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celebrating service for free - and with those services, GreenLaw has prevented millions upon millions of tons of pollutants from entering our air and water. GSU College of Law Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic “The Philip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic is a nationally recognized component of Georgia State University College of Law’s lawyer skills training program. The Clinic was founded in 1992 to address the need to provide legal representation to underserved taxpayers throughout Georgia and to provide practical legal training to law students. The Clinic’s student-attorneys provide representation before the Internal Revenue Service and the United States Tax Court in Federal Income Tax controversy matters to approximately 300 clients at any one time. Since its founding, it has represented approximately 3500 clients. The Clinic receives referrals from Atlanta Legal Aid, numerous social service organizations, and practitioners. Anyone interested in learning more about the Clinic can visit the Clinic’s website, GSULITC.org, and referrals should be directed to the Clinic at 404-413-9230.” Health Law Partnership The Health Law Partnership (HeLP) is an interdisciplinary community collaboration among the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and Georgia State University College of Law to improve the health of low-income children and their families. By combining the healthcare expertise of hospital professionals with the legal expertise of attorneys, HeLP provides a coordinated and integrated set of services to address the multiple determinants of children’s health. HeLP is also an educational project that promotes interdisciplinary teaching and learning. HeLP seeks to improve the public’s health by fostering knowledge, understanding, and a cooperative spirit between the healthcare and legal professions. Lambda Legal Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving the full civil rights of gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender people, and people living with HIV/AIDS through impact litigation, education, and public policy work. We have brought historic cases such as Lawrence v. Texas (U.S. Supreme Court strikes down sodomy laws), Calhoun v. Pennington (r