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EPIC Recognizes 2019 Inspiration Award Winners

On Tuesday, February 5, 2019, Emory University School of Law hosted the 23rd annual Emory Public Interest Committee's (EPIC) Inspiration Awards, which honored two community members and an Emory Law graduate for exceptional public service.
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Emory Law partners with Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to launch community legal clinic »

Immigration restrictions fuel reverse brain drain »

Professor Frank Alexander leaves Emory Law after nearly forty years »

EPIC announces Inspiration Award winners »

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Immigration law clinic founded with help from Emory Law

A new, free immigration law clinic has launched in the Atlanta area, thanks to a partnership between Emory Law, local immigration attorneys and the Mormon Church. Emory Law students perform intake and then route advice-seekers to volunteer lawyers for on-the-spot consultations about their immigration questions. More-complex cases go to local firms or nonprofits. "We have substantial needs here, and the Atlanta Immigration Court is not so favorable to immigrants," said Assistant Dean for Public Service Rita Sheffey.
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Emory Law well-represented on Bar's 'Equal Justice' project »

Daily Report slideshow features EPIC Inspiration Award winners »

Marriage equality? Not so fast, says Holbrook for CNN »

Sheffey writes for Atlanta Lawyer on public service »

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