2025 Law School Orientations on Professionalism
2025 Law School Orientations Information
Each year, the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism and the State Bar of Georgia Committee on Professionalism hold Law School Orientations at each of Georgia’s five law schools. The orientations are designed to provide incoming 1Ls with their first introduction to professionalism. Georgia lawyers and judges are invited to serve as “Group Leaders” during the orientations to help students learn the meaning of professionalism and why it is important for them as law students.
If you are a Group Leader and you did not receive the password via e-mail, please email kygrier@cjcpga.org.
| 2025 Law Schools Orientations on Professionalism Summary Chart | |||||
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| Name of School | # of Students Participating | # Group Leaders Participating | Professionalism Speaker | Student Evaluation Links | Group Leader Evaluation Links |
| Atlanta's John Marshall Law School | 131 | 38 | Judge Eric Richardson State Court of Fulton County | AJMLS SE Results | AJMLS GLE Results |
| Emory University Law School | 415 | 50 | Judge Steven D. Grimberg U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia | Emory SE Results | Emory GLE Results |
| Georgia State University Law School | 260 | 27 | Justice Andrew A. Pinson Supreme Court of Georgia | GSU SE Results | GSU GLE Results |
| Mercer University Law School | 155 | 19 | Justice Verda M. Colvin Supreme Court of Georgia | Mercer SE Results | Mercer GLE Results |
| University of Georgia School of Law | 205 | 31 | Dean Andrea Dennis, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs | UGA SE Results | UGA GLE Results |
| Totals | 1,166 | 165 |
Thank you to everyone who volunteered their time to serve as a Group Leader. We had a total of 162 Group Leaders as the total count for all schools. The total number of Group Leaders for each school include 26 individuals that served as Group Leaders at two or more schools on two or more different dates, resulting in 147 unique individuals who served throughout the orientations.. The State Bar of Georgia Committee on Professionalism (staffed by the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism) thanks ALL Group Leaders for helping to teach the next generation of lawyers about professionalism.
THANK YOU to Our 2025 Group Leaders!
2025 GROUP LEADERS
| Mr. Nilufar Abdi-Tabari
Mr. Michael Abramson Ms. Artemis Aghdasi Ms. Denise L. Allen Ms. Anna M. Arceneaux Mr. Kevin Armstrong Judge Todd H. Ashley Mrs. Eleanor M. Attwood Mr. Bryan O. Babcock Mr. Rocky James Babson Judge Neera Bahl Mr. Stewart Banner Mrs. Shakara M. Barnes Mrs. Courtnie Barrett-Parks Mr. William Barwick Prof. Heather Baxter Ms. Amber Bell Mr. Steven Berne Mrs. Samantha Beskin-Schemer Mr. William John Black Mr. Thomas Charles Blaska II Judge Mara L. Block Mrs. Lauren Boffill Mr. Nicholas Booth Mr. Joshua I. Bosin Mr. C Brock Brockington Ms. Brittanie Browning Mr. Brian D. Burgoon Mr. Mark Burnette Judge Stephanie D. Burton Mr. Scott D. Cahalan Mr. James E. Carlson Ms. Sherri Marie Carr Ms. Vanessa J. Carroll Mr. J Wickliffe Cauthorn Ms. Elizabeth D. Christian Mr. Alex Cidado Mr. Stepehn C. Collier Mr. Lawrence A. Cooper Mr. Michael Cross Mr. Charles Cullen Mr. Theodore Davis Mr. David S. DeLugas Judge Eric K. Dunaway Mr. David Emadi Mrs. Falon Elbaz Mr. Joshua Elbaz Mr. James E. Elliott, Jr. Ms. Ikemesit A. Eyo Ms. Maya H. Fouad
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Ms. Adrianne C. Freeman
Mr. Sharif Fulcher Ms. Jennie Geada Fernandez Mr. David H. Glass Ms. Megan A. Glimmerveen Ms. Robin Ann Golivesky Ms. Karlise Yvette Grier Mr. Blake Halberg Mr. Adam M. Hames Mr. Duncan Harle Mrs. Tiffani R. Hawes Mr. James W. Hays Mr. Adam L Hebbard Mr. Michael V. Herskowitz Ms. Erin Hines Ms. Corey Fleming Hirokawa Mr. Thomas Tucker Hobgood Judge Stephen J. Hodges Mrs. Isabella L. Holmes Judge Phillip Jackson Ms. Tyshawn Y. Jackson Mr. Eric T. Johnson Ms. Kristina M. Jones Ms. Shiriki C. Jones Mr. Nathan Juster Mr. Christopher Katrakis Mr. Marcus Keegan Mr. Bobga L. Kehbuma, Esq. Mr. David A. Kleber Ms. Jeanney Kutner Mr. Kevin V. Kwashnak Mr. Eric C. Lang Judge John K Larkins Prof. Henry Leaman Mr. Jason S. Lichtstein Prof. Patrick Longan Mr. Alexander S. Lurey Ms. Elizabeth L. Markowitz Mrs. Yashica Marshall Judge Corey Martin Judge Gerald Mason Mr. Kevin Maxim Ms. Lauren A. McAuley Mr. David H. McCain Mr. Jason McCarter Judge Christopher J. McFadden Mr. Shannon L. Mills Mrs. Jennifer Mock Mrs. Marta Carolina Mora
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Ms. Ashley A. Nechay
Judge William D. NeSmith Mr. Justin Norman Mr. Robert Norman Mr. Zachary North Judge Samuel D. Ozburn Ms. Charlsie Kate Paine Mr. Kevin Patrick Ms. Ashley Payne Mrs. Elizabeth M. Phrampus Mr. James T. Plunkett Professor Polly Price Ms. Latevia Priddy Mr. Erik J. Provitt Ms. Kristen Quinton Ms. Robin L. Rock Mr. Mark Rogers Mr. Jatrean M. Sanders Ms. Claudia Saari Mr. Timothy J. Santelli Mrs. Margaret Schweizer Judge Janet Scott Ms. Lauren Shubow Prof. Kyle Skinner Mr. Robert W. Smith Judge Christopher Sprague Mr. C.J. Steinmetz III Ms. Heather Stevenson Mr. Michael Stoer Ms. Margaret Strickler Mr. Bryan A. Sutlive Mr. Henry C. Tharpe Prof. John Thielman Mr. Torin D. Togut Mrs. Uchenna Mary-Anne Uzoka Mr. Carlos Vilela Ms. Caitlyn Wade Mr. Thomas Leland Walker Ms. Luana Walsh Ms. Emily C. Ward Ms. Kathleen Wasch Ms. Julayaun Maria Waters Judge Charles H. Weigle Mr. Donald H. White Mr. Jason Wiggam Mr. Shaheem Malik Williams Mr. John William Wooten
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2025 Law School Orientation Dates and Times
| Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School | Saturday, August 2, 2025 |
9:00 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. (lunch to follow)
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| Emory University School of Law | Thursday, August 14, 2025 |
11:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (with a reception to follow) |
| Georgia State University College of Law | Tuesday, August 12, 2025 |
3:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. (with a reception to follow)
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| Mercer University School of Law | Friday, August 8, 2025 |
1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (with reception to follow)
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| University of Georgia School of Law | Friday, August 15, 2025 | 12:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.
(lunch begins at 12:30 p.m.) |
