University of Georgia School of Law  The University of Georgia School of Law (Georgia Law) is the law school of the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. Founded in 1859, it is the oldest law school in the state and among the oldest American university law schools in continuous operation. It is regularly ranked among the top-tier law schools in the United States. Georgia Law recent graduates include 11 governors, over 110 state and federal legislators, approximately 70 federal judges and numerous state supreme court justices, government officials, ambassadors, academics and law firm principals. Notable alumni of Georgia Law include former acting United States Attorney General Sally Yates and former President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate Richard B. Russell Jr. The law school was founded in 1859 by Joseph Henry Lumpkin, a Princeton alumnus and the first chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, and fellow attorneys William Hope Hull and Thomas R.R. Cobb from Athens. Previously, law courses had been offered as part of the undergraduate curriculum of Franklin College. The first classes of the Lumpkin Law School, as it was originally designated, were held at the law offices of Lumpkin and Cobb at the corner of Prince Avenue and Pulaski Street until 1873. By 1880, the curriculum included courses in equity, parliamentary law, and various commercial law studies such as partnership, insurance, tax, and tariffs. Around 1889, stricter admission standards mandated that students be at least 18 years old. Two years later, an entrance exam had been instituted. The modern method of case law instruction was ushered in during the 1920s. In December 1931, the school was granted membership in the Association of American Law Schools. After being housed in various buildings over the years, the law school in 1932 moved into the new Hirsch Hall, named in honor of prominent Coca-Cola attorney Harold Hirsch, located on historic North Campus at the University of Georgia. Hirsch Hall, expanded by many thousands of square feet over the years in connected buildings and upgrades, remains the site of law school classrooms and offices, as well as the Alexander Campbell King Law Library and the Hatton Lovejoy Courtroom. A 2012 renovation created almost 4,000 square feet of additional space, including a cafe and enclosed three story courtyard. The law school's four-story, 40,000-square-foot separate addition, Dean Rusk Hall, opened in 1996 near Hirsch Hall. Named for former U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk, who was a Georgia Law professor, this building became the new home of the Dean Rusk International Law Center, founded in 1977.