The Appellate Litigation Clinic has won its case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Third-year student Roby A. Jernigan presented oral argument in the case Jordan v. State of Georgia during July. The clinic's client was stabbed 11 times by his cellmate while two officers watched from outside his door. The question raised was whether the officers violated Jordan’s Eighth Amendment rights by failing to prevent the attack and by failing to intervene once it started. Class of 2022 graduates Tinsley J. Stokes and Mark L. Bailey helped write the briefs.
The University of Georgia School of Law will host the Georgia Court of Appeals on September 28 for oral arguments in four cases involving ineffective assistance of counsel, the scope of discovery, the TV Act, and service of process by substituted service. A question-and-answer session with the judges will follow the arguments. The event is free and open to the public. Please note seating is limited, and professional attire is required. Also, guests will only be permitted to enter and exit between arguments.
The School of Law's First Amendment Clinic is one of nine university-based legal clinics to receive a portion of a $2.4 million grant from The Legal Clinic Fund for Local News. The money will be used to increase each clinic's "capacity to serve more journalists and expand their impact." Clinics advancing and defending First Amendment rights, media freedom and transparency at the universities of Harvard, Cornell, Duke, Tulane, Buffalo, California - Irvine, Yeshiva and Inter American (Puerto Rico) also received funding.
Director of Student Affairs Casey Graham was featured in Columns regarding her position at the School of Law. The article titled "Director takes a wholistic approach to student affairs" was written by Krista Richmond and published 9/10/22.
Appellate Litigation Clinic participant and third-year student Noah C. Nix recently presented oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Santiaguez v. Garland. The clinic's client is a gay transgender rights advocate from the state of Guerrero, Mexico, who seeks deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture to prevent being sent back to his home country, where his brother was recently killed due to his sexual orientation.