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ATL BAR MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS The Atlanta Bar Association is the largest voluntary bar in the southeast. Part of what makes our Bar so special is our expanse offerings of high quality, unique opportunities. 22 Sections sponsoring a variety of independent & joint activities. Join one or many! We help you find your place, or even multiple destinations, with a robust community of Sections, committees, service and pro bono groups. Receive a $75 coupon towards CLE courses & discounts at local retailers & industry service providers PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE TO LEAD BY SERVING Find out more: atlantabar.org 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 S 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 The Official News Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association THE ATLANTA LAWYER 5