Six of the nine sitting Supreme Court Justices are affiliated with the Federalist Society. How did this radical student organization ensnare our legal institutions? With the help of corporate billionaire John M. Olin—a man lauded to this day for his
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In September, Kwame Anthony Appiah, styled as “The Ethicist” at the New York Times, wrote a piece titled: Is It OK to Take a Law-Firm Job Defending Climate Villains?” examining “whether taking a corporate law job means abandoning your values.” He
Another great JI Saturday Session: this one on building power through organizing
Another great JI Saturday Session: this one on building power through narrative and storytelling
Vanessa A. Bee speaking at Harvard Law School
Another great JI Saturday Session: this one on building power through movements
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 first segment of Rio Pierce’s interview of
It's not too late to join the Justice Initiative
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
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