Assistant Professor Thomas E. Kadri presented "Interoperable Obscurity” at the Southeastern Junior/Senior Legal Scholars Conference during December.
Appellate Litigation Clinic participant and third-year student Jack K. Mahon recently presented oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The clinic's clients were class action plaintiffs suing multiple law enforcement agencies based on how those agencies respond to protests by people of color. The issues on interlocutory appeal are whether the superintendent of the Louisiana State Police has Eleventh Amendment immunity and whether the court can exercise pendent jurisdiction to review our clients’ standing during interlocutory review. Third-year students Noah C. Nix and Roby H. Jernigan helped him prepare, and second-year students Sian A. Mason and Anna E. Von Spakovsky assisted with the briefs.
Recently a U.S. District Court judge granted a contested motion filed by the First Amendment Clinic, the Community Health Law Partnership Clinic and co-counsel to add two additional named plaintiffs to Oldaker v. Giles, a putative class action currently pending in the Middle District of Georgia. The lawsuit seeks redress for women who were subjected to retaliation after speaking out about medical abuse while in the custody of U.S. Immigration Customs & Enforcement. Along with Associate Dean Jason A. Cade, Clinical Assistant Professor Clare R. Norins, Staff Attorney Kristen Shepherd and Legal Fellow Lindsey M. Floyd, numerous law students from both clinics have been involved in various aspects of the years-long advocacy on behalf of women detained at the Georgia detention center.
School of Law Dean Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge announces the University of Georgia School of Law's intent to participate in the current U.S. News & World Report rankings cycle and provides his views for the school’s decision. “Agreeing with other law schools about the value of multiple sources of information to students and their families, the University of Georgia School of Law will not withhold information from U.S. News & World Report,” Rutledge said. “U.S. News is ultimately just one source of information among many that help consumers make informed choices. Amid a squabble about a magazine, let’s not lose sight of the big picture: Tuition, cost, debt, jobs and bar passage are the topics that students and their families discuss around the kitchen table when deciding whether and where to pursue a professional degree. Tackling those issues is one of today’s great moral imperatives for leaders in higher education, and what we’re doing by guaranteeing financial aid to all first-generation college graduates and veterans.”
Congratulations to 2022 alumnus Richmond B. Wrinkle for receiving the 2022 Law School Student Excellence in Access to Justice Award. Sponsored by the State Bar of Georgia Access to Justice Committee and the Pro Bono Resource Center, he was recognized for his "commitment to prioritizing pro bono service at the law school level by helping design a pro bono law school class at UGA and increasing recognition for student pro bono service." His award was presented by U.S. Magistrate Judge Catherine M. Salinas.