Eric Sterling graduated from the American University in Washington, D.C. with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications, Legal Institutions, Economics, and Government. During his time there, he studied abroad at the Free University in Berlin. Eric graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2017 where he was a member of the Mock trial team, an Executive Editor of the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, and a Student Ambassador for the Dean Rusk International Law