Our INItiatives
We advance justice for the most underrepresented children across the state through several initiatives.
School Justice
We work with schools to provide children with needed supports and reduce their risk of involvement with the juvenile justice system. Schools with effective discipline policies keep kids in class learning and create a safe and productive learning environment for all students.
Housing Justice
Georgia Appleseed advocates for reforms large and small, local and statewide, that increase access for low-income children and their families to stable, healthy homes. Children in healthy homes do better in school, have lower levels of justice involvement, and can look to a brighter future.
Behavioral Health
We work with local school climate committees that are required in each county across the state to improve children’s behavioral health services and to integrate these services with Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS).
Foster Care (FAIR)
Children in foster care face unique barriers to school success. Georgia Appleseed advocates for legal and policy innovations to the foster care system, grows the community of advocates for children in care, and provides direct legal representation for children in care facing suspension or expulsion from school.
Our Approach
We employ a three-pronged approach of direct connection, community and coalition building, and system reform.
Direct
Connection
Connection
Coalition
Building
Building
System
Reform
Reform
Leadership
Board of Directors
Eric Fisher
Board Chair
Barnes & Thornburg
Micah Moon
Board Vice Chair
Delta Air Lines
Adam Ozgo
Board Treasurer
Yancey Bros.
Adwoa Awotwi
Board Secretary
LocumTenens.com
Tori Silas
Immediate Past Board Chair
Alison Ballard
Buchalter Law Firm
Lou Barbieri
Kilpatrick Townsend
Patrick Becker
Southern Company
Mary Benton
Alston & Bird LLP
John Bey
Bey & Associates
David Brackett
Bondurant Mixson & Elmore
Charlie Ebersol
Infinite Athlete
John Fleming
Eversheds Sutherland
Harold Franklin
King & Spalding LLP
Paula Frederick
State Bar of Georgia
Brian Gordon
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Brian Harms
Troutman Pepper
Kate Helm
Nelson Mulllins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Judge Todd Markle
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jessica McKinney
Smurfit WestRock
Christopher Middleton
Cox Rodman & Middleton
Judge Shondeana Morris
DeKalb County Superior Court
Raj M. Nichani
The RMN Agency
Randi Schnell
Rooms To Go
Neil Shorthouse
Partners in Change
Amy Steigerwalt
Georgia State University
L. Chris Stewart
Stewart Miller Simmons
Debra Tavaras
Soulstice, Inc.
Marc Taylor
Taylor English Duma
Carrie Zhou
Aprio
Team
Staff
Career
Jobs and Internships
FULL-TIME POSITIONS
We currently have no open positions at Georgia Appleseed. Please continue to check back for updates. If you are an attorney who would like to volunteer with our organization, please complete the Pro Bono Interest Form.
INTERNSHIPS & EXTERNSHIPS
We invite rising 2L and 3L law students to share our passion to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline, keep low-income families and their children in safe and healthy homes, and support children in foster care. We offer unpaid internships and externships for fall, spring, and summer. In addition, we host fellows from a variety of fellowship programs. We value new perspectives, and diversity in life and work experience.
Interns and externs assist attorneys and program staff in all current program activities. An individual intern or extern’s experience will depend on their interests and goals, and our current needs.
They may do the following:
- Conduct legal, social science, and policy research
- Write and update attorney manuals and guidance
- Draft and prepare legal and other advocacy documents (including pleadings, briefs, talking points, emails, etc.)
- Develop tools for parents, students, and other caregivers
- Visit and interview stakeholders
- Assist in the representation of children in foster care before school disciplinary tribunals
- Attend and assist with coalition and other stakeholder meetings
- Participate in advocacy strategy sessions
- Collect and assess statistical data
- Coordinate public programs and events
Interested students should send a current resume by email to programs@gaappleseed.org with “Internship/Externship Query” in the subject line of the email. In the body of the email, please explain why you are interested in working with us, and highlight life, education, and work experiences you believe relevant to our work. We prefer applicants who can commit to a full semester or summer internship or externship.
Georgia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any job applicant or employee because of that person’s race, color, sex, age, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, creed, citizenship, HIV status, or marital status. We recognize the value of diversity in the workplace and strongly urge people in all protected groups to apply for employment. Reasonable accommodations will be made for individuals with mental or physical disabilities who are otherwise qualified to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of a given position in a satisfactory manner, provided the needed accommodation does not result in an undue hardship for Georgia Appleseed.