Pre-Graduation Reception
Friday, May 17, 2024, at 6:00 p.m.
UGA Tate Student Center, Grand Hall
45 Baxter Street, Athens, Georgia
Business Cocktail Attire
The deadline to register is Monday, May 6, 2024.
The Law School will host a reception honoring the members of the Class of 2024 on Friday evening, May 17, 2024. Complimentary, non-transferrable admission provided for each graduate and one guest. Additional admissions may be purchased for $10 each. Please register below:
Name tags will serve as admission tickets and may be picked up at the registration table located at the entrance to the reception. All nametags will be held in a packet under the graduate's name.
Parking in the Tate Student Center's parking deck is complimentary for guests attending the reception.
Questions? Please contact Lisa Mathis at lcmathis@uga.edu
Class of 2024 Commencement
Saturday, May 18, 2024, at 10:00 a.m.
The Classic Center Grand Hall
300 N. Thomas Street, Athens, Georgia
Doors open at 9:00 a.m. // Ceremony begins at 10:00 a.m.
All-day parking is available in the Classic Center Parking Deck for a charge
Ceremony parking is free in the North Campus Parking Deck at 231 S. Jackson Street
Please allow ample time for parking. The Classic Center Parking Deck is adjacent to the venue, but there will be a large number of vehicles accessing the gated deck. The North Campus Parking Deck is approximately a 10-minute walk (0.3 miles) from The Classic Center.
Students should enter the Classic Center at 8:30 through the Atrium doors on the first floor and proceed up the stairs to the check-in tables in Grand Hall 2.
Tickets are not required and there is no limit on the number of guests.
If you or your guests need wheelchair seating accommodations, contact lcmathis@uga.edu. Wheelchair seating is limited. Please note that The Classic Center does not provide wheelchairs on-site.
Live Stream
For those who cannot attend in person, a live stream of the ceremony will be available at law.uga.edu. Please note that the link below will not be activated until the day of the event.
Hotel
Rooms at the Graduate Hotel are available for Friday, May 17; Saturday, May 18, and Sunday, May 19, 2024. The room block is available on a first-come, first-served basis. The booking link is listed below.
Graduate Hotel Booking Link Reference Code 9842499
Graduate Slideshow
As part of our celebration, the School of Law will organize a slideshow with images of your class. Share your favorite law school memories by emailing photos for possible inclusion to lawcomm@uga.edu with “grad photos” as the subject. The deadline to submit photos is Friday, May 3, 2024. Images for the graduation slideshow should be in jpg format. Image resolution of photos taken with digital cameras and most smartphones will generally be high enough for inclusion. If you do not receive acknowledgment of your photo(s), you should resend.
Note: Each year we receive so many great photos that the law school would like to have permission to possibly use them in other projects, including but not limited to social media posts, admissions/promotional materials and website imagery. By submitting your photos, you agree that they may be used outside of the slideshow.
Regalia
The School of Law will pay for regalia rental. To order, please go here Note: this form is only for those wishing to rent regalia.
DEADLINE TO ORDER REGALIA IS MARCH 15.
If you wish to purchase regalia, do not use this form. Please contact Kenny Diegel (k.diegel@follett.com) at the UGA Bookstore to purchase regalia. If you have any other regalia questions, please contact Kenny Diegel at the UGA Bookstore.
Regalia will be available in late Spring Semester and will be distributed by the Career Development Office. Further details to follow as we get more information from the Bookstore about the delivery date.
Your full name
To ensure that your name is printed correctly in the program and is called correctly during the ceremony, please provide the information requested here:
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
The Honorable Tamika R. Montgomery-Reeves was sworn in as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on February 8, 2023. Judge Montgomery-Reeves served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Delaware from November 2019 to February 2023. Judge Montgomery-Reeves served as a Vice Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery from November 2015 to November 2019.
Prior to her appointment, Judge Montgomery-Reeves was a partner in the Wilmington, Delaware office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, focusing on corporate governance, navigation of corporate fiduciary duties, stockholder class action litigation, derivative litigation, and complex commercial litigation. Before that, Judge Montgomery-Reeves practiced in the securities and corporate governance department of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in New York.
Judge Montgomery-Reeves graduated from the Sally McDonnell-Barksdale Honors College at the University of Mississippi in 2003. She received her law degree in 2006 from the University of Georgia School of Law. Judge Montgomery-Reeves served as a law clerk for Chancellor William B. Chandler of the Delaware Court of Chancery.
SEATING
Guests may sit in any open seats in Classic Center Grand Halls 7 or 8. There is no assigned guest seating.
If you or your guests need wheelchair seating accommodations, contact lcmathis@uga.edu. Wheelchair seating is limited. Please note that The Classic Center does not provide wheelchairs on-site.
PARKING
Graduates and guests may park in either The Classic Center Parking Deck (there is a charge for this location) located at 300 N. Thomas Street or the North Campus Parking Deck (Free) located at 231 S. Jackson Street. Please allow ample time for parking. The Classic Center Parking Deck is adjacent to the venue but there will be a large number of vehicles accessing the gated deck. The North Campus Parking Deck is approximately a 10-minute walk (0.3 miles) from the Classic Center. Disability parking is available in all parking decks and lots surrounding the Classic Center for those with ADA parking permits/placards.
LEAVING THE CEREMONY
After the ceremony, graduates will recess out of the Grand Hall through the first floor doors. We encourage guests and graduates to predetermine a meeting location and take advantage of photo opportunities outside the Classic Center. There will be no re-entry once a graduate or guest has exited the Classic Center.
STAY CONNECTED
Upon graduating, you automatically become a member of the School of Law's graduate network, which is approximately 11,700 Law Dawgs strong. You will also receive information at the end of the semester regarding registration for the Law School Mentorship Program. We hope you will consider signing up to be a Professional Mentor to a future law student.
You should receive an email from EITS notifying you that your MyID and UGAMail accounts will be disabled in May 2025. Be sure to stay connected to the law school by visiting our alumni website at www.law.uga.edu/alumni and by sending an updated (non-UGA) email address to lawalum@uga.edu.
If you have any questions on how to stay engaged and/or financially support the law school, contact Lisa C. Mathis, Associate Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Relations at lcmathis@uga.edu or 706-542-5075.