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Melissa D. Carter
EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
Badges
Expertise
- Family Law
- Child Advocacy
- Children's Rights
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Georgia
- State Bar of Georgia
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- Illinois
- Supreme Court of Illinois
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Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
Professional Experience
- Clinical Professor of Law and Executive Director, Barton Child Law & Policy Center
- EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
- - Current
- Director
- Office of the Child Advocate
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- Acting Director, Jan 2010 - Feb 2010
- Deputy Director
- Georgia Office of the Child Advocate
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- Director of Legal Training
- Supreme Court of Georgia Committee on Justice for Children
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- Associate
- Claiborne, Outman & Surmay, P.C.
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Education
- University of Illinois College of Law
- J.D. (2002)
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- University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
- B.S. (1999) | Psychology
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- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, University Honors (Bronze Tablet)
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Professional Associations
- Georgia Association of Counsel for Children
- Member
- Current
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- Georgia Youth Opportunities Initiative Leadership Team
- Member
- Current
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- Board of Directors, Multi-Agency Alliance for Children
- Member
- - Current
- Activities: Secretary 2016-2019
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- Advisory Committee, ChildKind, Inc.
- Member
- - Current
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- Juvenile Justice Advisory State Advisory Group, appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal,
- Vice-Chair
- - Current
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- Clinical Legal Education Association
- - Current
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- Childrens Justice Act Taskforce
- Co-Chair
- - Current
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- Advisory Committee, Supreme Court of Georgia Committee on Justice for Children
- Member
- - Current
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- Georgia State Bar
- Member
- - Current
- Activities: Co-Chair, Children and the Courts Committee; Member, State Bar of Georgia Formal Advisory Opinion Board, 2014-present.
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- Illinois State Bar
- Member
- - Current
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- National Association of Counsel for Children
- Member
- - Current
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