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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“Corporate Capture of the Legal System” 1/27 – 1/28/23 at Harvard Law School The [F]law and the Systemic Justice Project, in collaboration with several other student organizations at Harvard Law School held a conference on the Corporate Capture of the
From slavery to convict leasing to prison labor, corporations have profited from Black labor for centuries. In her article in The [F]law, Kiese Hansen describes how and why corporations should pay for reparations. And how making them do so would
Bankruptcy used to be something that companies fought to avoid. To go bankrupt was an admission of failure, a badge of shame. But in recent decades, bankruptcy has become something that companies, and the people profiting off them, have embraced
In her article on The [F]law, Falicia Elenberg uncovers how dark money, otherwise known as anonymous political spending, is perfectly legal and casts a harrowing shadow over our political system. Yasmin Clark and roughly 170 other children were wrongfully and
Jo B. Lemann and Neil H. Shah co-wrote a very good summary of the 2023 Corporate Capture of Legal Education Conference. It begins as follows: Harvard Law School hosted a conference featuring legal scholars, lawyers, and legal journalists who discussed the
Juliet Isselbacher wrote an excellent article about the 2023 Corporate Capture of Legal Education Conference. It begins as follows: HOW HAVE CORPORATIONS INFLUENCED the way law is taught, practiced, and discussed, as well as the very legal system itself? At a
Bankruptcy used to be something that companies fought to avoid. To go bankrupt was an admission of failure, a badge of shame. But in recent decades, bankruptcy has become something that companies, and the people profiting off them, have embraced
Harvard Law School To Host Conference on Corporate Capture of the Legal System The hosts of 5-4 Pod, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Prof. Noam Chomsky, Briahna Joy Gray, and other leading experts, scholars, and students will convene to examine the role
Big Law’s “pro bono” work, supposedly “for the public good, sells students on the promise that they can make a starting salary of $215,000, plus bonuses, all while doing good work. Have your cake and your soul too. But is