For her dedication to creating future lawyers, to the advancement of justice and to equal access to the law, Tanya Washington, professor of law at Georgia State Law, received the President’s Award for Excellence from the Gate City Bar Association. Georgia State Law’s program allows full- and part-time college students to study and achieve practical Legal Update experience while caring for work and family commitments. The Investor Advocacy Clinic, offered in the evening, permits students with daytime duties to characterize folks with disputes with their broker.
- The American Bar Association is hosting an in-person event in Miami on the “False Claims and Qui Tam Trial Institute.” The event is scheduled to be held in-person on February 2–4, 2022.
- In the new Hip-Hop and the Law course, students talk about the numerous ways in which hip-hop artists interact with the legal system.
- In spite of those challenges, students are continuing to