The 11th Annual Working in the Public Interest Conference (WIPI) will bring together practitioners, students and faculty to discuss equal treatment under the law, improved access to legal representation for the currently underrepresented and practical approaches to public interest lawyering.
The conference featured three panel discussions with speakers including The Honorable Susan Tate of the Athens-Clarke County Probate Court; Charlie Yovino, Human Resources Professional at PricewaterhouseCoopers; Denise VanLanduyt, founder and attorney at Vanlanduyt Giles; Lori Surmay, attorney at the Law Office of Lori M. Surmay; David A. Singleton, executive director of the Ohio Justice and Policy Center; Phyllis Mann, Senior Program Associate, Sixth Amendment Organization; Gerry Weber, Senior Staff Counsel at the Southern Center for Human Rights; Eunice Cho, staff attorney, Immigrant Justice Project at Southern Poverty Law Center; Melissa Johnson, Policy Analyst at Georgia Budget & Policy Institute; and Azadeh Shahshahani, Legal & Advocacy Director at Project SouthSteve Gottlieb, executive director of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, presented the keynote address.
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| Saturday, February 20th | 9:30 AM |
Panel 1: Probate Issues, Post-Obergefell v. Hodges Susan Tate, Judge, Athens-Clarke County Probate Court Larry Walker Room, Dean Rusk Hall 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM |
10:50 AM |
Panel 2: Misdemeanor Offense Representation David A. Singleton, Ohio Justice and Policy Center Larry Walker Room, Dean Rusk Hall 10:50 AM - 11:45 AM |
1:00 PM |
Panel 3: Access to Higher Education for Immigrants Eunice Cho, Immigrant Justice Project at Southern Poverty Law Center Larry Walker Room, Dean Rusk Hall 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM |
2:20 PM |
Steve Gottlieb, Atlanta Legal Aid Society Larry Walker Room, Dean Rusk Hall 2:20 PM - 3:00 PM |
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