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Remembering The Freedom Riders: An Interview With The Honorable Ernst H. Rosenberger, Ernst H. Rosenberger Jan 2015

Remembering The Freedom Riders: An Interview With The Honorable Ernst H. Rosenberger, Ernst H. Rosenberger

NYLS Law Review

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An Awakening: How The Civil Rights Movement Helped Shape My Life, Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr. Jan 2015

An Awakening: How The Civil Rights Movement Helped Shape My Life, Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr.

NYLS Law Review

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There Is No Santa Claus: The Challenge Of Teaching The Next Generation Of Civil Rights Lawyers In A ‘Post-Racial’ Society, Deborah N. Archer Jan 2013

There Is No Santa Claus: The Challenge Of Teaching The Next Generation Of Civil Rights Lawyers In A ‘Post-Racial’ Society, Deborah N. Archer

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This essay takes a fresh look at the scholarship on the practice of cross-cultural and client-centered lawyering. The current scholarship explores methods of training law students to be mindful of the ways that cultural differences can impact legal representation. However, this scholarship has not addressed how to equip students to address issues of racial discrimination in light of the post-racial lens through which many view these problems. Legal educators must examine how law students’ beliefs regarding the current relevance of race in America affects their ability to represent clients who believe they are victims of racial discrimination.

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Tangled Up In Law: The Jurisprudence Of Bob Dylan, Michael L. Perlin Jan 2011

Tangled Up In Law: The Jurisprudence Of Bob Dylan, Michael L. Perlin

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A a careful examination of Bob Dylan’s lyrics reveals a writer - a scholar - with a well-developed jurisprudence, ranging over a broad array of topics that relate to civil and criminal law, public and private law. His lyrics reflect the work of a thinker who takes “the law” seriously in multiple iterations - the role of lawyers, the role of judges, the disparities between the ways the law treats the rich and the poor, the inequality of the criminal and civil justice systems, the corruption of government, the police, and the judiciary, and more. In this paper, I seek …


Introduction: Challenging The School-To-Prison Pipeline, Deborah N. Archer Jan 2010

Introduction: Challenging The School-To-Prison Pipeline, Deborah N. Archer

NYLS Law Review

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