Read Tobi Omotoso’s Harvard Law Record article, “Challenges, Solutions, and Optimism: SJP’s 2024 Conference on the Corporate Capture of the Legal System” Last weekend the Systemic Justice Project (SJP) and The [F]law hosted their second annual Conference on the Corporate
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Read the “storty” about the 2023 Tortys at HLS Today, here. The event has since grown into one of the semester’s leading social events. In addition to showcasing creative film presentations, a number of students also displayed their talents, ranging
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
This piece from The [F]law investigates the corporate for-profit structure of Broadway. Over decades of corporatization of Times Square and Broadway, a few companies have established a monopoly on Broadway theaters. As a result, ticket prices have soared, producers are
After Dobbs, dozens of well-known corporations promised to protect the abortion rights of their own employees, most commonly by offering to cover abortion-related travel under the company health insurance plan. These statements and prospective policies make for good PR, but
Corporations like Google & Facebook made headlines when they promised to support their employees’ reproductive choices in the wake of the Dobbs v. Jackson decision. But their data mining practices and cooperation with law enforcement endanger those who are already
The digital divide in the United States is not an accident. It is the product of deliberate decisions by ISPs that have consistently prioritizing profit over people. A multidistrict litigation effort seeks to hold social media behemoths accountable for
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
Lucy Litt’s new article on The [F]law uncovers how law enforcement’s data collection and surveillance tools are often inaccurate, yet they are constantly expanding. The more “sophisticated” such tools become, the harder it will be to challenge biases that underlie
“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