GJP IN THE NEWS
Recent articles featuring Georgia Justice Project.
State Affairs -- "How to be your own lawyer in Georgia (and when you shouldn't)" May 24, 2023
The Moultrie Observer -- "Epic clinic to empower, offer resources to Moultrie residents" April 27, 2023
The Albany Herald -- "Dougherty Bar Association to hold records restriction clinic" April 27, 2023
Urban Leage of Greater Atlanta -- "The System's Alienating Impact" April 18, 2023
Harvard Business School -- "Harvard Business School Club of Atlanta - 2023 SEI Scholarship recipients announced" April 3, 2023
State Affairs -- "Opinion: It's time for Georgia to create real second chances" March 27, 2023
WUGA -- "ACC Solicitor General to hold record restriction event" March 20, 2023
Georgia Law News -- "Georgia Criminal Law Symposium - University of Georgia School of Law" March 14, 2023
JD Supra -- "Gold Dome Report: Legislative Day 32" March 14, 2023
11Alive -- "Georgia Supreme Court community and public service awards" March 2, 2023
WUGA -- "Athens-Clarke Solicitor-General's Office to hold free record restriction" February 22, 2023
WABE -- "Georgia GOP lawmaker renews effort to divert 17-year-olds to juvenile court" February 21, 2023
Georgia Recorder -- "Republican state lawmakers renews effort to divert 17-year-olds to juvenile court system" February 17, 2023
AJC -- "Opinion: Licensing reforms can lower hiring hurdles for workers with criminal records" February 17, 2023
Georgia Law News -- "Georgia lawmakers plan to make it easier for workers with criminal records" February 11, 2023
WSBTV -- "Gwinnett County lawmaker says Georgia’s arrest record prevents minorities from getting jobs" February 7, 2023
ALM -- "Ga. Senate Judiciary Chairman Brian Strickland maps out agenda, looks at legal culture" January 31, 2023
Atlanta Magazine -- "Atlanta's 500 Most Powerful Leaders in 2023: Religion, Nonprofits, and Advocacy" January 26, 2023
Georgia Law News -- "Georgia Justice Project hosts virtual legislative kickoff" January 18, 2023
The Atlanta Voice -- "Georgia Justice Project to host virtual legislative kickoff" January 17, 2023
Georgia Recorder -- "Georgia lawmakers plan to ease path to occupational license for workers with criminal records" January 11, 2023
Georgia Public Broadcasting -- "Georgia lawmakers plan to ease path to occupational license for workers with criminal records" January 11, 2023
WABE -- "Georgia lawmakers plan to ease path to occupational license for workers with criminal records" January 11, 2023
State Affairs -- "Georgia's punishing probation system: Balancing public safety with giving people a second chance" January 3, 2023
Capital B News -- "How to Get Your Felony Expunged in Georgia" December 21, 2022
See You in Court Podcast -- "Georgia Justice Project | Douglas Ammar & Rami El Gharib" December 15, 2022
Georgia Public Broadcasting -- "Brunswick clinic seeks to clear criminal records for fresh start" November 18, 2022
The Current GA -- "Brunswick clinic seeks to clear criminal records for fresh start" November 17, 2022
WLRN -- "Florida's voter fraud arrests are scaring away formerly incarcerated voters" November 7, 2022
Law360 -- "Ga. Nonprofit Starts Group to Rethink Justice in Felony Cases" October 6, 2022
Daily Report -- "A new law is good news for many on Georgia's economic fringes, attorneys say" August 31, 2022
Georgia Courts Journal -- "Records Restriction Clinic" August 25, 2022
WABE -- "Georgia Justice Project combats post-sentence voter restrictions" August 10, 2022
TRT World -- "Wars on drugs and terror - America needs an enemy" July 29, 2022
State Affairs – "New Georgia Law Could Help 100,000 Drivers Avoid License Suspensions" May 28, 2022
11Alive – "Record restriction clinic aims to offer second chance to Fulton County residents" May 7, 2022
WABE – "A former prisoner's journey to redemption in Out of Hand Theatre's production 'Calf'" May 6, 2022
