The Fellows Blog

Thank you K’Shaani!

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.”

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Then Comes Marriage: An Evening with Roberta Kaplan

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

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Justice Delayed, but not Denied: An Evening with Douglas Jones

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.

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What would Judge Murnaghan think?

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; 

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Former Murnaghan Fellow Jessie Weber shares year highlight

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. 

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