The Fellows Blog

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.

Queasy.  That’s how I felt when I was asked to write a blog entry for the Murnaghan Fellowship website.  No wasn’t an option:  I’m a former clerk of Judge Murnaghan; 

One of the Murnaghan Fellow’s responsibilities is searching for potential impact cases.  I will be honest here: the process of searching is not very glamorous.