A Transformational Journey


February 19, 2019

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It's not easy to bring an entire courtroom to tears. But there was not a dry eye in the house this spring when GW Law Clinics client Aaron Phillips and his team of student attorneys appeared before a DC Superior Court judge to petition for an order to amend Mr. Phillips' birth certificate to reflect his true name. The hearing, while routine on the surface, marked the life-changing conclusion of a mystery 50 years in the making.