially, though there are just as meaningful non-monetary ways that recent graduates "give" as well. I was merely stating my firsthand experience with UGA Law to rebut 68's bald assertions. But I think you start with a faulty premise: if the percentage of recent graduates donating financially to their law schools was the yardstick for determining law school quality, I'm sure the rankings would shift quite dramatically. Is there countervailing proof that significantly more than "10-15%" of students at T20, private law schools, who most often leave burdened by large quantities of debt, give financially to those schools within ten years of graduating?

80,

Even if, for the sake of argument, the largest law firms in Atlanta don't regard Emory and UGA Law degrees the same, the end result to me is still a favorable one for UGA Law graduates. While "law firms have an interest in hiring students with a lot of debt," I think students/recent graduates have a more important interest in controlling their legal careers. People with "lots of debt" may be more motivated to work hard--though that's just an assumption, and I'm sure some heavily indebted law students have bucked that trend before--but those of us who graduate law school without mountains of debt get the immeasurable benefit of choosing what to do when we're done, rather than finding ourselves tied down by the big firms that may be chasing us. Want to work at a smaller firm in the suburbs? No problem. Want to crush it with the Emory grads at the big firms? Also possible, if you're properly motivated. But the key point is the flexibility of the post-graduation lifestyle. If you've got too much debt weighing you down, then I can imagine that flexibility becomes a point of envy for your recent-graduate colleagues after some time.

I stand by it. UGA Law Grads > Other Heavily Indebted Law Grads In-State

LOL @ the logical and writing skills of non T-14 law students

I have never met a Emory law grad that was a d-bag...true story

No worries...I will be coming to Emory's campus in a couple years interviewing for some "gunner wanna-be in NY, but couldn't make it" first year associates...

-55 If you stumble, if you hesitate you can kiss the crown goodbye. Now if I've told you once, I've told you 1000 times, poise counts! It's just as important as the others: swimsuit, evening wear, talent, POISE!

Cosmo Kramer

Proof that almost anyone can look good in one carefully posed picture.

86 - "LOL @ the logical and writing skills of non T-14 law students"

Really? Really?! God damn... open mouth, insert stupid fucking foot.

86 - "LOL @ the logical and writing skills of non T-14 law students"

Really? Really?! God damn... open mouth, insert stupid fucking foot.

80- UGA is almost always a better choice than Emory law.

Debt- Law students graduate from UGA with 70k in debt and at Emory with 180k in debt.

Job- If you are top 10% at UGA, then you'll likely be near the top of the class at Emory which would mean you'd get the same job in Atlanta. That works if you're top of your class at Emory you'll be near the top at UGA. The cream always rises to the top. The rub is if you're middle of the pack at Emory you're probably not much or a little better than middle of the pack at UGA. In both situations in this economy, you're going be hard pressed for find a job. Better to no job prospects with a UGA debt than an Emory one.

Don't forget to include the higher cost of living in Atlanta over Athens. If you're fresh out of college and want to stay in Atlanta, UGA over Emory. If you want to stay in Atlanta because you have family and kids, then Emory could be the better choice.

80 - that's just BS, plain and simple. The major law firms in Atlanta all view UGA and Emory law degrees exactly the same and they don't go deeper into one class than the other. I'm not saying the quality of the education is necessarily the same, but this is just a fact. It likely has to do with the fact that you have far more partners at large Atlanta law firms that graduated from UGA than Emory. This is coming from a neutral observer. I didn’t graduate from either of these law schools, but this is simply what experience has shown.

46, where the hell do you work?

piff maybe on TV.

14,

Quoted for truth.

66, fails to mention the lack of trees in said state

She's pretty, but nothing exceptional from this part of the country. My southern belle wife is a hell of a lot hotter.

Not bad.

I would pound that shit flat.

96 - does that joke really work for a state that has a ton of trees?

94, this may be true about the "major" firms but what about the real moneymakers, ken nugent, montlick and associates, etc., all emory grads!

