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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…

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,…

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….

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…

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…

The Community Health Law Partnership Clinic‘s Jason A. Cade and Kristen E. Shepherd and the First Amendment Clinic‘s Clare R. Norins were featured in Law360 regarding their representation of women who allegedly endured abusive gynecological and other medical treatments while in the custody of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. The article titled “Release From Ga….

A longtime immigrant client of two School of Law clinics recently became a U.S. citizen after years of advocacy. The earliest work with the client was undertaken by the Jane W. Wilson Family Justice Clinic, which secured a 12-month family violence protective order and a negotiated resolution giving the client exclusive possession of the marital…

The law school’s Community Health Law Partnership Clinic and First Amendment Clinic – together with four other clinics from Harvard, Columbia, Texas A&M and Boston universities – were recognized for their work representing women who allegedly endured abusive gynecological treatments and medical neglect while in the custody of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement as well…

Associate Dean for Clinical Programs and Experiential Learning & Hosch Associate Professor Jason A. Cade published “‘Water is Life!’ (and Speech!): Death, Dissent, and Democracy in the Borderlands” in 96 Indiana Law Journal 261 (2020).  

The Community Health Law Partnership Clinic‘s Jason A. Cade and Kristen E. Shepherd and the First Amendment Clinic‘s Clare R. Norins were featured in Law360 regarding their representation of women who allegedly endured abusive gynecological and other medical treatments while in the custody of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. The class action complaint asserts that…