The first Saturday Systemic Justice Teach-In–“Storytelling for Justice: East Palestine”–was a great success. After Jessenia Class and Simone Unwalla welcomed everyone, Jon Hanson provided a short lecture to help frame the day’s events. He described the legal systems two-sided justice
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Read Deepika Singh’s Harvard Law Record article, “Community Gathers for Systemic Justice Project’s First Teach-In of the Year.” Last week, Oren Nimni of the nonprofit civil rights firm Rights Behind Bars (RBB) spoke to a packed room of students at the lunch event
Jon Hanson posted a twitter thread responding to Ian Millhiser’s thread advising law students to: “Bust your fucking ass. Do all the reading, plus the hornbook. Get on law review. Credential the fuck out of yourself.” Hanson’s thread highlights several
At the the 2023 Corporate Capture of the Legal System Conference at Harvard Law School, Noam Chomsky and Jon Hanson discussed “The Legal Sources and Consequences of Corporate Power” (moderated by Michael Lehavi and introduced by Eleftheria Papadaki). The conference
Jessenia Class’s new article on The [F]law uncovers how corporate actors funding Cop City under the guise of public safety and “neighborhood prosperity” are harming the very people they claim to serve. Read the article here. “Foundations and corporate actors
At the the 2023 Corporate Capture of the Legal System Conference at Harvard Law School, Suzanna Bobadilla moderated a roundtable conversation, “Challenging Corporate Power by Agitating, Educating, and Organizing,” among a group of brilliant and innovative lawyers and organizers who
See Jon Hanson’s long twitter thread on the need for, lack of, and challenges to law-student activism in which he argues that “law students have less and less time to contemplate how law school is changing them and their life
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
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