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Waller elected to National Association for Law Placement Board of Directors

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Thursday, May 4, 2006

WRITER: Heidi Murphy, 706/542-5172, hmurphy@uga.edu CONTACT: Tony Waller, 706/542-5154, twaller@uga.edu

Waller elected to National Association for Law Placement Board of Directors

ATHENS, Ga. – Anthony E. "Tony" Waller, the associate director of legal career services at the University of Georgia School of Law, has been elected to the board of directors for the National Association for Law Placement (NALP). Waller will hold a two-year at-large position on the 14-member panel.

Waller joined the Georgia Law staff in 2000 as the assistant director of legal career services and was promoted to his current position of associate director in 2003. He previously worked as a recruiter/human resources director at AXIOM Systems and practiced law for five years. Waller earned both his undergraduate degree in agricultural economics and his law degree from UGA.

Founded in 1971, NALP is a nonprofit educational association dedicated to facilitating legal career counseling and planning, recruitment and retention, and the professional development of law students and lawyers. Membership includes virtually every ABA-approved law school in the United States and Canada in addition to more than 1,700 legal employers from both the public and private sectors.

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