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In 1948, a group of ten civil rights attorneys and advocates seeking a community of support started the Gate City Bar Association. These Black men and women were accomplished legal professionals and leaders within the Atlanta community; however, they were not permitted to participate in the existing, predominantly white bar associations. So, they decided to establish their own organization.

This week, Associate Professor Mark Nevitt provided a written statement for the record for a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that weighed the impact of using military personnel to enforce federal immigration laws.

In 1998, the Turner Foundation established Emory Law’s Turner Environmental Law clinic, which recently celebrated 25 years of public service. The clinic's pro bono work focuses clean and sustainable energy; regenerative agriculture and local food systems; natural resource protection; and environmental justice.

In response to the prosecution by Special Counsel Jack Smith on federal charges arising out of the 2020 election and the events of January 6, 2021, President Trump claimed that as president he was entitled to immunity from criminal prosecution. After losing in the district court and court of appeals, he appealed to the Supreme Court.

This spring, the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization adopted its first new international treaty in over a decade—the first to connect intellectual property with the genetic resources and traditional knowledge of Indigenous peoples.