Georgia State College of Law experiential law faculty are highly-respected experts in their focus areas. Below is a list of experiential learning faculty highlights for spring 2020:
Ted Afield
Mark and Evelyn Trammell Professor
Associate Clinical Professor of Law
Director of the Philip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic
Afield was appointed to a three-year term on the IRS Advisory Council and was invited to join the Low-Income Tax Clinic Advisory Board for the Center for Taxpayer Rights. He was also listed by Forbes as one of the Top 100 Must-Follow Tax Twitter Accounts for 2020.
Lisa R. Bliss
Associate Dean of Experiential Education Clinical Programs
Clinical Professor
Co-director of Health Law Partnership Legal Services Clinic
Bliss was named a Fulbright Distinguished Chair in 2019, as part of which she taught at Palacky University Faculty of Law in Olomouc in the Czech Republic last fall. She presented at the Global Alliance for Justice Education (“GAJE”) Conference and Chaired the Training of Trainers Workshop held in Bandung, Indonesia, in December 2019.
Kendall Kerew
Associate Clinical Professor of Law
Director of Externships
Kerew was named a fellow of the Holloran Center for Ethical Leadership in the Professions at the University of St. Thomas. She was also a presenter at the Holloran Center Workshop on Self-Directedness Assessment. She is working on a pilot rural externship program, set to launch in summer 2020.
Tameka Lester
Clinical Assistant Professor
Assistant Director, Philip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic
Lester and tax-clinic fellow Emily Yaun facilitated a three-part tax-law training session for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, which is housed at United Way of Greater Atlanta. Lester also spoke about the Earned Income Tax Credit program at the mayor of Atlanta’s EITC Awareness Day event.
Darcy Meals
Assistant Director, Center for Access to Justice
Meals presented at an Association of American Law Schools panel titled “Pro Bono and Public Service: Pillars of Democracy and the Legal Profession.” She published “Limited Representation Helps Tenants Who Would Otherwise Face Eviction Alone” on Law.com.
Margaret Middleton
Assistant Clinical Professor
Co-Director, Health Law Partnership Legal Services Clinic
Middleton accepted the “Founders Award” at the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center’s 10th anniversary.
James Mitchell
Clinical Supervising Attorney and Adjunct Instructor of Law
Drawing from his work with medical professionals in the HeLP Clinic, Mitchell co-presented "Interdisciplinary Work in Clinical Legal Education" at the Southern Clinical Conference. He also presented, along with colleagues from the Health Law Partnership, "Public Health Law: Exploring Possible Partnerships and Barriers" at the University of Georgia College of Public Health's State of the Public's Health Conference.
Charity Scott
Catherine C. Henson Endowed Professor of Law
Scott developed a new course, The Reflective Lawyer, which examines the intersection of health, wellness and law practice.
Lauren Sudeall
Associate Professor
Director, Center for Access to Justice
Sudeall was Invited to serve as a member of the American Bar Foundation/JPB Foundation Access to Justice Scholars Program Advisory Council.
Emily Torstveit-Ngara
Assistant Clinical Professor
Director, Immigration Clinic
Torstveit Ngara and her co-teacher Will Miller welcomed the inaugural class of 11 students to the Immigration Clinic in January 2020. Torstveit Ngara gave a virtual keynote address at Beyond the Borders: The Interdisciplinary Conference on Studies in Spanish and Criminal Justice at the University of North Georgia on April 3, 2020.