AJC – "Staged in homes, Out of Hand's "Calf" doesn't fully hit home" April 28, 2022
Savannah Now – "Savannah woman's quest to restrict record delayed - again" April 11, 2022
The Center Square – “Georgia Senate passes bill to make it easier to seal criminal records” February 7, 2022
Johnson City Press – “Georgia Senate passes bill to make it easier to seal criminal records” February 7, 2022
Johnson City Press – “Criminal justice reform efforts in Georgia Legislature would remove job barriers” February 1, 2022
Georgia Recorder – “Criminal justice reform efforts in Georgia Legislature collide with back-the-blue mood” January 31, 2022
The Current – “Criminal justice reform efforts in Georgia Legislature collide with back-the-blue mood” January 31, 2022
KPVI – “Georgia Senate passes bill to make it easier to seal criminal records” January 25, 2022
Atlanta Daily World – “Georgia Justice Project Breaks Down Barriers for Formerly Incarcerated People” January 11, 2022
WABE “Atlanta musicians perform a gospel brunch to benefit the Georgia Justice Project” November 23, 2021
Decaturish “Georgia State Representative, Georgia Justice Project hosting early termination of probation symposium” November 10, 2021
On Common Ground News “Georgia Rep. Angela Moore to host symposium on Early Termination of Probation Sentences” November 7, 2021
PR Newswire “Atlanta Gas Light Foundation Donates to Georgia Justice Project to Help Advance Economic, Educational, and Housing Opportunities for Rehabilitated Georgians” November 4, 2021
Law.com “Freedom Expungement Project Provides Free Legal Service for Georgians; Volunteer Lawyers Sought” October 29, 2021
Broadway World “Out of Hand Theater Announces 20th Anniversary Season” October 4, 2021
Gainesville Times “Want to seal your records? Northeastern Judicial Circuit town hall explains what can be done under new law” September 27, 2021
Black Enterprise “Atlanta Chaplain Gwendale Boyd-Willis gets her record expunged 16 years after her release” September 25, 2021
USA Today “Chaplain: My criminal record is sealed; more ex-offenders deserve the same” September 21, 2021
Law & Crime “New Bill Passed to Lower Probation Sentences” September 9, 2021
11Alive “Fulton County joins efforts to restrict criminal records, opening job and housing opportunities” August 14, 2021
Georgia Public Broadcasting “I Need to Be Able to Vote: Probation Law Opens a New Pool of Voters” July 22, 2021
A Closer Look with Rose Scott “Cobb Second Chance Desk Now Open to the Public” July 13, 2021
WABE “Second Chance Desk Created to Help Georgians Remove Certain Convictions from Criminal Record” July 13, 2021
Women in Government Relations “WGR Announces 2021 Excellence in Advocacy” June 22, 2021
Capitol Beat “Georgia Power Foundation awards grant to Georgia Justice Project” June 22, 2021
The Saporta Report “Achieving Criminal Justice Reform in the South: Georgia Justice Project and SB 105” June 22, 2021
Johnson City Press “Georgia Power Foundation announces $500,000 investment in Georgia Justice Project initiative” June 22, 2021
AJC “Cobb DA arrest expungement program begins this week” June 21, 2021
Cobb County Courier “Cobb DA Announces Support of Second Chance Desk” June 20, 2021
11Alive “TEGNA Foundation and 11Alive award grants to 10 Atlanta area nonprofit organizations” June 17, 2021
CBS46 “Cobb county to open a record-restriction help desk” June 16, 2021
Fox 5 Atlanta “Cobb county to house first ever ‘Second Chance Desk’ for record expungement” June 16, 2021
11Alive “Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church holds record expungement to mark Juneteenth” June 16, 2021
WTVM “New GA law to terminate probation early” May 25, 2021
Georgia Recorder “Decision time for police funding and other law and order legislation” May 7, 2021
