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Legal Legacy: Taunya Banks, Wanda Haskel Jan 2021

Legal Legacy: Taunya Banks, Wanda Haskel

Maryland Carey Law

No abstract provided.


Locked Up In The Eye Of The Storm: A Case For Heightened Legal Protections For Incarcerated People During Hurricanes, Maya Habash Jan 2021

Locked Up In The Eye Of The Storm: A Case For Heightened Legal Protections For Incarcerated People During Hurricanes, Maya Habash

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Civil Rights Law In Living Color, Vinay Harpalani Jan 2020

Civil Rights Law In Living Color, Vinay Harpalani

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Lessons For Advocacy From The Life And Legacy Of The Reverened Doctor Pauli Murray, Florence Wagman Roisman Jan 2020

Lessons For Advocacy From The Life And Legacy Of The Reverened Doctor Pauli Murray, Florence Wagman Roisman

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Respect The Hustle: Necessity Entrepreneurship, Returning Citizens, And Social Enterprise Strategies, Priya Baskaran Apr 2019

Respect The Hustle: Necessity Entrepreneurship, Returning Citizens, And Social Enterprise Strategies, Priya Baskaran

Maryland Law Review

This Article will address a pervasive and growing problem for returning citizens—high rates of economic insecurity—and, as a novel solution, propose the creation of Economic Justice Incubators (“EJIs”) as a new, municipally-led social enterprise strategy. Mass incarceration is a national problem and requires comprehensive criminal justice reform. In contrast, the reentry process is locally focused due to a complex web of collateral consequences arising from state and local laws. An estimated 641,000 people return home from prison each year, many to economically distressed communities. Once released, the terms of their parole and the collateral consequences associated with their conviction restrict …


Equal Work, Stephanie Bornstein May 2018

Equal Work, Stephanie Bornstein

Maryland Law Review

Most Americans have heard of the gender pay gap and the statistic that, today, women earn on average eighty cents to every dollar men earn. Far less discussed, there is an even greater racial pay gap. Black and Latino men average only seventy-one cents to the dollar of white men. Compounding these gaps is the “polluting” impact of status characteristics on pay: as women and racial minorities enter occupations formerly dominated by white men, the pay for those occupations goes down. Improvement in the gender pay gap has been stalled for nearly two decades; the racial pay gap is actually …


An Unacknowledged Constitutional Crisis: United States V. Shipp Ii (1909), Leslie F. Goldstein Nov 2017

An Unacknowledged Constitutional Crisis: United States V. Shipp Ii (1909), Leslie F. Goldstein

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Civil Rights In Crisis: The Racial Impact Of The Denial Of The Sixth Amendment Right To Counsel, Richard Klein Jan 2015

Civil Rights In Crisis: The Racial Impact Of The Denial Of The Sixth Amendment Right To Counsel, Richard Klein

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


The Maryland Access To Justice Story: Indigent Defendants’ Right To Counsel At First Appearance, Douglas L. Colbert Jan 2015

The Maryland Access To Justice Story: Indigent Defendants’ Right To Counsel At First Appearance, Douglas L. Colbert

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Future Of The Fourth Amendment: The Problem With Privacy, Poverty And Policing, Kami Chavis Simmons Jan 2015

Future Of The Fourth Amendment: The Problem With Privacy, Poverty And Policing, Kami Chavis Simmons

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Fourth And Long: The Time Is Now For The “Washington Redskins” To Punt The Name, Hammad Rasul Jan 2015

Fourth And Long: The Time Is Now For The “Washington Redskins” To Punt The Name, Hammad Rasul

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Unions And Democracy: When Do Nonmembers Have Voting Rights?, Melanie Stallings Williams, Dennis A. Halcoussis Jan 2014

Unions And Democracy: When Do Nonmembers Have Voting Rights?, Melanie Stallings Williams, Dennis A. Halcoussis

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.


Promoting Language Access In The Legal Academy, Gillian Dutton, Beth Lyon, Jayesh M. Rathold, Deborah M. Weissman Jan 2013

Promoting Language Access In The Legal Academy, Gillian Dutton, Beth Lyon, Jayesh M. Rathold, Deborah M. Weissman

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

"Promoting Language Access in the Legal Academy," details the progress made by the legal profession in meeting the needs of individuals with limited English language proficiency. The authors outlines the current need, summarizes various approaches taken by law schools, and emphasizes the value of training bilingual law students as well as mobilizing a cadre of undergraduate interpreters.


A Time For Change: Why The Msm Lifetime Deferral Policy Should Be Amended, Vianca Diaz Jan 2013

A Time For Change: Why The Msm Lifetime Deferral Policy Should Be Amended, Vianca Diaz

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

"A Time for Change: Why the MSM Lifetime Deferral Policy Should be Amended," discusses the need to amend the men who have sex with men (MSM) Lifetime Deferral to blood donations enforced by the Food and Drug Administration. This comment reviews the current policy within the current legal and cultural landscape and argues for the immediate need for reform.


