University of Georgia Law School

Student Rating^? B Alumni Rating^? A- ATL Top 50 Rank #21	Tuition $19,476/$37,527 Total Investment ^? $138,247/$203,565	Enrollment 576	Student/Faculty Ratio 12.2/1
LSAT (25/75) 159/164 GPA (25/75) 3.39/3.85	Region S State G	Dean Rebecca H. White
Applicants who are accepted 26.8 / 100 Admitted students who enroll 2.6 / 10	Top Biglaw Employers ^? Alston & Bird LLP	Talking Points On two occasions, alumni have simultaneously headed all branches of the Georgia state government. Notable Alumni include: Eugene Talmadge (elected Governor 4 times), Robert Whitlow (filmmaker, author), Phaedra C. Parks (Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member), Robert Benham (first African-American to serve on the GA Supreme Court).

Ratings & Rankings

Colored bars represent the range of average school ratings. Black line is this school's rating.

Academics

Students
vs. all schools

Minimum: 2.25
Mean: 3.50
Maximum: 4

Alumni
vs. all schools

Minimum: 2.4
Mean: 3.77
Maximum: 4

Practical/Clinical Training

Students
vs. all schools

Minimum: 2.14
Mean: 3.00
Maximum: 3.83

Alumni
vs. all schools

Minimum: 1.86
Mean: 3.00
Maximum: 3.8

Career Counseling

Students
vs. all schools

Minimum: 1.29
Mean: 2.14
Maximum: 3.56

Alumni
vs. all schools

Minimum: 1.17
Mean: 2.21
Maximum: 3.25

Financial Aid Advising

Students
vs. all schools

Minimum: 1.5
Mean: 2.75
Maximum: 3.29

Alumni
vs. all schools

Minimum: 1.25
Mean: 2.56
Maximum: 3.5

Social Life

Students
vs. all schools

Minimum: 1.8
Mean: 3.14
Maximum: 3.67

Alumni
vs. all schools

Minimum: 2.4
Mean: 3.74
Maximum: 3.86

More Ratings*

	Student	Alumni
	B+	A+
	B	B-
	C+	B
	B+	B+
	B+	A+

US News Rank

#27 - Tie

What do these ratings mean?

from Brian Dalton, Breaking Media Director of Research

The ATL School and Firm Insiders Survey asks self-identified current students, alumni, and practicing lawyers to rate major aspects of life at their law school (academics, social life, clinical training, career services, financial aid advising) and/or law firm (compensation, hours, morale, culture, training). We then translate these ratings into letter grades, where the mean score for each particular ratings category is the equivalent of a “B.”

We require a minimum threshold of responses for each institution before we publish any survey-based ratings content. Using a standard formula for statistical validity, we adhere to a threshold that gives us an 85% confidence level and a 10% margin of error. The precise threshold number will of course vary depending on the size of the individual institution. For example, for a law firm of 1,000 attorneys, we would require 50 responses in order to publish ratings for the firm.

Employment

Class of 2016, data from Law School Transparency and the American Bar Association

Unemployed
16%

Unknown
0 %

Other
Employment 13 %

Bar Passage
Required* 71 %

School-
Funded 1 %

Federal
Clerkships 6 %

Large Firm
17 %

Large Firm
Long-term, full-time jobs at law firms that employ 101 or more attorneys. Due to data limitations, this score may include paralegals and administrative staff.

Federal Clerkship
Long-term, full-time federal clerkships. Usually, these jobs have a duration of one year, though sometimes graduates obtain two-year appointments or "career clerk" positions.

School Funded
All jobs funded by the school, including long-term, short-term, full-time and part-time.

Bar Passage Required*
The percentage of the entire class working in long-term, full-time positions. Excludes solo practitioners.

Other Employment
All employment nine months after graduation, including short-term, JD advantage, professional, and non-professional positions.

Unknown
Non-respondents and unknown credentials.

Unemployed
All unemployed students including those seeking graduate degrees and not seeking employment.

Employment Score ^? 84 %
School Funded	1
Large Firm	17
Federal Clerkships	6
Government	8.37%
Public Interest	6.61%

The ATL Career Center's goal is to reconcile publicly available employment data for the class of 2013, nine months after graduation. We compared data from the American Bar Association, Law School Transparency, National Association for Legal Professionals, and individual school websites. If any information is inaccurate, please contact us at [email protected].

Student Career Plans

Sector	Anticipated	Actual
Source: ATL Insider Survey and the American Bar Association
Work for a firm	45%	44%
Work for government	10%	8%
Work in non-profit/public interest	10%	7%
Go solo

Insider Reviews

from students and alumni of University of Georgia Law School

Alumni

All in all, this is a great school and I had a wonderful experience. The faculty is amazing and are not just scholars; they’re truly teachers. Plus, Athens is a fun little town with great restaurants and cultural scene. If you qualify for in-state tuition, Georgia Law can’t be beat.
Alumni

The burden will be on you to find and obtain a job. Expect Legal Career Services to *POST* jobs or avaialble internships, but that is it. You will have to do the legwork and win over the employers, because LCS gets paid whether you get a job or not.
Alumni

There are some real shining gems on the law school faculty – teachers that will push you to your academic limit and that is a truly wonderful, extraordinary experience. Additionally, every faculty member takes a genuine interest in the students and their well-being and are always willing to help and teach in any way they can. They care about you and your future. That is priceless.
Alumni

Students

Great teachers for a low price.
3L

I don’t know if the horror stories about other schools are true, but the environment at UGA law is great. Everyone works hard, but it isn’t viciously competitive. It’s as relaxed and social as a law school can be.
1L

I don’t think this is unique to Georgia – likely applicable to law school at large – but don’t expect to take the path of least resistance and be satisfied at the end with your job prospects or your experience at large. Georgia is a great value and does great things for its grads, but expects them to be hungry, self-starters in order to make things happen. If you think you can coast into OCIs, even with top of the class grades, and graduate with a job, you might be able to do that somewhere, but it won’t happen at Georgia. / / It’s also still more of a regional school than I think the school wants to acknowledge. So, if you don’t want to be in Atlanta or some other southern city, probably not the best place for you.
3L

If you are not from the South then they really do not have much for you here. The firms in the area seem to only be interest in hiring those who have Southern ties (no matter how highly ranks and law review etc.) and the Career Services are really pretty terrible. Professors are, for the most part, really good and the social life is incredible. UGA Law is pretty laid back, not a ton of cutthroat people, everyone help eachother.
2L

The only final grade you get after your first semester is Crim. So that means you don’t have a lot of grades to show firms. However, since your first set of exams is usually only worth about 1/3 of your grade you get a chance to improve on your grades before you get anything official. / The social life at UGA is awesome, and its definitely not a very gunnerish school. If you want to practice in GA its a great choice, especially for so cheap.
1L

The University of Georgia (not just the law school) hides significant tuition expenses as “student fees”. The law school just spent tons of money on elaborate facilities but we have had a new Career Services officer every year. Our last one’s only experience prior to taking the job was her experience as an unemployed 3L graduate of the school. Applicants should expect little to know support from career services or to be treated as anything other than a source of funding.
3L