About Sarah Blake

Sarah Floyd Blake grew up in the CSRA, and attended Our Lady of Peace Elementary School in North Augusta before moving to Georgia where she attended Forrest Hills Elementary, Riverside Middle School, and Greenbrier High School in Evans. Sarah received her undergraduate degree at the University of Georgia, and graduated in 2004, double majoring in Political Science and Russian.

Sarah then attended law school at Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Virginia. Sarah’s legal studies focused on constitutional criminal procedure and litigation and she was a member of the Virginia Capital Case Clearinghouse. This unique legal clinic supports all indigent defendants facing the death penalty in Virginia. Sarah also fine-tuned her trial skills while attending law school at Washington and Lee University, winning the Mock Trial Competition in 2006, and running the competition in 2007. Sarah graduated cum laude in 2007.