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Welcome!
Welcome to the on-line home of the Emory Public Interest Committee.
EPIC is a student-run organization at Emory Law School that seeks to provide opportunities for students to learn about and participate in public interest activities.
EPIC is proud to present an exciting schedule of programs and events each year. You can find more information regarding these events by using the navigation bar to the left.
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Please join me in congratulating this year's 2008 EPIC Summer Grant Recipients:
2008 EPIC Summer Grant Recipients:
Carson Bacon, The Honorable Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., District Judge for the U.S. District of South Carolina (Jones Day Grant)
Tricia Beckmann, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
Amanda Burns, Catholic Charities of New York
Jennifer Cox, DeKalb County District Attorney's Office & Barton Juvenile Defender Clinic
Elizabeth Ellis, DeKalb County Public Defender's Office
Danielle Friedman, ACLU Voting Rights Project (H.A. Stephens Memorial Grant)
Danielle Goldstone, World Organization for Human Rights USA
Jay Haider, ACLU of Georgia
Currey Hitchens, South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Reena Liebling, Federal Defender Program
Mandissa Logan, San Francisco City Attorney's Office
Benton Martin, Michigan Poverty Law Program (Janet Hayes Davis Foundation Grant)
Erin Masin, Georgia Innocence Project (Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan Grant)
Carmel Mushin, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
Courtney O'Donnell, Global Justice Center (LAWS Grant)
Angela Oliver, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Miriam Ostrov, Office of the Public Defender of Madison, WI
Jeannine Privat, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Tara Ramanathan, Health Law Partnership
Kim Ramelow, Georgia Innocence Project (Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan Grant)
Pamela Rosen, Teach For America & Education Pioneers
Daniel Shulak, Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta (Association of Corporate Counsel, Georgia Chapter, Grant)
Zahra Smith, Georgia Capital Defender (McKenna, Long & Aldridge Grant)
Valerie Warner, Georgia Lawyers for the Arts
E. Rainbow Willard, DeKalb County Public Defender's Office (Kimberly L. Myers Grant)
Shaun Yancey, DeKalb County Public Defender's Office
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Congratulations to Steve and Terri!
Steve Weyer and Terri Porter have been chosen as recipients of the second "Working in the Public Interest Student Achievement Award." The award is given by UGA's Public Interest Law Group to honor law students who, through their work in public interest, make a significant difference in the lives of the indigent or under served.
The WIPI Board would like to honor and thank these two of our board members for your work as this year's Inspiration Awards Co-Chairs. Because of their work on the EPIC board, both were nominated by Megan Pulsts.
In 2007, The WIPI Executive board created the WIPI Student Achievement to honor law students who, through their work in public interest, made a significant difference in the lives of the indigent or under served. Your work on this amazing fundraiser will afford students the opportunities to explore Public Interest Law.
The first recipient of this Award was Cliff Williams, a 3L from Georgia State University who interned at the Georgia Innocence Project and was instrumental in helping to exonerate Pete Williams, an individual who served 20 years of a 45-year sentence for a rape that he did not commit.
The student-organized WIPI Conference provides a forum where law students, law professors and practicing attorneys can discuss practical solutions to today's problems of social justice. The Conference's perennial theme is "Challenging Poverty Through Law." This year's conference will focus on "The Role of Public Interest Lawyers in Defending Civil Liberties."
This year's conference will take place on April 4-5, 2008 in Athens, Georgia, at the University of Georgia School of Law. The award will be presented on Friday, April 4, 2008. The award ceremony will take place after our Keynote address on Friday evening and will be followed by a reception.
CLICK HERE FOR TO SEE THE APPLICATION & PROCEDURES
Click here for the Grant Checklist from the Q & A
Professional Grant Writing Workshop