The [F]law: The Dirty Work of America’s Legal Darlings

In her revealing article in The [F]law, Ellie Olsen argues that lawyers, like everyone else, are morally responsible for the choices they make about how they spend their time and who they choose to help with their training and talent. Being a lawyer is not morally correct on its own.

Read her powerful article: “The Dirty Work of America’s Legal Darlings: How Elite Corporate Lawyers Are Fueling Inequality.” 

Related Systemic Justice Project Resources

From The [F]law:

• Lisa Fanning, The Corporate Roots of Conservative Legal Thought
• Rosie Kaur, Big Law’s Capture of Students of Color
  

From The Systemic Justice Journal:

• Allison Beeman, Child Labor in the Global Cocoa Supply Chain: What Nestlé Tells Us About Corporate Harm
  
• Molly Prothero, Corporate Power and Environmental Justice: How Corporate Law Exacerbates Environmental Harm and its Inequitable Distribution