Amicus Briefs: September 2020

Fall Hours - One Read - Law Dawg

AMICUS BRIEFS

September 2020

Alexander Campbell King Law Library

Law School Community One Read

Fall Semester Hours

We invite you to join us for a Law School Community One Read this fall!

Monday - Thursday: 7:00am - 9:00pm Friday: 7:00am - 7:00pm Saturday: 9:00am - 5:00pm Sunday: 1:00pm - 9:00 pm

The Davenport-Benham Black Law Students Association and the Law Library are excited to announce our One Read inspired by the Community Conversations held over the summer. Our goals are to continue to bring our community together in constructive dialogue, further our knowledge of and exposure to social justice issues, and deepen our understanding of the importance of the legal profession’s role in society. We invite members of the law school community to join us this fall semester as we read together We Shall Not be Moved: The Desegregation of the University of Georgia, by author Robert A. Pratt, a UGA history professor. Our conversations will lead up to the 60th anniversary of desegregation at UGA to commemorate this milestone.

Interested in joining the One Read? The Law Library is pleased to offer free, unlimited digital access to our One Read selection through ProQuest for law students, faculty, and staff. The book is also available for purchase from Amazon, to check out in print from the Law Library and the Main Library, and digitally available through the UGA Press Georgia Open Stacks. UGA Press offers 40% off books for UGA students, faculty, and staff. Please email Geraldine Kalim, Student Services Librarian, at gkalim@uga.edu to access the promo code.

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Law Dawg of the Month: Louie September’s Law Dawg is Louie! Louie is a 7 year-old golden lab. He's super friendly and loves the lake, Walkers, ear rubs, and carrying shoes around the house! Louie’s person is 2L Adam Potter.

All members of the Law School Community (students, faculty and staff) are invited to submit a photo for random selection as the Law Dawg. Please note that honorary Law Dawgs (i.e. those of the feline, equine, porcine, avian, reptilian, etc. persuasion) are eligible as well.

Please send your Law Dawg photo(s) to aburnett@uga.edu

September 2020

Alexander Campbell King Law Library

Resource Spotlight: New Social Justice Guide

By Geraldine Kalim, Amy Taylor, Anne Burnett, and Rachel Evans

Our team of librarians has composed a new research guide for presenting and exploring the resources available through UGA Law Library related to social justice issues. It includes vetted resources gathered from other libraries, law schools, and a wide range of organizations. Some items are aimed at educating the community and focus on the historical aspects of our current issues. Other items have been added for more practical reasons, to inform and empower members of our community like the Athens-Clarke County public.

Here is a breakdown of what you can find there: Book Recommendations, Reading Lists, and One Read Shares recommended books gathered from various lists related to social justice topics including racism, classism, policing, and other topics. These titles are all available through either our Law Library or UGA Libraries catalogs. Additional links include book lists with more titles to explore, and even information about our Library’s co-sponsored One Read with the Black Law Students Association at UGA Law School, taking place this Fall 2020.

Online Resources Provides a list of vetted, reputable online resources sites including .edu’s, this page points you to the places we have found most useful. Some resources are educational while others are additional research guides created by law libraries from across the country. All of the sites focus on encouraging discussion around social justice topics or 2020 current events.

Inform yourself and talk in communities!

Clinical Resources Our law school’s robust clinical and experiential learning program list includes more than 15 offerings. These courses earn credit and valuable real-life learning opportunities for UGA law students to gain first-hand experience in an area of practice within our state and local communities. This page presents a few of our more public facing clinics to help share information about their services publicly. Includes links and summaries of our new First Amendment Clinic, the Veterans Legal Clinic, Family Justice Clinic, Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic, and the Community Health Law Partnership Clinic.

Local Resources It can be difficult for some members of the community to navigate their area resources including finding aid when they need it, or knowing how to navigate our county’s website. This page links local information to put the most commonly asked about resources at your fingertips including food bank and other mutual aid organizations, where to look if you think someone you know was arrested in the last 7 days, and how to locate dockets from local civil and criminal courts. We have also added in a few of our favorite local stories to give historical context, including a short documentary on a little known protest that took place in downtown Athens own Varsity restaurant.

State Resources This page actually links to a separate pre-existing state resources guide maintained by our library for many years. It shows a breakdown of executive, legislative, and judicial resources. Here you will find administrative rules and regulations links, state forms, the Georgia Code, session laws, historic digests, and more! Also, it links various courts including state, juvenile, probate, magistrate, and municipal.

From the Archives: Law Library Research & Special Collections Support Student-Driven Initiatives to Illustrate Institutional Cultural Diversity

By Rachel Evans In 2019 student driven initiatives at the University of Georgia School of Law prompted research for identifying diverse graduates from the school. Over the course of late 2019 and early 2020 this research was visualized with items pulled together from UGA's earliest yearbooks, the law school's Phi Alpha Delta student directories, and information gathered from the other institutional publications such as past issues of Advocate Magazines. The input of various student organizations at the law school was gathered and informed the scope and content of the exhibit. Previously digitized materials were joined with newly scanned photographs to illustrate the diverse history of our school's community. Once completed, the display will be housed on the 3rd floor Founders Gallery of the Rotunda in Hirsch Hall.

Portions of this exhibit are already in place, including a large graphical timeline canvas print as well as two shadow boxes featuring reproductions of the original items from our library's archives and special collections. The exhibit will also soon include 1974 alumnus Robert E. "Robbie" Robinson's briefcase, gifted to the school on February 28, 2020 following the screening of a short documentary film dedicated to him.

The event of the screening not only honored Robinson's contributions to the Savannah, GA community but also highlighted the newly established School of Law Robinson Scholars Program and the inaugural class of Robinson Scholars for Fall 2020. This program benefits underrepresented student populations with ties to Georgia and a passion for public interest law. Robinson's legacy as a community leader and activist, civil rights attorney and influencer in the fight for school desegregation in our state is but one part of our law school's rich history.

We invite you to stop by the exhibit as it continues to take shape, painting a more accurate and inclusive picture of our student body's history.

Mindfulness Corner Even small amounts of time (5 or 10 minutes) of clearing your mind just before class or before an exam can help ease your stress and prepare you for the mental endurance tests ahead.

Background Noises & Interactive Soundscapes https://mynoise.net/noiseMachines.php This online bank of soundscapes includes free listening to a variety of background noises for creating a sense of calm or to help block out distractions. Categories include: Natural Noises (distant thunder, tin roof rain, cave water, an Irish beach), Unique Sound Scapes (black lodge, black holes, twilight, osmosis), Atmospheres (Japanese garden, autumn walk, rainy riverbank), and many more.

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