From donating millions to charity to, literally, aiming for the stars, corporations claim to save the world in a variety of ways. But what happens when we look beyond that thin layer of altruism? Tyler Price looks behind the mask
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Lea Kayali brilliantly reports on how a primary school in the West Bank has become a battleground for the future of Palestine. Read about the Kisan school, and the U.S. charities funding ethnic cleansing in the latest article on The [F]law.
The Justice Initiative held its information session for the 2022 – 23 academic year yesterday, 09/17/22. You can watch the video of the event below. Because space is limited, we ask that interested students apply as soon as possible. Our
Justice Initiative Begins Third Year of Teaching Justice-Centered Change Students and advocates invited to participate in project with roots at Harvard and Howard University Law Schools Harvard Law School’s Systemic Justice Project, directed by Jon Hanson, and Howard University Law
Derecka Purnell, “A Conversation about Law, Law School, Organizing, and Becoming Abolitionists” Members of the Harvard Law School Community are invited to attend a conversation with Derecka Purnell — HLS grad, human rights lawyer, organizer, and author — about her
Amy Hayes reports on how forced arbitration clauses have been a “get out of jail free” card for corporations in everything from consumer actions to civil rights disputes. Now, Americans are fighting to win back their right to court. Read
Underpaid? And overpaying for everything from food and health care to beer and concert tickets? Luke Hinrichs reports on the costs of market concentration — and how antitrust needs to be reinvigorated to help dampen corporate power. Read the article
Derecka Purnell To Speak at Harvard Law School – September 16: Save the Date. The Systemic Justice Project at Harvard Law School is excited to announce that Derecka Purnell will speak to interested members of the Harvard Law School community about
Riley Evans uncovers how the commercial bail bonds industry produces human suffering in pursuit of corporate greed. It’s a story of a saloon in San Francisco and a multi-national insurer in Tokyo. It’s a story of campaign donations, complicit judges and
Duncan Kennedy is the Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence, Emeritus at Harvard Law School. He is well known as one of the founders of the Critical Legal Studies movement. This episode is the final segment of Abbey Marr’s interview of