The Fellows Blog

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.” 

Reflecting on highlights from her year, K’Shaani shared that she “enjoyed working on cases involving a race equity analysis. This was the first time in my career that I was able to pursue cases explicitly fighting for racial justice.”

The Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. Appellate Advocacy Fellowship Presents Reflections on the landmark Supreme Court case striking down the “Defense of Marriage Act”

Decades after one of the most devastating attacks of the Civil Rights era, U.S. Attorney Douglas Jones led the team that successfully re-opened the case of the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.