On January 11, 2020, Jena Emory and Casey Smartt volunteered at the Atlanta Community Food Bank with the State Bar of Georgia's Young Lawyers Division Leadership Academy.  The YLD Leadership Academy participated in sorting food donations, including identifying expired and damaged food products as well as sorting the items for distribution.  In only three hours, the group sorted over 22,904 pounds of food, equating to 17,950 meals total.  The Atlanta Community Food Bank utilizes over 1,700 volunteers to work alongside staff members to procure and distribute food and grocery items received from hundreds of donors in the Atlanta area. Jena and Casey were recently accepted into the State Bar of Georgia's 2020 YLD Leadership Academy.  The program helps young lawyers develop leadership skills and gives them the opportunity to learn more about the profession, their community and state in which they practice. To learn more about the Atlanta Community Food Bank, please click here.

On January 11, 2020, Jena Emory and Casey Smartt volunteered at the Atlanta Community Food Bank with the State Bar of Georgia's Young Lawyers Division Leadership Academy.  The YLD Leadership Academy participated in sorting food donations, including identifying expired and damaged food products as well as sorting the items for distribution.  In only three hours, the group sorted over 22,904 pounds of food, equating to 17,950 meals total.  The Atlanta Community Food Bank utilizes over 1,700 volunteers to work alongside staff members to procure and distribute food and grocery items received from hundreds of donors in the Atlanta area. Jena and Casey were recently accepted into the State Bar of Georgia's 2020 YLD Leadership Academy.  The program helps young lawyers develop leadership skills and gives them the opportunity to learn more about the profession, their community and state in which they practice. To learn more about the Atlanta Community Food Bank, please click here.

Atlanta Associates, Jena Emory and Casey Smartt, have recently been accepted into the State Bar of Georgia's 2020 Young Lawyers Division Leadership Academy.  The Academy was founded in 2006 as a program for young lawyers to help develop leadership skills and give them an opportunity to learn more about the profession, their community and their state in which they practice in.  There are more than 500 alumni members of The Leadership Academy including solo practitioners, judicial law clerks, partners in small and large firms, assistant district attorneys, public defenders and more.  Acceptance into The YLD Leadership Academy gives participants the ability to network with judges, clients and fellow lawyers, quality programming and recognition in the field of law. To learn more about The YLD or The Leadership Academy, please click here.

CSKL Associate Jena Emory coauthored an article, CLE By The Hour 2021, in The Atlanta Lawyer Magazine's July/August 2021 Edition. The article highlighted the Atlanta Bars' CLE By the Hour virtual program from May 2021, which brought timely information to members on navigating various scenarios and situations in a pandemic environment. To read the article, please click here. To read the magazine in its entirety, please click here.

CSKL associates Jena Emory and Caroline Sims were recently featured in The YLD Review for their efforts in the YLD Winter Wills Clinic. The YLD Review is a quarterly publication highlighting member initiatives and and education, published by the State Bar of Georgia's Young Lawyers Division. The article titled YLD Winter Virtual Wills Clinic With Atlanta Legal Aid, is in Volume 62, Issue 2, March 2021 (Page 13). Jena Emory, no stranger to the Young Lawyers Division, is co-chair of the YLD Women in the Profession Committee. Caroline Sims, a YLD member, was quoted in the article. To read the article in entirety, click here. For information on The YLD Review newsletters, please click here.