Community HeLP Clinic assists clients in obtaining citizenship

Congratulations to the Community Health Law Partnership (HeLP) Clinic for assisting two clients from Egypt with their citizenship cases. Third-year student Sarah A. Mirza and Onur Yildirim (J.D.’18) helped prepare the initial applications last year. Third-year student Amy E. Buice and second-year student William D. Ortiz worked to prepare the pair for their naturalization interviews…

Cade presents on enforcement policies at the southern border

Associate Professor Jason A. Cade  presented on the consequences of enforcement policies at the southern border for asylum-seekers and other migrants at the 2019 Emory International Law Review Symposium titled “Continued Relevance and Challenges of the 1951 Refugee Convention on Global, Regional, and Local Levels” during February.

Cade presents at Fordham University School of Law

Associate Professor Jason A. Cade presented “Sanctuaries as Equitable Delegation in an Era of Mass Immigration Enforcement” at the 2018 Cooper Walsh Colloquium titled “Remodeling Sanctuary: Urban Immigration in a New Era” held at Fordham University School of Law during November.

Community HeLP Clinic secures ruling to benefit disabled persons accessing DFCS programs

The law school’s Community Health Law Partnership Clinic recently achieved a significant administrative legal victory that could have far-reaching implications beyond their initial client who experiences a disability. In the December 2017 ruling, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture stated that the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services did not…

Cohen and Cade named recipients of UGA Presidential Interdisciplinary Seed Grants

Congratulations to Wilner/UGA Foundation Professor in International Law Harlan G. Cohen and Assistant Professor Jason A. Cade. Both were part of UGA interdisciplinary teams that received research awards through the Presidential Interdisciplinary Seed Grant Program. Only 12 faculty teams were selected out of more than 150 that submitted proposals. Cohen’s project is titled “Forecasting the…

Focus On Faculty Profiles: Jason Cade

Students in assistant professor Jason Cade’s Community Health Law Partnership clinic gain practical experience providing legal services to low-income patients at community health centers. What are your favorite courses and why? I teach two courses and love them both. One is an intensive two-semester clinic called the “Community Health Law Partnership” (also known as “Community…