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…
Community HeLP Clinic secures path for client’s asylum
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…
Sur Legal, Community HeLP, and Others Provide Recommendations to U.S. Dept. of Labor Regarding Delegation of U and T Visa Certifying Authority to O.S.H.A.
On Sept. 19, 2022, a coalition of immigrant-advocates, workers-rights organizations, and law school clinics submitted a letter detailing recommendations to Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh as he considers delegating U and T visa certification authority to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. U visas protect noncitizen survivors of serious crime who are helpful…
Community HeLP Clinic client wins asylum
A Community Health Law Partnership Clinic client was recently granted asylum. The clinic’s client fled to the United States alone as a 16-year-old after facing death threats and physical violence in Guatemala, requesting asylum at the border. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Asylum Office interviewed the client in 2018 but his status remained in limbo. In 2022, the…
Community HeLP Clinic benefits more than 200 individuals
Since its establishment in 2013, the Community Health Law Partnership Clinic has aided more than 200 individuals. The initiative, directed by Associate Dean Jason A. Cade and serviced by law students, takes an interdisciplinary approach to immigrants’ rights through individual client representation, litigation and project-based advocacy before administrative agencies and federal courts. Last year, the Community HeLP Clinic won the…
School of Law clinics team up to keep immigrant family together
With the help of two School of Law clinics and seven-plus years of advocacy, an immigrant grandmother has gained lawful status in the United States. The longtime client initially worked with the Jane W. Wilson Family Justice Clinic, which helped her urgently adopt her grandson, an orphaned U.S. citizen child. Once reaching adulthood, the adoptee…
Cade receives 2022 UGA Engaged Scholar Award
Associate Dean & Community Health Law Partnership Clinic Director Jason A. Cade is among the seven UGA faculty and staff members who were recently honored for their commitment to public service and outreach. Cade received the Engaged Scholar Award, which recognizes a professor who has made significant career-spanning contributions to the university’s public service mission through scholarship,…
Cade featured in the Athens Banner-Herald
Associate Dean & Community Health Law Partnership Clinic Director Jason A. Cade was featured in the Athens Banner-Herald regarding a grant he is part of that will support an interdisciplinary health center at Clarke Middle School in Athens. The article titled “Augusta University/UGA Medical Partnership launching Clarke Middle School health center” was written by Lindsey Derrick and published 3/23/22….
Community HeLP Clinic’s federal lawsuit results in successful settlement with DHS benefiting 20 clients
The Community Health Law Partnership Clinic successfully settled Oviedo de la Cruz et. al. v. Mayorkas et. al., a lawsuit filed in 2021 against the Department of Homeland Security in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. The lawsuit alleged violations of the Administrative Procedure Act, including unreasonable delay in the processing of benefits for immigrant survivors of crime who…
Cade coauthors report on local law enforcement collaboration with ICE
Associate Dean & Community Community Health Law Partnership Clinic Director Jason A. Cade recently published a report, co-authored with Project South, that details local law enforcement collaboration with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina from 2016 to 2018. The report titled “Escalating Jailhouse Immigration Enforcement” revealed an increase in the issuance of…