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                                    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…

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, 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…

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…

The Community HeLP clinic successfully obtained humanitarian parole for three clients in February. One case involved a client deported shortly after she experienced medical abuse in a Georgia detention center and tried to complain about her treatment. Another involved a child stranded in Jamaica when her mother died just before a visa petition filed by…

Community HeLP applauds the Department of Labor’s decision to delegate authority to OSHA to issue T and U Visa certifications for noncitizens subject to trafficking or other workplace crimes. Along with Sur Legal and many others, Community HeLP engaged in extensive efforts to bring about this development, including oral and written guidance provided by Clinic…

On November 28, 2022, United States District Court Judge W. Louis Sands granted a contested motion filed by the First Amendment Clinic, the Community HeLP 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…

The Community Health Law Partnership Clinic has successfully negotiated for immigration benefits, including deferred action and employment authorization, from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for noncitizen workers who survived gas leaks while employed at a poultry processing plant. The clinic’s representation has included facilitating Department of Labor witness testimony as part of federal investigations into these matters, which…

The Clarke Middle Health Center celebrated its grand opening on Thursday, Nov. 10, introducing the Athens-Clarke County community to the many free medical, mental health and legal services provided to students, staff and families. Through a collaboration between the Clarke County School District and the Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership’s Athens Free Clinic, the health…

The Community Health Law Partnership Clinic has secured a major victory for an asylum seeker after seven years of advocacy. The client was put into removal proceedings in 2015 after seeking refuge in the United States from violence in Guatemala. After her claim was denied by the Immigration Court and Board of Immigration Appeals, the Community HeLP Clinic…