In St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, a twice-bankrupt oil refinery is poised to reopen despite a record of environmental disasters. Residents are fighting to protect their health and get a say in their island’s economic future. Read Alicia Keyes’s brilliant
Jon Hanson & Jacob Lipton, the co-founders of the Systemic Justice Project, have recently published their article, Occupy Justice: Introducing the Injustice Framework in Volume 15 of The Harvard Law & Policy Review. You can download the article on SSRN and
Jon Hanson delivered a “last lecture” calling upon graduating Harvard Law students to recommit to their “childhood dreams of justice.” “[Y]ou exist at an unbelievable moment in history,” he told students. “They happen every 50 years: a moment when the
Here’s the video for the sixth session, held on April 28th, focusing on economic inequities. The discussion was moderated by: Niki Rubin, Harvard Law ’22 (moderator) Sejal Singh, Harvard Law ’20; Cofounder of the People’s Parity Project (moderator) The Panelists were: Chiraayu
Here’s the video for the fifth session, held on April 21st, focusing on the Criminal Legal System. The discussion was moderated by Jon Hanson and Jacob Lipton, Co-Directors of the Systemic Justice Project. The Panelists were: Judge Nancy Gertner, Senior Lecturer
Join this week’s “Systemic Lawyering in Times of Crisis” Webinar at: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/770662864. This week’s session, Tuesday April 21 at 12pm EST, focuses on the criminal legal system and features the following panelists: Judge Nancy Gertner, Senior Lecturer at Harvard
This week the “Systemic Lawyering in Times of Crisis” Webinar Tuesday April 14 at 12pm EST, will focus on immigration. This week’s session, Tuesday April 14 at 12pm EST, focuses on immigration and features the following panelists: Lam Ho: Executive Director
This week there will be two sessions of the “Systemic Lawyering in Times of Crisis” Webinar. The series features systemically oriented lawyers and activists in fields most affected by our latest crisis. Each session examines the special challenges posed by the crisis, the pressing needs, the
On March 3, 2017, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study will host Universities and Slavery: Bound by History. It is a conference that explores the relationship between slavery and universities, across the country and around the world. For more information, click the link: https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2017-universities-and-slavery-conference.
This is a republication of a post originally posted on December 26th 2014: Last week a South Carolina judge took the unprecedented step of vacating the 1944 conviction of a black 14-year-old boy, the youngest person executed in the United