In 2019 student driven initiatives at the University of Georgia School of Law prompted research for identifying diverse graduates from the school. Over the course of late 2019 and early 2020 this research was visualized with items pulled together from UGA’s earliest yearbooks, the law school’s Phi Alpha Delta student directories, and information gathered from the other institutional publications such as past issues of Advocate Magazines. The input of various student organizations at the law school was gathered and informed the scope and content of the exhibit. Previously digitized materials were joined with newly scanned photographs to illustrate the diverse history of our school’s community. Graduates who are represented in the visual timeline include:
1896 - Horace B. Van de Vélde, 1st Argentinian-Mexican Graduate
- Listed in the University of Georgia Pandora Yearbook, 1896
1901 - Horacio S. Beleval, 1st Puerto Rican Graduate
- Listed in the University of Georgia Pandora Yearbook, 1901
- Photograph from Lumpkin Law School Class Composite Lithograph, 1901
1902 - Miguel de Guerra, 2nd Puerto Rican Graduate
- Photograph from the University of Georgia Pandora Yearbook, 1902
1925 - Gussie Brooks, 1st Female Graduate
- University of Georgia Senior Class Photograph from newspaper clipping in Edith House Scrapbook assembled by the Women Law Students Association, 1925
- Photograph from the University of Georgia Pandora Yearbook, 1925
1925 - Edith House, 2nd Female Graduate
- University of Georgia Senior Class Photograph from newspaper clipping in Edith House Scrapbook assembled by the Women Law Students Association, 1925
- Photograph from the University of Georgia Pandora Yearbook, 1925
1926 - Dorothy Ida "Dot" Levy, 3rd Female Graduate
- Photograph from Lumpkin Law School Class Composite Negative, 1926
- Photograph from the University of Georgia Pandora Yearbook, 1926
1926 - Mathilde Upson, 4th Female Graduate
- Photograph from Lumpkin Law School Class Composite Negative, 1926
- Photograph from the University of Georgia Pandora Yearbook, 1926
1948 - Michael Gannam, 1st Lebanese Graduate
- Photograph from the University of Georgia Pandora Yearbook, 1948
1966 - Chester C. Davenport, 1st African-American Graduate
- Photograph from the Student Bar Association Placement Brochure, 1966
- Photograph of the Student Editorial Board of the Georgia State Bar Journal from the University of Georgia Pandora Yearbook, 1966
1971 - Phil Duderwicz, Graduate who used a wheelchair
- Photograph from the first year class of the Phi Alpha Delta Student Directory, 1968-69
1972 - Theodore C.H. Chao, 1st Chinese-American Graduate
- Photograph from the third year class of the Phi Alpha Delta Student Directory, 1971-72
1972 - Arthur K. Goto, 1st Native Hawaiian and Japanese-American Graduate
- Photograph from third year class of the Phi Alpha Delta Student Directory, 1971-72
1974 - Sharon Lynn "Nyota" Tucker, 1st Female African-American Graduate
- Photograph from the second year class and of the Law Students Civil Rights Research Council Officers from the Phi Alpha Delta Student Directory, 1972-73
- Photograph from the third year class and of the Black American Law Students Association Officers from the Phi Alpha Delta Student Directory, 1973-74
1974 - Robert Edward "Robbie" Robinson, Prominent Civil Rights Attorney
- Photograph from the second year class of the Phi Alpha Delta Student Directory, 1972-73