The Fellows Blog

Reflections from Murnaghan Fellow Melanie Babb August 28, 2024 We were fortunate to have Melanie Babb as the 23rd Francis…

June 21, 2024 – In the fall of 2023, the Public Justice Center, Homeless Persons Representation Project, and Maryland Legal…

October 17, 2023 – The Appellate Project filed a brief in Benshot, LLC v. 2 Monkey Trading, LLC, which is…

Olivia Sedwick recently completed a productive year at the Public Justice Center as the 2020-2021 Murnaghan Fellow.

Murnaghan Fellow Dena Robinson delivered oral argument last week in a Title VII case at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Virginia.

Earlier today, 2018-19 Murnaghan Fellow Ejaz Baluch argued the case of Andrews & Lawrence Professional Services, LLC v. Mills at the Court of Appeals of Maryland. 

Earlier this summer, I filed a brief in the Maryland Court of Appeals on behalf of David and Tammy Mills, homeowners who found themselves buried in thousands of dollars in fines and fees imposed by their homeowner’s association

2016-2017 Murnaghan Fellow Anthony May has been named “Young Lawyer of the Year” by Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, an organization that connects low-income Marylanders with pro bono legal assistance.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued its opinion today in Overbey v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore

Murnaghan Fellow Ejaz Baluch filed a brief today in the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on behalf of Robel Bing, an employee who was fired on his first day of work as a customer care representative after his new supervisor learned that he is African-American. 

Murnaghan Fellow Ejaz Baluch filed an amicus curiae brief today in Livingston v. Kehagias, an excessive force case now pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

In January 2018, the U.S. State Department began directing consular officials, in their review of visa applications, to apply an expanded definition of the term “public charge” in determining whether an application should be denied because the applicant “is likely to become a public charge.”