The Systemic Justice Project is hosting a zoom webinar series on “Systemic Lawyering in Times of Crisis” on Tuesdays from 12-1pm EST.

Click here to join the webinar: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/770662864.

The webinars are free and open to the public. See below for more information – this post will be updated with details of the ongoing panels.

The series features systemically-oriented justice-seeking lawyers and activists in fields most affected by our latest crisis: housing, immigration, disability, employment, consumer/credit, incarceration, voting rights, climate, health care, and more.

Each session will examine the special challenges posed by the crisis, the revised priorities and strategies being adopted, and the new collaborations being forged. We will consider the pressing needs, the new opportunities, and the more general lessons for lawyers, law students, and others committed to promoting systemic change.

Upcoming Events

Stay tuned for upcoming events.


Past Sessions

Tuesday May 12 at 12pm EST, focus on domestic violence and feature the following panelists:

  • Stephanie Davidson, UCLA Law School
  • Christine Perumal, Safe Horizon Domestic Violence Law Project
  • Jessica Spector, Safe Horizon Domestic Violence Law Project

Tuesday  May 5 – focus on the COVID-19 Rapid Response/Systems Summer Institute. The session featured the following contributors:

  • Molly Coleman: Co-Founder and National Organizing Director of People’s Parity Project;
  • Matthew Duffy: Catalyst Fellow, Center for Popular Democracy;
  • Alana Greer: Co-Founder, Community Justice Project;
  • Jon Hanson: Faculty Director, Systemic Justice Project; and
  • Jacob Lipton: Program Director, Systemic Justice Project.

Panelists provided an overview of the summer institute and answered specific questions regarding lawyers and organizations looking for help might make a project proposal. 

Tuesday  April 28 – focus on economic inequity in the time of COVID-19 (video here).

Tuesday  April 21 – focus on criminal legal system (video here):

Tuesday  April 14 – focus on immigration (video here):

Wednesday April 8 – special session on decarceration (video here):

Tuesday April 7 (video here):

Tuesday March 31 (video here):