The University of Georgia School of Law has hired Emma Hetherington as the director of its innovative legal clinic to represent victims of child sexual abuse in civil suits against their abusers. “It was an opportunity I could not say no to,” Hetherington, a 2011 Georgia Law graduate, said of her new job. “It combines everything I’ve done in…
UGA law school alumnus funds nation’s first child sexual abuse victim clinic
The University of Georgia School of Law will be the first in the nation to have an experiential learning opportunity dedicated solely to the assistance of victims of child sexual abuse. The Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic will open January 2016. Initial funding for the clinic has been donated by Georgia Law alumnus…