A. Kenyatta Greer

“Coming to law school, for me, has been a valuable exercise in growing as a person, figuring out what is meaningful for me, and determining what I want to spend my energy pursuing,” says Adriano Omar Iqbal, editor-in-chief of the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal (EBDJ) and future trial attorney for the U.S. Trustee Program, the Department of Justice’s bankruptcy oversight arm. What he found, he says, is that he has an ethical imperative to help people to grow from perceived failures by c...

In the early 1970s, the Warren M. Robbins Library at the National Museum of African Art was looking for weekend guides. Doris Ligon, a then-40-something mother of adult children, was interested in bolstering her knowledge of the African continent, she applied for the job and earned it.
Ligon’s training required her to learn a great deal of information about Africa – not just about its art. It was a “marvelous experience,” she recalls. In 1979, Robbins gave his museum to the Smithsonian, and o...

Adjunct professor Janet Metzger pushes law students outside their comfort zones teaching a class where drama and the law collide.

Law student Tsering Choedon, an India-born Tibetan, is using an Emory Law education and her own life experiences to further the cause of stateless people....

Fashion has no gender.

Howard County is affluent, and thriving, and full of opportunity. But, like in every other community, there are families here who struggle every day to survive.
Twenty-six percent of Howard County residents have trouble paying their bills and providing for their families. Five percent of this community lives below the poverty line and, while that may look like a small number, that figure can be deceiving without context.

Columbia has a bevy of older homes that can be turned into dream homes for adventurous buyers. The Kevin Carroll Team of Douglas Realty helped homeowner and renovation expert Usman Jan to purchase a home in one of those older communities and turn it into an updated retreat for his family.

A young man raised in the ever-swelling city of Atlanta, Leonard McClarty watched the construction of the Georgia Dome—the predecessor to the city’s Mercedes Benz Stadium—and he wondered why someone had chosen that particular spot to build. Why not down the street or across town? His curiosity only grew as he did, leading him to seek—and earn—an undergraduate degree in political science with an urban studies concentration and a master’s degree in city planning.

High-rise hotels with city views are an exciting way to get away. Every now and again, though, the only way to truly relax is to escape the excitement and embrace the peace and quiet that comes with a measure of solitude. When you feel the need to step away from the bustle, consider Wayside Inn Bed and Breakfast. Located in Ellicott City, this six-bedroom historic home features three well-appointed rooms and three spacious suites.

For 15 years, Mary Jordan sold lab equipment and supplies to the biotech industry, drawing upon her years prior as a pre-veterinary student. And a pre-medical student. And a lab worker helping to research cancer at Georgetown University. So, her current position as owner of Bra-la-la in Fulton begs the question: How does a promising scientist break into – and dominate – the undergarment business?

Ten-year-old Victoria Sparks didn’t know exactly what she wanted to be when she grew up, but it was between Supreme Court justice and cardiothoracic surgeon. Or, if you caught her on another day in which she had searched the Internet for professions with impressive-sounding names, she might have given a different answer. If the job title dazzled the adults, she committed it to memory.
Ever since she was a child, Sparks feared mediocrity. She says she was never content with not being great. Ye...

Ideas, frustrations, inspiration and understanding were exchanged when four Supreme Court justices from the Republic of Mozambique visited Emory Law earlier this month. The justices met with adjunct professors Matthew J. McCoyd and Lindsay R. M. Jones, who are judges in the DeKalb County Magistrate Court and associate directors of the Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution.
The visitors shared details about the structure of their court system and learned about the structure of American co...

UPDATE: Registration for this event is closed
Jimmy Carter, Emory University Distinguished Professor and 39th president of the United States, will discuss "Human Rights in Today's World" for the Centennial David J. Bederman Lecture at Emory University School of Law.
The lecture, presented by Emory’s Center for International and Comparative Law, will be held Thursday, April 6, at 2:45 p.m. in Glenn Memorial Auditorium. The symposium is free and open to the public, but attendees must register o...