The Role Of Race In End-Of-Life Care, Barbara A. Noah Jan 2012

The Role Of Race In End-Of-Life Care, Barbara A. Noah

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


J.D.B. V. North Carolina: An Appropriate Expansion Of Miranda To Account For Age In Juvenile Interrogations, Hanna M. Sheehan Jan 2012

J.D.B. V. North Carolina: An Appropriate Expansion Of Miranda To Account For Age In Juvenile Interrogations, Hanna M. Sheehan

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Heeding The Cry For Help: Addressing Lgbt Bullying As A Public Health Issue Through Law And Policy, Christina Meneses, Nicole Grimm Jan 2012

Heeding The Cry For Help: Addressing Lgbt Bullying As A Public Health Issue Through Law And Policy, Christina Meneses, Nicole Grimm

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Belford Vance Lawson, Jr.: Life Of A Civil Rights Litigator, Gregory S. Parks Jan 2012

Belford Vance Lawson, Jr.: Life Of A Civil Rights Litigator, Gregory S. Parks

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Legal And Policy Standards For Addressing Workplace Racism: Employer Liability And Shared Responsibility For Race-Based Traumatic Stress, Robert T. Carter, Thomas D. Scheuermann Jan 2012

Legal And Policy Standards For Addressing Workplace Racism: Employer Liability And Shared Responsibility For Race-Based Traumatic Stress, Robert T. Carter, Thomas D. Scheuermann

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Reaching Batson's Challenge Twenty-Five Years Later: Eliminating The Peremptory Challenge And Loosening The Challenge For Cause Standard, Matt Haven Jan 2011

Reaching Batson's Challenge Twenty-Five Years Later: Eliminating The Peremptory Challenge And Loosening The Challenge For Cause Standard, Matt Haven

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Availability Of Spousal Privileges For Same-Sex Couples, Lisa Yurwit Bergstrom, W. James Denvil Jan 2011

Availability Of Spousal Privileges For Same-Sex Couples, Lisa Yurwit Bergstrom, W. James Denvil

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Education As A Counterterrorism Tool And The Curious Case Of The Texas School Book Resolution, Diane Webber Jan 2011

Education As A Counterterrorism Tool And The Curious Case Of The Texas School Book Resolution, Diane Webber

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Child, Please – Stop The Anti-Queer School Bullycides: A Modest Proposal To Hoist Social Conservatives By Their Own “God, Guns, And Gays” Petard, David Groshoff Jan 2011

Child, Please – Stop The Anti-Queer School Bullycides: A Modest Proposal To Hoist Social Conservatives By Their Own “God, Guns, And Gays” Petard, David Groshoff

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


And The Ban Plays On…For Now: Why Courts Must Consider Religion In Marriage Equality Cases, Matthew E. Feinberg Jan 2010

And The Ban Plays On…For Now: Why Courts Must Consider Religion In Marriage Equality Cases, Matthew E. Feinberg

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Bridging The Title Vii Gap: Protecting All Workers From “Work Authorization” Discrimination, Rachel K. Alexander Jan 2010

Bridging The Title Vii Gap: Protecting All Workers From “Work Authorization” Discrimination, Rachel K. Alexander

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Home Is Where The Hatred Is: A Proposal For A Federal Housing Administration Truth And Reconciliation Commission, Brian Gilmore Jan 2010

Home Is Where The Hatred Is: A Proposal For A Federal Housing Administration Truth And Reconciliation Commission, Brian Gilmore

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Orwell’S Vision: Video And The Future Of Civil Rights Enforcement, Howard M. Wasserman Jan 2009

Orwell’S Vision: Video And The Future Of Civil Rights Enforcement, Howard M. Wasserman

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Wide Right: Why The Ncaa’S Policy On The American Indian Mascot Issue Misses The Mark, Andre Douglas Pond Cummings, Seth E. Harper Jan 2009

Wide Right: Why The Ncaa’S Policy On The American Indian Mascot Issue Misses The Mark, Andre Douglas Pond Cummings, Seth E. Harper

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Evaluating Policy Solutions To Sex-Based Pay Discrimination: Women Workers, Lawmakers, And Cultural Change, Vicky Lovell Jan 2009

Evaluating Policy Solutions To Sex-Based Pay Discrimination: Women Workers, Lawmakers, And Cultural Change, Vicky Lovell

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Antidiscrimination Law In The Workplace: Moving Beyond The Impasse, Dale Larson Jan 2009

Antidiscrimination Law In The Workplace: Moving Beyond The Impasse, Dale Larson

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.