Lunch and Learn - Access to Law
Name:
Lunch and Learn - Access to Law
Date:
August 24, 2016
Time:
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM EDT
Event Description:
This event has been postponed.
New Date to be Announced
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with
Rebeca Salmon, Executive Director, Access to Law
About our Speaker:Rebeca E. Salmon, Esq, Executive Director
Rebeca E. Salmon received her Juris Doctorate from the University Of Georgia School Of Law. Following law school, Ms. Salmon worked for Catholic Charities Atlanta through an Equal Justice Works Fellowship (EJW). Through her EJW fellowship, Ms. Salmon established the Immigrant Children Advocacy Project (ICAP), a program that still continues educating children and sponsors. She returned to private practice in 2011, opening her own firm, A Salmon Firm, LLC. And with her heart still in non profit services, Ms. Salmon began as the Executive Director of Access to Law, Inc. a nonprofit foundation dedicated to ensuring no vulnerable person goes without Access To Law based solely on inability to pay.
She is an experienced litigator and serves as a mentor to many of her colleagues and has developed a reputation as a reliable and useful resource to DFCS agencies, Child Advocate offices, Guardian Ad Litem offices, schools and anyone interested in protecting our youth. Ms. Salmon sits on the Board of The South West Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce and The Barton Clinic at Emory University. She is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and sworn into practice in every State court of Georgia, Court of Appeals of Georgia, Supreme Court of Georgia, and the Supreme Court of the United States. She is an active member of American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the local AILA-AL/GA chapter and the American Bar Association (ABA). She is also an active member of the National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC), Georgia Association of Counsel for Children (GACC), Immigrant Children?s Legal Network (ICLN) and is a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for children in juvenile proceedings. She is an adjunct professor at Brenau University and was awarded the 2010 Liberty Bell Award from DeKalb Bar Association.
Ms. Salmon is fluent in English and Spanish and in 2014 earned the NACC law specialty distinction: Certified Child Welfare Law Specialist. In 2015 she was chosen by Georgia SuperLawyers as a Rising Star for excellence in practice, this is a distinction reserved for only 2.5% of Georgia attorneys.
Rebeca E. Salmon received her Juris Doctorate from the University Of Georgia School Of Law. Following law school, Ms. Salmon worked for Catholic Charities Atlanta through an Equal Justice Works Fellowship (EJW). Through her EJW fellowship, Ms. Salmon established the Immigrant Children Advocacy Project (ICAP), a program that still continues educating children and sponsors. She returned to private practice in 2011, opening her own firm, A Salmon Firm, LLC. And with her heart still in non profit services, Ms. Salmon began as the Executive Director of Access to Law, Inc. a nonprofit foundation dedicated to ensuring no vulnerable person goes without Access To Law based solely on inability to pay.
She is an experienced litigator and serves as a mentor to many of her colleagues and has developed a reputation as a reliable and useful resource to DFCS agencies, Child Advocate offices, Guardian Ad Litem offices, schools and anyone interested in protecting our youth. Ms. Salmon sits on the Board of The South West Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce and The Barton Clinic at Emory University. She is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and sworn into practice in every State court of Georgia, Court of Appeals of Georgia, Supreme Court of Georgia, and the Supreme Court of the United States. She is an active member of American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the local AILA-AL/GA chapter and the American Bar Association (ABA). She is also an active member of the National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC), Georgia Association of Counsel for Children (GACC), Immigrant Children?s Legal Network (ICLN) and is a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for children in juvenile proceedings. She is an adjunct professor at Brenau University and was awarded the 2010 Liberty Bell Award from DeKalb Bar Association.
Ms. Salmon is fluent in English and Spanish and in 2014 earned the NACC law specialty distinction: Certified Child Welfare Law Specialist. In 2015 she was chosen by Georgia SuperLawyers as a Rising Star for excellence in practice, this is a distinction reserved for only 2.5% of Georgia attorneys.
Location:
HOSTED BY the Hampton Inn - Norcross
5655 Jimmy Carter Blvd.
Norcross, GA 30071
(Map is to Pappadeaux' and Hampton Inn's back entrance)
Date/Time Information:
New date to be announced.
11:30 am - 12:00 pm Networking
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Speaker
11:30 am - 12:00 pm Networking
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Speaker
Contact Information:
Mary Margaret Thomas
Fees/Admission:
Limited Seating available.
Registration includes a box lunch from Zaxby's.
$10 - Members, Non-Members and Walk-ins
Box Lunch from Zaxby's - select Fried or Grilled Chicken Sandwich when registering
$5 - Early Registration Discount for Members Only
Members must register by Tuesday, 8/23 at 11:30 am to receive discount.
Registration includes a box lunch from Zaxby's.
$10 - Members, Non-Members and Walk-ins
Box Lunch from Zaxby's - select Fried or Grilled Chicken Sandwich when registering
$5 - Early Registration Discount for Members Only
Members must register by Tuesday, 8/23 at 11:30 am to receive discount.
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