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Roy M. Sobelson

Education: B.A., Emory University; J.D., University of Georgia School of Law; LL.M., Temple University School of Law.

Professor Sobelson joined the College of Law faculty in 1985. He teaches Professional Responsibility, Civil Procedure and Evidence, and has long served as one of the College's Mock Trial team coaches. He has also served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and taught as a visiting professor at the Emory University School of Law. Before entering academia, he served as Managing Attorney at the Brunswick office of Georgia Legal Services, the activities of which are chronicled in Melissa Fay Greene's award winning book, Praying for Sheetrock.

Professor Sobelson lectures and writes widely on Ethics and Professionalism. He has served on the Georgia Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism, the Formal Advisory Opinion Board and the Clients' Security Fund, as well as acting as reporter for the Georgia Chief Justice's Commission on the Evaluation of Disciplinary Enforcement. He is a regular instructor in trial techniques and served for a year as the Interim Director of the Kessler-Eidson Program for Trial Techniques at Emory.

To reach Associate Dean Sobelson, please contact Senior Administrative Coordinator Bernitta Harris at 404-413-9044.