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There There: Tracing Structural Discrimination, Health, Identity, And Resilience, Erin Grinshteyn

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Erin Grinshteyn outlines structural discrimination and resulting health disparities in Native American populations in There There by Tommy Orange.

The Costs Of U.S. Immigration Policies, Lydia V. Zepeda

California Western Law Review

No abstract provided.

Movement Lawyering, Scott L. Cummings

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

This article examines the relation between movement lawyering and American legal theory, explores the meaning and content of movement lawyering in the contemporary American context, and reflects on the implications of movement lawyering for the theory and practice of access to justice around the globe. It suggests that the rise of movement lawyering signals frustration with process-oriented solutions to fundamental problems of inequality and discrimination in the legal system, and challenges access to justice proponents to frame their work in connection with a political strategy that builds on movements for progressive legal change. In this sense, the article suggests that …

The Legal Fiction Of The Right To Defense In The Colombian Criminal Justice System, Manuel Iturralde

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

In the first section of the article, I will discuss Omar's case to show why he did not have a fair trial, and particularly how his rights to access to justice and to defense were infringed, both by the public defense he was provided and by the judges that decided his case.

In the second section, I will show that Omar's case is a tellingillustration of the features of the Colombian criminal justice system, which systematically and disproportionately sentences and imprisons marginalized and poor people-in great measure because they lack the financial resources to pay for better and more motivated …

The Myths Of Central American Undocumented Immigration And Ms-13 In The United States, Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, Marily Lopez-Santana

California Western International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Right To Access To Justice: Its Conceptual Architecture, Daniel Bonilla Maldonado

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

The aim of this article is descriptive and analytical, rather than normative. This article aims to contribute to the current understanding of the ways in which modern legal consciousness builds, and is built by, the concept of access to justice. This concept, as part of the web of meanings that structures modern legal culture, provides the context in which modern subjects make sense of who they are and how they should interact with the world around them. This article examines the subjectivities, conceptual geographies, and interpretations of history created by the right to access to justice. It also examines a …

Civics Education For A Civil Society

DePaul Magazine

Millions of incarcerated citizens re-enter society without knowing their civil rights. Thanks in part to Associate Professor of Political Science Christina Rivers, Illinois passed the Re-Entering Citizens Civics Education Act the provides in-person, peer-lead civics and voting rights education to incarcerated community members. This education can be delivered through DePaul's Inside-Out Program of education in prison.

Cardozo Law News Brief: February 14, 2020, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2020

Featured Faculty:

• Kate Levine
• Paris Baldacci
• Samuel Weinstein
• Ngozi Okidegbe

Campus News:

• Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Canada Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella Visit Cardozo
• Fashion CEO Uri Minkoff Talks about Business and Style
• ADR Team Makes the Eighth Finals at ICC International Mediation Competition

Events:

• Cardozo/Columbia Colloquium Series with Professor Manuel Cepeda
• Addressing Anti-Semitism and Bigotry: An Open Dialogue
• Portrait of a Designer: An Evening with Sam Edelman
• Women's Law Initiative Spring Reception
• The 31st Annual Uri and Caroline Bauer Memorial Lecture

Kahler V. Kansas: The End Of The Insanity Defense?, Eric Roytman

Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar

In 1995, Kansas, along with a small number of other states, passed a statute abrogating the widely recognized common law insanity defense. At common law, a defendant could raise the defense when a mental illness impaired his ability to distinguish right from wrong, allowing him to escape liability even when the elements of the crime were otherwise fulfilled. However, under Kansas’ statutory scheme, evidence of a defendant’s mental illness can only be used to negate the mens rea element of the offense. In other words, evidence of mental illness is only relevant when it shows that the defendant lacked the …

Lindenwood Digest, February 14, 2020, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

The Lindenwood Digest has been a digital employee newsletter since 2009.

Discoveries On Deck: Blocking Fentanyl At The Source, Matt Windsor

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

The Weekly Challenger, February 13, 2020, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The February 13, 2020, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Professor Kate Levine Talks To The New York Times About New Criminal Justice Laws, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2020

Under new laws, which went into effect in January, prosecutors are required to give defense teams discovery material —which can include the names of confidential witnesses —15 days after a person is arraigned in court.

