UGA LAW SCHOOL ORGANIZES FOOD DRIVE FOR TORNADO VICTIMS IN SOUTH GEORGIA

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Friday, February 25, 2000

WRITER: Matt Haney, (706) 542-5172

CONTACT: Kathy R. Pharr, (706) 542-5172, pharr@arches.uga.edu

UGA LAW SCHOOL ORGANIZES FOOD DRIVE FOR TORNADO VICTIMS IN SOUTH GEORGIA

ATHENS, Ga. - Tornadoes ravaged Southwest Georgia, and now a University of Georgia law student organization devoted to service to Georgia's smaller communities is stepping up to help. The Georgia League, in conjunction with the School of Law's Alumni Programs Office and the Moultrie Bar Association, is collecting food and monetary donations from UGA law school students, faculty and staff on Monday, February 28, and Tuesday, February 29. All donations will go to the Colquitt County Chapter of the Red Cross in Moultrie, to be used to assist tornado victims in Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, and Tift counties.

The food drive will utilize the successful format employed for the law school's annual holiday food drive: for the duration of the drive, students are granted immunity from a law professor's questions if they hold up a can of food when called upon in class; at the end of each class, the cans are collected. Sixteen law professors in 24 classes have enthusiastically agreed to participate. On Friday, March 3, a group of Georgia League law students will travel to Moultrie to present the donations to the Moultrie Bar Association and Red Cross. The Moultrie Bar Association will match a significant portion of the cash contributions made by the law school community.

"This project is right in line with the Georgia League's service mission," said David Herndon, a Moultrie native and 1995 UGA law graduate who founded the Georgia League as a law student. Herndon now practices in Moultrie and serves as president of its bar association. "The Moultrie Bar Association is glad to lend its support to this worthwhile effort."

The Georgia League promotes closer ties between a network of law students and alumni who practice in the state's smaller communities. One of its projects, the annual Georgia League Report, includes a wide variety of articles written by law students on topics such as workers' compensation, municipal corporations, criminal law, environmental issues and office technology advancements. It is mailed to local policymakers throughout the state and seeks to inform practitioners, legislators, municipal attorneys and judges on current issues of interest.

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Any reporters or photographers who would like to observe/photograph a law class during the food drive should contact law school Communications Director Kathy Pharr at: (706) 542-5172.

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