Georgia Public Broadcasting “Decision time for police funding and other law and order legislation” May 7, 2021
11Alive “New Georgia law will soften state’s strict probation system” May 6, 2021
MSN “Kemp signs Georgia probation reform bill” May 4, 2021
Henry Herald “Probation reform bill signed into law, takes effect immediately” May 4, 2021
Atlanta Civic Circle “Georgia enacts new probation reform law” May 4, 2021
Saporta Report “Georgia enacts new probation reform law” May 4, 2021
Washington Examiner “Kemp signs Georgia probation reform bill” May 4, 2021
The Center Square “Kemp signs Georgia probation reform bill” May 3, 2021
Albany Herald “Governor Brian Kemp signs probation reform bill” May 3, 2021
Atlanta Daily World “Probation reform bill signed into Georgia law” May 3, 2021
Jackson Progress-Argus “Governor Brian Kemp signs Georgia probation reform bill” May 3, 2021
Fox 5 Atlanta “Fulton County to expunge 300+ criminal records by Juneteenth” April 28, 2021
KD Bowe Show “Juneteenth Record Restriction Summit” April 28, 2021
Atlanta Black Star “Metro Atlanta Organizations Seek to Help 300 People Expunge Misdemeanor Records by Juneteenth” April 28, 2021
Fox 5 Atlanta “Fulton County taking applications for Juneteenth Record Restriction/Expungement Summit” April 26, 2021
Atlanta Civic Circle “Game-changing probation bill headed to Gov. Kemp’s desk” March 30, 2021
Atlanta Daily World “Early Termination for Probation Receives Approval from Georgia Assembly” March 30, 2021
The Center Square “Georgia Probation bill gets final nod from General Assembly” March 29, 2021
Johnson City Press “REFORM Alliance Praises Georgia Legislature for Passing Key Reforms to Probation System” March 29, 2021
Saporta Report “40K+ Georgians on probation who don’t need to be” March 11, 2021
WGAU 98.7FM “Athens schedules arrest record restriction event” March 10, 2021
WABE “Georgia Senate Approved Bill to Streamline Probation System” March 5, 2021
US News & World Report “Georgia Senate Moves to Streamline Probation Termination” February 25, 2021
Atlanta Journal Constitution “Georgia Senate passes bill to get people off probation early” February 25, 2021
Atlanta Voice “Probation reform bill unanimously passes Georgia Senate chamber” February 25, 2021
The Center Square “Probation reform bill to streamline early termination process advances from Georgia Senate” February 25, 2021
Peach Pundit “Reentry Reform Bills Introduced in Legislature” February 13, 2021
Capitol Beat “Georgia lawmakers eye citizen's arrest changes, no-know warrants ban” February 12, 2021
Northwest Georgia News “Georgia lawmakers eye citizen's arrest changes, no-know warrants ban” February 12, 2021
Henry Herald “Sen. Brian Strickland introduced probation reform bill” February 10, 2021
Atlanta Daily World “Georgia Probation Reform Bill to Reduce Sentences Introduced” February 10, 2021
Atlanta Journal Constitution “New Cobb District Attorney promotes alternatives to prison, criminal records restrictions” February 1, 2021
Black Enterprise “Atlanta chaplain Gwendale Boyd-Willis kept her faith through prison and made a new life upon release” February 1, 2021
Law360 “DA Looks to Act on Ga.’s Expanded Expungement Eligibility” January 27, 2021
Fox 5 Atlanta “Expungement help desk in Cobb County offers clean slate for some criminal offenses” January 26, 2021
CBS46 “Cobb DA’s office forming ‘help desk’ to assist citizens in expunging criminal records” January 25, 2021
Times-Georgian “Swindle: A true second chance” January 18, 2021
Atlanta Journal Constitution “Even in tough times, inspiring Atlantans march on, motivate” January 1, 2021
Georgia Public Broadcasting “‘Second Chance’ Law Takes Effect – Offers Hope to Georgians with Criminal Past” January 1, 2021
The Center Square “Criminal records expungement expansion in Georgia takes effect Jan. 1” December 28, 2020
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