CEASE received a favorable opinion from the Supreme Court of Georgia in the case of Harvey v. Merchan on June 21, 2021. CEASE’s client alleges that she was abused by her parents from early childhood until the age of 22 in both Quebec and in Georgia. Her claim was filed under a retroactive open window provided by…
2021 Annual CEASE Conference
Leaders in Combatting Child Sexual Abuse and Trafficking at Home and Abroad The 2021 annual Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation (CEASE) Clinic conference will be held virtually April 16th, 2021 from 8:30am until 3:00pm! Please join us by registering here. You can find more information about the conference here on our conference website. Registration is free, and…
Save the Date – 2021 CEASE Virtual Conference on April 16th
The 2021 CEASE Virtual Conference will be held on Friday April 16, 2021. Past conferences featured panels on USA gymnastics, the commercial and sexual exploitation of children, and civil remedies for survivors. More information will be coming soon, including how to register.
3L Devin Mashman Represents Survivor Before the Supreme Court of Georgia
Third-Year law student Devin Mashman presented oral argument before the Supreme Court of Georgia under the Law Student Practice Act. CEASE represents the Appellee, a woman who was abused by her parents throughout the entirety of her childhood, in the case of Harvey, et al. v. Merchan. The case involves questions of choice of law and the constitutionality of…
Hetherington Presents on Human Trafficking for CARE’S Atlanta Global Innovation Hub
Assistant Clinical Professor & CEASE Clinic Director Emma Hetherington presented as part of the CARE Atlanta Global Innovation Hub’s Tuesday Talks session titled “Tackling Human Trafficking” in January, alongside Jennifer Swain, Executive Diretor of youthSpark and Sarah Bessell, Deputy Director at the Human Trafficking Legal Center. The talk was moderated by the Innovation Hub’s Executive Director, Ryan Shepard, and Program Manager, LaDarrien Gallette….
CEASE Webinar 11/12 at 2pm on Vacatur and Record Restriction for Survivors of Trafficking
Join the Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic, Georgia Justice Project, and Street Grace for a webinar on SB435, also known as the Debbie Vance Act, on Thursday, November 12, 2020, 2pm – 4pm EST. The new law allows vacatur or record restriction of certain convictions for survivors of trafficking in Georgia. The speakers of…
CEASE Webinar on COVID-19 and the Increase in Online Child Exploitation
Join us on Thursday October 22nd, 2pm to 3:30pm, for a discussion on COVID-19 and the increase of online child exploitation. Professor Thomas Kadri will be moderating and presenters include Adam Dodge, Founder of EndTAB, and Abigail Olson, 2L at Georgia Law. Registration for the webinar is free: https://forms.gle/EPn5bmiAfD3YwaDS6. As the founder of EndTAB.org (Ending Technology-Enabled Abuse), Adam’s work is…
Oct. 8th – Webinar on CSEC, Bias, and Litigating Race
Join us on October 8, 2020, 2pm – 3:30pm, for the first session of the CEASE Webinar Series, titled “CSEC, Bias, and Litigating Race,” a discussion about how implicit bias affects survivors of the commercial and sexual exploitation of children, and how to use legal tools and resources to confront systemic racism against indigent, Black and brown clients….
CEASE Files Amicus Brief in the Georgia Court of Appeals
The Wilbanks CEASE Clinic post-graduate fellow, Melina D. Lewis, and director, Emma Hetherington, co-authored an amicus curiae in support of the Appellant in the case of Philip Doe v. St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, et al., in the Georgia Court of Appeals. The brief addresses the Appellant’s public nuisance claim, which was dismissed at the trial court level. In…
CEASE Law Student Associate Victoria Hicks Featured at 2020 Virtual Conference
The Wilbanks CEASE Clinic hosted its annual conference via a virtual format on Thursday April 23, 2020. The conference, viewed by over 200 attendees, focused on the commercial and sexual exploitation of children (CSEC). CEASE Clinic Law Student Associate Victoria Hicks (’21) presented her research on how the lack of diversity in domestic minor sex trafficking media…