Second-year student Elizabeth M. “Beth” Boland and third-year student Lauren R. Harter secured asylum for a long-time Community Health Law Partnership Clinic client. Under the supervision of Director & Hosch Professor Jason A. Cade and Staff Attorney Kristen Shepherd, the students represented the client at her most recent hearing in Arlington, Virginia, marking the end of nine years of advocacy….
Cade presents at AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education
Associate Dean & Community Health Law Partnership Clinic Director Jason A. Cade presented “Rapid-Response Legal Support for Movements: Seeking Immigration Protections for Organizing Workers” and “Wide Ranging Litigation and Advocacy as Resistance and Resilience in a Law School Clinic” at the Association of American Law Schools’ 2024 Conference on Clinical Legal Education during May.
Cade publishes article in the Wisconsin International Law Journal
Associate Dean & Hosch Professor Jason A. Cade published “Challenging the Criminalization of Undocumented Drivers Through a Health Justice Framework” in 41 Wisconsin International Law Journal 325 (2024) (symposium issue).
Community HeLP Clinic students present to Specialty Care Clinic and Project Safe
Community Health Law Partnership Clinic students Caitlyn E. Watson, Ariyah C. Jones and Mahi K. Patel presented on the intersection of immigration law and health status at the Specialty Care Clinic, an Athens provider organization focusing on treatment and support for HIV+ patients. These second-year law students, supervised by Associate Dean & Hosch Professor Jason A. Cade and…
Thorpe family pledges support for the Community HeLP Clinic
The University of Georgia School of Law is pleased to announce the creation of the Community Health Law Partnership Clinic Fund. The Thorpe family, which includes 2014 alumnus Benjamin W. “Ben” Thorpe and his mother Dr. Barbara Williams, has pledged $350,000 to enable the clinic to build on its tradition of interdisciplinary advocacy at the…
Community HeLP clinic student Alexandra Smolyar and two other UGA Law students receive Excellence in Access to Justice Award from the Georgia State Bar
Congratulations to third-year students J. Briana Hayes, Mia A. McKnight and Alexandra M. Smolyar for each receiving the Law School Student Excellence in Access to Justice Award from the State Bar of Georgia. This prestigious honor recognizes law students who have “excelled in participation in support of a civil pro bono or legal aid program”…
Community HeLP trains graduate students from Dept. of Counseling & Human Development on immigration remedies for domestic violence survivors
Caitlyn Watson, Carolina Mares and Joe Colley, all 2Ls in the Community HeLP Clinic at the University of Georgia School of Law, conducted a training in November for graduate students in La Clinica in Lak’Ech, a graduate…
Community HeLP continues efforts on behalf of immigrant women alleging abuse, retaliation while in ICE detention
The University of Georgia School of Law clinics’ faculty and students, including Jason A. Cade, Associate Dean for Clinical Programs and Experiential Learning, and Kristen Shepherd, Community Health Law Partnership Clinic Staff Attorney of the Community HeLP Clinic, have continued their advocacy on behalf of women clients who are challenging the abuses they endured while in U.S. immigration…
Clinic Director Jason A. Cade publishes article on pardons and immigration with the UCLA Law Review
Clinic Director, Hosch Professor, and Associate Dean Jason A. Cade published “The Immigration Implications of Presidential Pot Pardons,” 70 UCLA L. Rev. Disc. 266 (2023). Here is the Abstract: This Essay examines the immigration implications of President Joe Biden’s Proclamation on October 6, 2022, pardoning most federal and D.C. offenders who committed the offense of…
Community HeLP Clinic successfully litigates on behalf of domestic violence survivors
The Community Health Law Partnership Clinic successfully settled ALCEDO CIUDAD et al v. GARLAND et al., a lawsuit filed on behalf of two domestic violence survivors in 2023 against the Department of Homeland Security in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. The complaint was primarily drafted by second-year students Alexandra Smolyar and Jake R. Shatzer under the supervision of…