“The reality, of course, is that few institutions — and certainly not Harvard — move toward more racial inclusiveness without pressure sufficient to awaken a tardy recognition that a modicum of diversity can be a valuable addition to a school’s
Inequality
By SJP Friend Annaleigh Curtis: One of the best things about law school is that it brings together people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Something that makes me somewhat unique among my peers is that I spent five years before
Derecka Purnell was on MSNBC to discuss Royall Must Fall. Watch the video here.
By SJP Friend Jason Meyer: On Me. I am a lifelong Missouri resident. I am a Mizzou (University of Missouri-Columbia) fan. I am not a Mizzou alum, though everyone else in my family is, as are a large number of
By SJP Friend Annaleigh Curtis (reposted from Second Shift): “What does it require for a subperson to assert himself or herself politically? To begin with, it means simply, or not so simply, claiming the moral status of personhood. So it
[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zORE_u00rg0&feature=youtu.be] February 12, 2015 – at Harvard Law School – Students for Inclusion Event (“Law School Matters: Reassessing Legal Education Post-Ferguson” Conference) speakers include Dan Coquillette, Kim Crenshaw, Phil Lee, and Victoria White-Mason
A great piece in Slate on the heroic efforts of Systemic Justice Project Board of Advisor member Alec Karakatsanis to tackle incarceration of people unable to pay money bail: For Karakatsanis, co-founder of the nonprofit civil rights organization Equal Justice Under Law,
Alec Karakatsanis (one our SJP advisers) has just published an article on the the Harvard Law Review Forum (pdf here). It’s a powerful piece, and you’ll want to read it all. Here’s the opening paragraph: It did not surprise me
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Lydia Edwards — the Equal Justice Works Fellow at Greater Boston Services and a member of the Systemic Justice Project Advisory Board — is helping to organize an evening with Ai-Jen Poo and the Massachusetts Coalition for Domestic Workers. Mark