Registration is now open for the 7th annual Working in the Public Interest Conference at the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens, Georgia.

Save the date: The 7th annual WIPI Conference will be held on Friday, March 2 through Saturday, March 3, 2012 in Athens, Georgia.

WIPI is an entirely student-run public interest law conference that seeks to bring together both practitioners and students to discuss real issues confronting attorneys and others working in the public interest.

WIPI considers the broad scope of public interest law, presenting topics this year that will examine pressing economic issues, such as the impact of the student debt burden on the economy and the fallout from budget cuts on the prosecution of domestic violence, and other topics, including the sustainability of animal farming and perspectives on solo practice and alternative careers.

Speakers will include Chief Justice Carol Hunstein of the Supreme Court of Georgia, Joyce Tischler, co-founder of the Animal Legal Defense Fund, Thomas Rawlings of the International Justice Mission, and Paul Campos, blogger and faculty member of the University of Colorado Law School.

For more information and to register, please visit: www.law.uga.edu/wipi