There have been many outstanding graduates from the University of Georgia School of Law since the school's founding in 1859. To honor individuals who have broken the barriers of our institution's history, portraits and other items from the library's archives and special collections have been arranged in a physical display on the second and third floors of the Hirsch Hall Rotunda. This series serves as a virtual extension of the exhibit at the law school to provide more context for those featured there, and to aid in locating other resources that further illuminate their legacy.

In addition to the visual timeline you see hanging on the wall, shadow boxes and a display honoring Robert E. "Robbie" Robinson featuring his briefcase are also located in the Rotunda Gallery Third Floor, while portraits of many of our earliest diverse graduates are located on the Second Floor. Below is a complete listing of the individuals who appear in the physical exhibit, followed by expanded digital collections of select individuals with significant content gathered from across our repository series.

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