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Georgia State University College of Law; and Diondra Hicks Former Intern and rising 2L at Columbia Law School. • Nancy Whaley, Esq., Standing Chapter 13 Trustee and Lisa O’Ree, Standing Chapter 13 Trustee. All of the Interns participated in a 750 word essay competition with included a monetary award for the winner and runners up. This year’s topic was the Georgia Su- preme Court’s recent decision in Collins v. Virginia, Nos. 16-1027, where the high court ruled that the automobile exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement does not allow a warrantless search of a motorcycle parked in a drive- way. Numerous former Interns have be- come attorneys and are now prac- ticing in the Atlanta area, including a Superior Court judge and a district attorney. Over the program’s his- tory, twenty-nine former Interns have either graduated from law school or are currently enrolled in law school. ration classes and/or Bar Review classes. The initiative has raised over $48,000 to date and has pro- vided funds to twelve former in- terns. For more information on SLIP or the Highest Heights Forever Initia- tive, visit http://abaslip.blogspot. com/ or contact Denisha Wise at [email protected]. In order to expand support for in- terns who aspire to become attor- neys, the Highest Heights Forever Initiative was established in 2016 and provides financial assistance to former interns taking LSAT prepa- The Official News Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association THE ATLANTA LAWYER 15