I normally don't like exalting in other people's misfortunes, but today I'll make an exception. There is a landlord (or slumlord) in town that is notoriously awful. I've already had several cases against him myself. He was arrested over the weekend for harassing a tenant. Oh that makes me so happy! He deserves every second of the time he sat ( Read more... )

Every year Georgia Legal Services has a 3-day training for all the legal staff. Usually it is in Savannah, but this year they chose Athens. So, I arrived last night with Molly and Harriet, one of the paralegals. We checked into the hotel (the Holiday Inn on Lumpkin) and walked downtown to the Grill for dinner. It was hella tasty. I had a ( Read more... )

I'd so represent him in his dispossessory!!

1. I have to figure out how to leave my work at the office. I can't let one stupid phone call or one frustrating conversation follow me home and ruin my mood. If anyone has suggestions for how to do this, I'm listening. I know this can't be something that only happens in the legal profession ( Read more... )

I'm in Americus, GA right now staffing the GLSP table at the disaster relief center. I am bored. So so bored. I logged into Gmail so I could chat with Britt. No one has come by the table with a legal question. I was all excited to be here too. Darn it.

Let me begin by saying I love my job. Dearly. Helping people kicks some serious butt. My coworkers are awesome ( Read more... )

This is only one of the many reasons why the death penalty should not exist. One day, we'll catch up with the rest of the world on this issue ( Read more... )

Molly and I got sworn in today at the Superior Court of Richmond County in front of my parents, lil_sis_alli, and my old boss Jack and his wife, who is now one of my bosses at GLSP. It was fun. I almost got a little choked up saying the oath. It's cheesy and idealistic, but it means I'm a real lawyer now with obligations and duties. Yikes. The other ( Read more... )

beatl23 and I participated in the 9th Annual Domestic Violence Awareness Candlelight Vigil tonight. Or it's called something like that. The supervising attorney at work basically volunteered us to read the names of victims at the vigil. No biggie. Afterwards we went to trivia at Fountain City Coffee for the third week in the row. We missed half of ( Read more... )

I got up this morning super early and dragged my tired ass to the Hispanic Heritage Awareness Month breakfast at the Trade Center downtown. My boss had purchased a table for the office, not realizing that it fell on our day off. Yes, we get Columbus Day off, since it is a federal holiday. So I was there at 7:30. The breakfast wasn't bad. ( Read more... )