Join the Environmental Law Association for a lunch with Haley Czarnek, the first National Director of Law Students for Climate Accountability (LSCA). Haley will be talking about climate accountability in the legal profession.
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UGA ACS is proud to host speakers from the Gifford Center and March For Our Lives to come speak to students about the importance of gun control. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there were 692 mass shootings in 2021, and 610 in 2020. And these numbers don’t include the roughly 20,000 other gun homicides, 25,000 gun suicides and 115,000 non-fatal gun injuries—including the 18,000 children shot and killed or wounded every year. Gun violence doesn’t just affect the victims.
This event celebrates Black History Month through a partnership of ACS and BLSA to educate law students on the long history of housing discrimination and racism in Athens and how UGA has participated in that injustice. We will be having speakers from Linnentown and other local advocacy groups that are passionate about this issue to speak with law students about how we can get involved locally in this important issue. RSVP before 2/15 to get lunch: https://forms.gle/5WEDe8zs7RwoLovv8.
Join us for a discussion about building healthy relationships and navigating relationship violence. More details to come!
Please join GAWL-UGA in a viewing of the documentary titled The Recall: Reframed. This film examines the 2018 recall of California Judge Aaron Persky, who lost his judgeship after handing down a sentence deemed too lenient by many in the infamous sexual assault case involving Stanford swimmer Brock Turner. The recall came at the height of the #MeToo movement, and some hailed it as a victory against rape culture, white privilege, and a system stacked against survivors of sexual violence.
Law students are aware of many of the ways that law and politics interact, of course, and often have a sense of the politics of their professors and the institution. We believe that there are also more subtle, but nevertheless, quite powerful political messages encoded in law school teaching, even by professors. In fact, we believe that those more subtle messages are among the most powerful political messages law school sends.
Learn about Public Interest Law Council's Alternative Spring Break! Students may apply to spend a week in person or virtually with public interest placements across the state. This info session will cover the placement types, application process, and advantages of participating. This session will be recorded for those who cannot attend, but live attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions.
Join the Criminal Law Society for a panel discussing the day-to-day of a Criminal Defense Attorney featuring Atty. Natasha M. Dartigue (Maryland State Public Defender), Atty. Imani Carter (Assistant Public Defender for the Western Judicial Circuit Public Defenders Office in GA), and Associate Dean Andrea L. Dennis (Previous Assistant Federal Public Defender for the District of Maryland).
LELA is hosting Prof. Elizabeth Rafuse, Professor Weyman Johnson, and Dean Rebecca White for a discussion about Ethics & Professionalism in the Labor & Employment practice areas.
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Suicide Prevention QPR Training by Nuci's Space (in collaboration with OUTLaw)