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FROM THE CO-EDITOR
Due to an editorial oversight, the Georgia Appleseed spotlight article that ran in the March magazine incorrectly
omitted the picture of volunteer and article author Pearson Beardsley. We regret this error. – Lisa Liang
Georgia Appleseed
Contact: Rob Rhodes
(404) 815-6350 | www.gaappleseed.org
Georgia Appleseed is a nonprofit,nonpartisan public interest law center whose mission is to increase justice through law and policy reform by leveraging the
pro bono talents of lawyers and other professionals.
Georgia Appleseed’s vision is a Georgia where the voices of
poor people, children and other marginalized people are heard
and where injustices that no one should endure are resolved.
Georgia Appleseed’s pursuit of systemic change in social
justice is what I initially found exciting and what still inspires
me today. For instance, the Georgia Appleseed Heirs Property project, now the Georgia Heirs Property Law Center,
Inc., is a great example of how a problem gave rise to an
Appleseed project, which in turn, has become a Georgia
nonprofit established to address the issue of heirs property
throughout our state. It has been rewarding to see
the development of this project over the years and to
have played a small part in helping it to where it is now.
I find that work on behalf of matters like this—that seek
to address the root causes of injustice and improve the
system for everyone—enormously important and personally meaningful. In this sense, it has been a privilege
serving Georgia Appleseed through a variety of roles
on Georgia Appleseed’s Young Professionals Council.
-Pearson Beardsley
By Harold E. Franklin, Jr.
King & Spalding LLP
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pringtime for our bar association is a time of re-
In addition, we are preparing for Law Day 2016, entitled
flection over the past year and preparation for new
Miranda: More than Words. As you may be aware, Law Day,
beginnings in June. As we prepare to transition into
founded by the American Bar Association (of which we are
another new and exciting year for our bar, there are still many
an affiliate), is a national day to celebrate the rule of law and
upcoming bar and section activities and events. The upcoming
its contributions to the freedoms and protections we all en-
Litigation Section’s annual Logan Bleckley Award for judicial
joy as Americans. For many years our bar association and
Excellence will be presented to The Honorable T. Jackson
its sections have collaborated with the Fulton County court
Bedford, the Judicial Section will hold a luncheon which will
system to hold an annual Law Day program. The 2016 Law
include a legislative update, and there are many section
Day program marks the 50th Anniversary of United States
events taking place. Please see the website for further details.
Supreme Court’s decision in Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436
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