On April 6, 2011, Milner Ball-who served on the faculty of the University of Georgia School of Law for nearly 30 years-passed away. Some seven months earlier, the Athens Justice Project recognized Milner both by bestowing on him its annual Social Justice Award and by permanently renaming that award in his honor. On that occasion, a short film about Milner was shown. I had a small role in creating this documentary, and the account that follows has its origins in one early step in the filmmaking process.

Milner was rightly recognized during his lifetime in significant ways-for example, as a recipient of two separate Fulbright Program grants, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Journal of Law and Religion, the Martin Luther King Award of the Athens Human Rights Council, and a Lifetime Achievement Award given to him by the student organizers of the School of Law’s annual Working in the Public Interest Conference. These recognitions-and particularly the variety of contributions and competencies they reflect-communicate something important about Milner Ball. But a listing of awards only begins to capture his unique and intensely lived humanity. I hope the following personal reflections offer a glimpse into why Milner stood out for me and for many others as a powerful source of learning and enduring inspiration.

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