First Amendment Clinic Legal Fellow Samantha Hamilton was featured in The Augusta Chronicle regarding a letter the First Amendment Clinic sent to the Augusta city leaders in opposition to expansion of its current panhandling ordinance and asking that the city's current ordinance be repealed. The article titled "UGA law clinic warns Augusta's panhandling ordinance violates First Amendment" was written by Jozsef Papp and published 7/19/21.
The Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic is one of five organizations selected to receive Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Grants. Approximately $300,000 in funding was awarded by the Safe Harbor Commission, which seeks to "increase awareness, improve coordination and multidisciplinary collaboration, and support services for sexually exploited children" in Georgia.
Associate Dean and Martin Chair of Law Andrea L. Dennis' book Rap on Trial was featured in the New York Law Journal. The article titled "Putting Rap Music on Trial" was written by Brittany Francis, Anjali Pathmanathan and Arielle Reid and was published 6/30/21.
Congratulations to rising third-year student Allison M. Parker for her role in a recent Whitfield County trial. The Daily Citizen-News article titled "Gang member convicted of armed robbery, other charges" was published 7/3/21.
Assistant Clinical Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution regarding her thoughts on the Boy Scouts of America's $850 million agreement with attorneys representing survivors of child sexual abuse. The article titled "Boy Scouts of America reaches $850M agreement with victims" was written by Randall Chase and published 7/2/21.