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Tea and Sympathy

In 2004, Sarah Havens '99 was a mere second-year lawyer, only a few years out of Georgetown Law School, when her firm elected to represent eight Guantánamo detainees.

High Principles

Terry Walsh ’65 remembers saying, "You know, there is a moment in your life where you have to quit muttering and go do something." He signed up his law firm, Alston and Bird, to represent four Guantánamo detainees.

The Defenders

When the U.S. Supreme Court declared in 2004 that the “enemy combatants” held at the Guantánamo detention camp were entitled to the protections of the Geneva Conventions, lawyers rushed to their defense. Then things really started getting tough.