Judge Clarence Cooper, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. (Photo: John Disney/ALM) Emory Law's Inn of Court Renames Itself After Judge Clarence Cooper
The Inn decided last fall to retire the Lamar appellation because the namesake was a slaveholder who advocated for "Southern rights" and white supremacy in the post-Reconstruction South.
January 27, 2021 at 01:48 PM
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The Lamar Inn of Court, affiliated with Emory University Law School, has updated its name to the Judge Clarence Cooper Inn of Court, following the membership's overwhelming vote to name it after the trailblazing African American federal judge.
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