Page One Committee names five law dean finalists Two UGA law faculty among top candidates By Kathy R. Pharr Five finalists have been selected from the national search for the new dean of the School of Law and are being invited to the campus for on-site interviews over the next month.
All candidates meet the established criteria.
They represent a mix of experience, with significant experience of dean-ship at other major institutions. The list includes both internal and external candidates of the highest caliber. Davis was a faculty member at the UGA law school from 1970 to 1997, and served as UGA's associate vice president for academic affairs from 1994 to 1997. He is a 1966 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi, with a law degree with honors from the University of Mississippi Law School and a master of laws degree from the University of Virginia. Thomas A. Eaton, currently J. Alton Hosch Professor in the UGA law school.