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Volunteer Take: Working at the Housing Court Assistance Center

REBEKAH WHITTINGTON | August 5, 2020 Rising third-year law student at Emory shares her experience supporting Atlanta tenants facing eviction at the Housing Court Assistance Center (HCAC). Immediately when the COVID-19 pandemic began, I began to fear what would happen to people who are no longer able to work safely and would be facing eviction. Many questions ran through my mind: Will people be forced to move or find a new home during a global pan…

Volunteer Take: No One Has to Be Alone While They Put Their Lives Back Together

…mily was able to move on and start a new life, free from threats and violence. It all started with obtaining a Temporary Protective Order. It all started with AVLF, and with the Safe Families Office. Want to read what other experiences our volunteers have? Check out the rest of the Volunteer Takes. Farley Ezekiel AVLF Volunteer Check out more from this author. Farley Ezekiel earned her JD from Emory Law School in 2015. Upon graduation, she was the…

Volunteer Take: Helping Those Who Need It Most

KATIE KING | OCT 10, 2017 A senior associate at Alston & Bird explains his experiences working with survivors of domestic violence for the Daily Report. Ed Bonapfel, a senior associate at Alston & Bird, recently wrote a piece for the Daily Report about his experience volunteering for Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation. He took on a number of domestic violence cases in the last year, representing survivors as they asked for court protection from…

Volunteer Take: Few Legal Endeavors Are As Rewarding as Potentially Saving a Client’s Life

By Jaime Davis and Stephanie Biddle AVLF volunteers Jaime Davis and Stephanie Biddle. One of the first things you learn in domestic violence training at the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation is that intimate partner violence can occur in any relationship, regardless of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status or education level. We saw that firsthand with a client we recently represented. She was married to her abuser…

Volunteer Take: Pro Bono Makes Me A Better Attorney

I regularly work as a pro bono guardian ad litem through the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation. In my regular practice, I do family law on a sliding scale for middle- and low-income families, so I am used to working with complex issues and family structures. But my AVLF guardian ad litem cases always present new and interesting issues that challenge me to become a better attorney and expand my skill set. JoAnna Smith, Atlanta. For example, in…

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