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Encouraging Race-Based Advocacy In Legal Services Practice, Jonel Newman May 2002

Encouraging Race-Based Advocacy In Legal Services Practice, Jonel Newman

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Every legal services program has a waiting room, some newly furnished, others with old sofas and tattered chairs. The families, children, and elderly sitting in these waiting rooms consistently are disproportionately racial and ethnic minorities. Despite this constant reminder that those seeking legal assistance for their perceived wrongs are disproportionately racial and ethnic minorities, legal services programs are bringing fewer and fewer affirmative challenges that incorporate race-based antidiscrimination claims.
In this article we explore possible reasons for this lack of affirmative race- and national-origin-based discrimination claims and suggest some ideas for preserving or restarting this type of advocacy, ideas that …


Transformative Justice: Anti-Subordination Processes In Cases Of Domestic Violence, Donna K. Coker Jan 2002

Transformative Justice: Anti-Subordination Processes In Cases Of Domestic Violence, Donna K. Coker

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"We Must Be Hunters Of Meaning": Race, Metaphor, And The Models Of Steven Winter, D. Marvin Jones Jan 2002

"We Must Be Hunters Of Meaning": Race, Metaphor, And The Models Of Steven Winter, D. Marvin Jones

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Private Pathologies And Public Policies: Race, Class, And The Failure Of Child Welfare (Book Review), Charlton C. Copeland Jan 2002

Private Pathologies And Public Policies: Race, Class, And The Failure Of Child Welfare (Book Review), Charlton C. Copeland

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A Comment On Race And The Law, Zanita E. Fenton Jan 2002

A Comment On Race And The Law, Zanita E. Fenton

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