The University of Georgia School of Law hosted the 10th Annual Working in the Public Interest Conference on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015 at in the Larry Walker Room of Dean Rusk Hall. The conference highlighted practical and creative ways to address social injustice and ensure the protection of human rights through the vehicle of the law. Key issues explored during the event included: Georgia’s response to human trafficking, current issues and pro bono opportunities in immigration law, the disproportionate costs and consequences of civil penalties and routine criminal procedures for non-major offenses, and how to facilitate dispute resolution and mediation between communities and the police who serve them.

The conference featured four panel discussions with speakers including Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens; Dana Leigh Marks, National Association of Immigration Judges president; and State Court of Athens-Clarke County Judge Charles E. Auslander III, among others. Jonathan Rapping, the president and founder of Gideon’s Promise and director of the honors program in criminal justice at Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School, presented the keynote address.
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2015
Saturday, February 28th
9:30 AM

Welcoming Remarks

Peter B. Rutledge, University of Georgia Law School

Walker Room, Dean Rusk Hall

9:30 AM - 9:40 AM
9:40 AM

Human Trafficking: Georgia's Response to an International Problem

Diane Marie Amann, University of Georgia School of Law
Sam Olens, Georgia Attorney General
Martina Vandenberg, The Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center
Rosa De Kelly, Atlanta Board of Immigration Appeals
Mark Northcutt, Wellspring Living Service

Walker Room, Dean Rusk Hall

9:40 AM - 10:45 AM
10:50 AM

Current Issues and Pro Bono Opportunities in Immigration Law: Asylum, Due Process and Enforcement Concerns

Jason A. Cade, University of Georgia School of Law
Azadeh Shahshahani, ACLU of Georgia
Dana Leigh Marks, National Association of Immigration Judges
Joseph H. Rosen, John Marshall Law School

Walker Room, Dean Rusk Hall

10:50 AM - 12:00 PM
1:00 PM

Prisoners of Debt: Costs and Consequences of Civil Penalties and Routine Criminal Procedures

Russell C. Gabriel, University of Georgia School of Law
Charles E. Auslander III, State Court of Athens-Clarke County
Sarah Geraghty, Southern Center for Human Rights
Edward Brumby, Western Judicial Circuit Public Defender Office

Walker Room, Dean Rusk Hall

1:00 PM - 2:10 PM
2:20 PM

Communities in Conflict with Police: Facilitating Dispute Resolution and Mediate Causes of Conflict

Julian A. Cook, University of Georgia School of Law
David Hooker, University of Georgia Fanning Institute
Samuel Lee Reid, Atlanta Citizen Review Board
Mildred I. Duprey de Robles, U.S. Department of Justice

Walker Room, Dean Rusk Hall

2:20 PM - 3:30 PM
3:40 PM

Keynote Speaker

Jonathan Rapping, Gideon's Promise, John Marshall Law School, Harvard Law School

Walker Room, Dean Rusk Hall

3:40 PM - 4:30 PM