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Intrastate Moot Court CompetitionCo-Chairs: Kathleen Sullivan Dod & Emelia WalkerThe YLD Intrastate Moot Court Committee is happy to announce that its 2013 Moot Court Competitionwas a great success. This year’s competition took place on April 5-6 at Mercer University School of Law.The University of Georgia School of Law won titles for Best Team, Best Brief and Best Oralist. Thecommittee would like to offer a special thank you to the multitude of practicing attorneys who helped tomake this year’s competition a success.Judicial Law ClerkCo-Chairs: Margaret Head & Elise MyersThe Judicial Law Clerk Committee continues to serve the public and the profession by hosting networkingevents that encourage members to give back to the community. The Committee organized, and Lister &Holt, LLC sponsored, a food drive for the Atlanta Community Food Bank. The Committee together withLister & Holt collected over 135 pounds of food in addition to monetary donations. The event was held atYard House and provided young lawyers an opportunity to network and help individuals in need.Earlier this year the Committee hosted a coat drive and provided dozens of items of clothing to theAtlanta Center for Self Sufficiency. The coat drive was sponsored by Gordon Biersch in Buckhead andHuff, Powell & Bailey, LLC. The Committee received a certificate of appreciation for their efforts fromthe organization One Warm Coat.Additionally this year, the Committee created a message board and helped connect law clerks to serveas resources to each other through a law clerk listserv and networking events. The Committee will beending the Bar year with a Braves game to celebrate the committee’s successes. The event will be opento Committee members and we are looking forward to a relaxing evening of fun.Juvenile LawCo-Chairs: Crystal Conway & Stephanie MasonThe Juvenile Law Committee is wrapping up its year after several successful meetings featuring ChiefJudge Steven Teske of Clayton County Juvenile Court and Sharon Hill, Executive Director of GeorgiaAppleseed who both lauded the committee for its commitment to the passage of the new juvenile code.House Bill 242 was successfully passed this year, and the JLC in conjunction with Just Georgia hosted acelebration event on May 13. The next annual event, the Celebration of Excellence is in the finalplanning stages and will be held on June 26.Labor & Employment LawCo-Chairs: Joseph Sullivan & Rachael ZichellaThe Labor and Employment Committee had an incredibly productive spring. One of the Committee’smain goals is increasing positive interaction between the Plaintiff’s Bar and Defense Bar to create lastingprofessional friendships that will improve the L&E Bar as a whole and help us all to better serve ourclients. As part of this endeavor, the Committee launched its “Lunch with an Adversary” program,where members of the Plaintiff’s Bar and the Defense Bar meet for lunch. The Committee alsodeveloped a LinkedIn group page for members to communicate regarding a number of professionaltopics, including new legal developments.The Committee continued its popular series of monthly lunch meetings at which Labor & Employmentexperts present to members about emerging legal topics and other professional considerations such aspractice development and professionalism. In January, Ford & Harrison LLP partner Jeff Mokotoff spokeabout the new Georgia Restrictive Covenants Act; in February, Alicia Starkman, a Senior Associate atAlston & Bird LLP spoke about, “Transgender Discrimination and the Eleventh Circuit’s related opinion:Glenn v. Brumby”; in March, Troutman Sanders LLP partner Steve Riddell led the group in an engagingdiscussion regarding, “What Young Lawyers Can Do to Advance Their Careers and Develop Their91