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Director's Letter, Sarah Chinn Apr 2011

Director's Letter, Sarah Chinn

Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)

As I write this, the snow is slowly melting: the residue of the blizzard that brought 2010 to a close (and ground the East Coast to an almost complete halt). The stillness of the air outside fosters a kind of meditativeness, although it's hard to get a firm grasp on the events of the past few weeks. After what seemed like an endless parade of false starts, Congress finally overturned Don't Ask, Don't Tell, a policy that came into being at the same time as our newest crop of undergraduates. And at almost the same moment, the DREAM Act, legislation …


Diversity Dialogues: Managing Conflict, Raquel Gabriel Jan 2011

Diversity Dialogues: Managing Conflict, Raquel Gabriel

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Disparate Impact's Impact: The Gender Violence Lens, Julie Goldscheid Jan 2011

Disparate Impact's Impact: The Gender Violence Lens, Julie Goldscheid

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Gender Violence And Work In The United States And South Africa: The Parallel Processes Of Legal And Cultural Change, Julie Goldscheid Jan 2011

Gender Violence And Work In The United States And South Africa: The Parallel Processes Of Legal And Cultural Change, Julie Goldscheid

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Fear Itself: The Impact Of Allegations Of Gang Affiliation On Pre-Trial Detention, K. Babe Howell Jan 2011

Fear Itself: The Impact Of Allegations Of Gang Affiliation On Pre-Trial Detention, K. Babe Howell

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From Altruists To Outlaws: The Criminalization Of Traveling Islamic Volunteers, Ramzi Kassem Jan 2011

From Altruists To Outlaws: The Criminalization Of Traveling Islamic Volunteers, Ramzi Kassem

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Religion, Feminism And Abortion: The Regulation Of Assisted Reproduction In Two Catholic Countries, Richard Storrow Jan 2011

Religion, Feminism And Abortion: The Regulation Of Assisted Reproduction In Two Catholic Countries, Richard Storrow

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State Courts And Constitutional Socio- Economic Rights: Exploring The Underutilization Thesis, Stephen Loffredo, Helen Herschkoff Jan 2011

State Courts And Constitutional Socio- Economic Rights: Exploring The Underutilization Thesis, Stephen Loffredo, Helen Herschkoff

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Improving Clinical Judgment In Lawyering With Multidisciplinary Knowledge About Brain Function And Human Behavior: What Should Law Students Learn About Human Behavior For Effective Lawyering?, Beryl Blaustone Jan 2011

Improving Clinical Judgment In Lawyering With Multidisciplinary Knowledge About Brain Function And Human Behavior: What Should Law Students Learn About Human Behavior For Effective Lawyering?, Beryl Blaustone

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What The Mississippi Personhood Amendment Tells Us About "Life", Caitlin Borgmann Jan 2011

What The Mississippi Personhood Amendment Tells Us About "Life", Caitlin Borgmann

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Sustainability: Can Law Meet The Challenge?, Rebecca Bratspies Jan 2011

Sustainability: Can Law Meet The Challenge?, Rebecca Bratspies

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Burn After Viewing: The Cia's Destruction Of The Abu Zubaydah Tapes And The Law Of Federal Records, Douglas Cox Jan 2011

Burn After Viewing: The Cia's Destruction Of The Abu Zubaydah Tapes And The Law Of Federal Records, Douglas Cox

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National Archives And International Conflicts: The Society Of American Archivists And War, Douglas Cox Jan 2011

National Archives And International Conflicts: The Society Of American Archivists And War, Douglas Cox

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Inalienable Archives: Korean Royal Archives As French Property Under International Law, Douglas Cox Jan 2011

Inalienable Archives: Korean Royal Archives As French Property Under International Law, Douglas Cox

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Still Trembling: State Obligation Under International Law To End Post-Earthquake Rape In Haiti, Lisa Davis Jan 2011

Still Trembling: State Obligation Under International Law To End Post-Earthquake Rape In Haiti, Lisa Davis

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Fanm Ayisyen Pap Kase: Respecting The Right To Health Of Haitian Women And Girls, Lisa Davis, Blaine Bookey Jan 2011

Fanm Ayisyen Pap Kase: Respecting The Right To Health Of Haitian Women And Girls, Lisa Davis, Blaine Bookey

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Diversity Dialogues: Finding Common Ground, Raquel Gabriel Jan 2011

Diversity Dialogues: Finding Common Ground, Raquel Gabriel

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Barack Obama And The Public Interest Law Movement: A Preliminary Assessment, Frank Deale, Rita Cant Jan 2011

Barack Obama And The Public Interest Law Movement: A Preliminary Assessment, Frank Deale, Rita Cant

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Learning In Context: Land Use And Community Lawyering, Andrea Mcardle Jan 2011

Learning In Context: Land Use And Community Lawyering, Andrea Mcardle

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Bridging The Justice Gap: Building Community By Responding To Individual Need, Alizabeth Newman Jan 2011

Bridging The Justice Gap: Building Community By Responding To Individual Need, Alizabeth Newman

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Scaling The Lexicon Fortress: The United States Supreme Court's Use Of Dictionaries In The Twenty-First Century, Jeffrey Kirchmeier, Samuel A. Thumma Jan 2011

Scaling The Lexicon Fortress: The United States Supreme Court's Use Of Dictionaries In The Twenty-First Century, Jeffrey Kirchmeier, Samuel A. Thumma

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Who Is A Human Rights Defender? An Essay On Sexual And Reproductive Rights Defenders, Cynthia Soohoo Jan 2011

Who Is A Human Rights Defender? An Essay On Sexual And Reproductive Rights Defenders, Cynthia Soohoo

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Travel Into The Future Of Reproductive Technology, Richard Storrow Jan 2011

Travel Into The Future Of Reproductive Technology, Richard Storrow

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The Full Realization Of Our Rights: The Right To Health In State Constitutions, Cynthia Soohoo Jan 2011

The Full Realization Of Our Rights: The Right To Health In State Constitutions, Cynthia Soohoo

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The Ethics Of Exclusion In Infertility Care, Richard Storrow Jan 2011

The Ethics Of Exclusion In Infertility Care, Richard Storrow

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Why Don't They Get It?: Academic Intelligence And The Under-Prepared Student As 'Other', Deborah Zalesne, David Nadvorney Jan 2011

Why Don't They Get It?: Academic Intelligence And The Under-Prepared Student As 'Other', Deborah Zalesne, David Nadvorney

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Padilla V. Kentucky: Sound And Fury Or Transformative Potential, Steven Zeidman Jan 2011

Padilla V. Kentucky: Sound And Fury Or Transformative Potential, Steven Zeidman

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Growing Up Policed In The Age Of Aggressive Policing Policies, Brett G. Stoudt, Michelle Fine, Madeline Fox Jan 2011

Growing Up Policed In The Age Of Aggressive Policing Policies, Brett G. Stoudt, Michelle Fine, Madeline Fox

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Spray-painted atop an old tenement building in the East Village of Manhattan is a large fossilized graffiti image of a tyrannosaurus rex that reads: “NYC EATS ITS YOUNG.” With its ribs exposed and mouth open, this image represents symbolically what many young people in the neighborhood already know intimately and have experienced: New York City (NYC) is not an easy place to grow up. Their social safety nets are being dismantled and the public institutions they rely on every day often fail them. In NYC, public school budgets are being slashed each year even though the high school dropout/push-out rates …