-35, still laughing at insecure UGA grads who jump up to defend their school before anyone even calls them out

So Higgins didn't want to be Ms. Georgia because it would take time away from her teaching career? Really?

What's the over/under on when the media breaks the story about the porno/Grils Gone Wild/prostie ring that Higgins was involved in?

Purely speculation on my part, but something smells funny about this series of events.

I'm with you 101, the combined economic benefits of being Miss Georgia for a year has to be more than being an entry level teacher. And it's not like teaching kids is such a high powered career that it would screw you to take a year off.

Watching these people torture logic in an effort to argue that UGA is "a better choice" than Emory is really amusing. It's funny how easy it is to recognize why they were stuck with a school like UGA.

I've never met an Emory Law student who liked the school. As an Emory undergrad I got to know a lot of Emory Law grads, and every single one of them told me, when I had a choice between Emory and UGA, to go with UGA. They all said they wish they had.

LSAT 171
3.9 undergrad GPA

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For those returning to law school later in life with significant "real-world" experience, connections, and/or additional degrees, I think Georgia State has both Emory and UGA beat with respect to value received for money paid. I will grant you Georgia State's not top 10 or even top 50, but it still is the best option for some (or the only option, for those who need a part-time program).

The Emory versus UGA issue seems to be completely intractable. If only there were multiple formal rankings, I'm sure those Emory students would be put in their place once and for all!

107 - I'm sorry you blindly relied on the US News rankings and took out two to three times as much debt as students that instead chose to attend UGA. If you had only talked to a few partners at major Atlanta firms, you would have realized that UGA places just as well as Emory in Atlanta. Rankings don't reflect regional reputation. They also don’t take into account the number of partners in a single city or region that graduated from the same law school. Again, I'm sorry you blindly relied on rankings, instead of choosing a school that was a better value and would have given you equal career opportunities in Atlanta.

99,

You got me. I've only been to that state once. Besides a short car ride, I never left the hotel.

-96

108 - I went to Emory on a full scholarship. I didn't apply to UGA. I never would have considered a non - T25. Call me blind if you want.

And, by the way, the vault rankings do in fact take into account all of the aspects you rambled off. That's why I said "MULTIPLE formal rankings."

LOL @ the UGA guy's reading comprehension

110 - I hate to break it to you, but Emory has been OUTSIDE the top-25 law schools almost as often as it has been inside the top-25. It has bounced up and down in the last 10 years. It was ranked 32 in 2006 and 26 in 2007. Do you think that Emory was really that much worse of a school three years ago when it was ranked 32? Do you think that employers look at Emory in a completely different light than they did three years ago when the school was ranked 32?

Also, the Vault rankings are national rankings as well and DON'T take into account ANY of the aspects I rambled off. From Vault: "The respondents--who represent over 100 law firms-- were advised to consider the following factors in their rankings: research and writing skills; knowledge of legal doctrine; possession of other relevant knowledge (e.g., science for IP lawyers); and ability to manage a calendar and work with an assistant." Sure, Emory has a better national reputation, but UGA’s reputation is just as good in Atlanta. If you go to Emory on a full ride, that’s great. But for the majority of people that want to practice in Atlanta, UGA is the much better choice. Same career prospects and much lower debt.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/03/31/top302009.jpg

I am still confused as to why the winner gave up her crown. She competed for Miss Georgia for years and finally wins it in her last year of eligibility. And then refuses to sign the contract and gives it up the next morning? Huh? Makes no sense.

I was accepted at UGA and at Emory. I chose UGA. As a UGA grad, I appreciate that my loans are more manageable than they would have been at Emory. But based on my experience, UGA grads have a harder time finding suitable employment in large part because the UGA LCS office limits its efforts to forwarding e-mails full of job opportunities in any city but Atlanta. The Emory grads I have worked with over the years seem to like their LCS people and seem to actually receive constructive help (actual phone calls and a little arm twisting on their behalf). LCS is a service. With services you almost always get what you pay for.

not impressed.

104 - How was your experience at UGA Law. Would you recommend it?