The New Hampshire, Vol. 109 [110], No. 16 (Feb. 13, 2020), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 109, but it is the 110th volume in the series.

Eric Goldman Statement Submitted For The Doj's Section 230 Public Workshop, Eric Goldman

Historical and Topical Legal Documents

No abstract provided.

Net Zero: The True Outcome Of Zero Tolerance Policies In Schools, Kaylee Gueltzow

Augsburg Honors Review

Since the Columbine massacre in the wake of the "unsafe schools" environmental plague, congress and school administrators have searched for a solution. As a result of this search, zero tolerance policies have become a societal nonn in the American education system. Although the intentions of these policies seem clear and unarguable, the negative effects of these policies have been overlooked. Zero tolerance policies have created an environment of hasty decisions and dramatic punishments which have unfairly and disproportionately attacked students with learning disabilities and students of color. The result of large numbers of students of color being pushed out of …

Full Issue, Andrew Jewell

Augsburg Honors Review

No abstract provided.

First Responders, Second Priority: Georgia's Inmate Firefighter Program And International Human Rights Standards, Erin Paige Mcgonigle

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.

You Made Gideon A Promise, Eh?: Advocating For Mandated Publicly Appointed Counsel At Bail Hearings In The United States Through Domestic Comparisons With Canadian Practices And Legal Considerations, Lauren Elizabeth Lisauskas

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.

2020 Major Map, Student Senate - Winona State University

Student Senate Passed Motions

This document is a Winona State University Student Senate (WSUSS) official passed motion in 2020 on the topic of Major Map.

Student Senate Meeting Minutes February 12, 2020, Student Senate-Winona State University

Student Senate Meeting Minutes

This document is the official Winona State University Student Senate Meeting Minutes for February 12, 2020.

First-Year Retention Of Students With Disabilities In Higher Education, Megan Matesic

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

In the last few decades, students with disabilities are one of the more recently discriminated minority groups to work towards equality in higher education. At least 11% of undergraduates, or two million students, have disclosed a disability in postsecondary education and this number continues to grow every year. Despite this growing enrollment, students with disabilities are not retaining or graduating at the same rate as their peers without disabilities. This could be due to the way they integrate in the social and academic systems of college, which has been proven to be an important predictor of retention. Therefore, the purpose …

Incapacitating Errors: Sentencing And The Science Of Change, M. Eve Hanan

Denver Law Review

No abstract provided.

Lindenwood Digest, February 11, 2020, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

The Lindenwood Digest has been a digital employee newsletter since 2009.

The Ticker, February 10, 2020

The Ticker

The Ticker is the student newspaper of Baruch College. It has been published continuously since 1932, when the Baruch College campus was the School of Business and Civic Administration of the City College of New York.

Lindenwood Celebrates Black History Month, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Department Of History News, Georgia Southern University

History: News & Publications

• History Dept. to host panel on Race, Law, and Justice

The Right To Vote, The Right To Health: Voter Suppression As A Determinant Of Racial Health Disparities, Anna K. Hing

Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice

Civic participation is beneficial to one’s health. Conversely, being unable to participate, such as being unable to vote, may be detrimental for health. Barriers that prevent voting and civic participation, which constitute voter suppression, disproportionately impact people of color. Therefore, voter suppression may explain intractable racial health disparities. However, few studies have examined the connection between voter suppression and health. In consideration of the frequent, and increasing, reports of voter suppression in recent elections, including the rise in voter identification laws, the reduction in early voting opportunities, and the closing of polling places, the field of public health should address …

Experience As German Exchange Student Gives Gwu Senior Confidence For Future Endeavors, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

The youngest of seven children, Avery Terry of Greensboro, N.C., always has family looking out for him. A senior criminal justice major at Gardner-Webb University, Terry decided to apply to study abroad and explore the world on his own. He was accepted into the Gardner-Webb International Exchange Student program and attended the University of Trier in Germany during the spring semester of his junior year.

Lindenwood Digest, February 7, 2020, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

The Lindenwood Digest has been a digital employee newsletter since 2009.