 Phone: 404-727-0333
Fax: 404-727-6820
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Karen Worthington Barton Fellow and Director of the Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic child advocacy
Karen Worthington came to Emory in 2000 as the Barton Fellow, directing the Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic and teaching child advocacy. Prior to coming to Emory she was Director of Program Development for Fulton County Juvenile Court. She has also worked as a staff attorney with the Juvenile Advocacy Division of Georgia Indigent Defense Council and director of the Georgia Supreme Court Child Placement Project. Her publications include "Once We Know Who, What, And Where, Will We Ask Why? Demographics and Dispositions of Children Processed in the Adult Criminal Justice System in Georgia," Quinnipiac Law Review 3 (1999). Barton Fellow and Director of the Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic. B.A., Eckerd College, 1990; J.D., Emory University School of Law, 1994.
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 Phone: 404-727-0984
Fax: 404-727-6820
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Mary Margaret Oliver Visiting Professor, Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic child advocacy
Mary Margaret Oliver co-teaches "Advocacy for Children in the 21st Century-An Interdisciplinary Approach to Policy Development" and supervises students in the semester clinical placement. She also coordinates the Barton Fellowship program, which sponsors two post-graduate fellowships for lawyers and public health related professionals to work with clinic research and evaluation child protection projects. Ms. Oliver served in the Georgia General Assembly, first in the House from 1987 to 1992, having been elected in a special election, and then in the state Senate from 1992 to 1998. She chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee for all six years of her Senate terms, and authored and passed systematic reform legislation of Georgia's child protection agencies. Ms. Oliver was re-elected to the state House in 2002, and was appointed Chair of the House Judiciary Committee in 2004. Prior to her election she served as a state administrative hearing officer and a magistrate court judge, and has practiced law privately for eighteen years. She has also taught full time as an assistant professor at Boston College School of Law. Visiting Professor, Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic. B.A., 1969, Vanderbilt University; J.D., Emory University School of Law, 1972. |
 Phone: 404.712.8705
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Elizabeth Reimels Managing Attorney, Barton Child Law & Policy Clinic Elizabeth Reimels returns to the Barton Clinic as a Managing Attorney. Beth comes to us from the Atlanta Legal Aid Society where she served as the Director of the TeamChild Atlanta project, a project she founded in 2001 as an Equal Justice Works Fellow. The project provides direct civil legal representation to children involved in the juvenile court. Her practice areas included special education, student discipline, mental health, and public benefits law. Beth began her child advocacy career as a student attorney with the Barton Clinic and participated in the Emory Summer Child Advocacy Program. During law school Beth clerked for the Fulton County Juvenile Court Office of Program Development, The DeKalb County Juvenile Court Office of the Child Advocate, and Cobb County Legal Aid. Ms. Reimels received her B.A. from Boston University and her J.D. from the Emory University School of Law. |