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…
2020 Virtual CEASE Conference April 23, 2020
We are excited to announce that we are moving our annual conference to a virtual webinar format on April 23, 2020! This year’s conference will focus on the Commercial and Sexual Exploitation of Children and Creative Justice for Survivors. The virtual conference will feature Director Tom C. Rawlings of the Georgia Division of Children and Family…
CEASE Conference Update
At this time, we are suspending registration for this year’s Wilbanks CEASE Conference. However, please check back with us for updates. Our hope is to offer the conference in an online format. We hope you are all staying healthy and safe during this time. -CEASE Staff
2020 CEASE Conference April 9-10, 2020
Save the Date! The 2020 Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Conference will be held April 9-10, 2020 at the University of Georgia School of Law. Check our conference website for updates and registration information. Read the full article
CEASE Welcomes Post-Graduate Fellow Melina Lewis
The CEASE Clinic would like to welcome Melina Lewis as its newest Post-Graduate Fellow. As the Post-Graduate Fellow, Melina assists with the provision of direct legal services to survivors of child sexual abuse in civil tort litigation and juvenile court dependency cases. She participates in litigation and policy advocacy, which includes drafting and filing pleadings,…
CEASE Clinic Director and Students Featured on WUGA
An innovative course created by CEASE Clinic director Professor Emma Hetherington and Professor Jennifer Elkins of the School of Social Work was featured on WUGA on June 19, 2019. Part 2 is scheduled to air on June 20, 2019. The course teaches trauma-informed practices to law and social work graduate students at the University of Georgia….
Professor Hetherington Published in Georgia Law Review
Prof. Hetherington and student Michael Nunnally published an article in Volume 53 of the Georgia Law Review (Online) discussing sexual abuse survivors’ access to legal remedies in the civil legal system as seen through a clinical legal education perspective. Read the full article