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School-Based Legal Services As A Tool In Dismantling The School-To-Prison Pipeline And Achieving Educational Equity, Barbara Fedders, Jason Langberg
School-Based Legal Services As A Tool In Dismantling The School-To-Prison Pipeline And Achieving Educational Equity, Barbara Fedders, Jason Langberg
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
No abstract provided.
Teaching Social Justice, Expanding Access To Justice: An Introduction, Jackie Gardina, Ngai Pindell
Teaching Social Justice, Expanding Access To Justice: An Introduction, Jackie Gardina, Ngai Pindell
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
"Teaching Social Justice, Expanding Access to Justice: An Introduction" provides an introduction to the publications in this issue focusing on the need for a change in legal education to promote the moral and ethical obligation of providing affordable and accessible legal services. The article introduces this issues' publications which all support the underlying theme of providing social justice to the underprivileged by making legal services accessible or reforming legal education to promote a new generation of attorneys with an underlying passion for fostering affordable and accessible public service.
A Lawyer For John Doe: Alternative Models For Representing Maryland's Middle Class, Lucy B. Bansal
A Lawyer For John Doe: Alternative Models For Representing Maryland's Middle Class, Lucy B. Bansal
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
"A Lawyer for John Doe," explores the growing disparity between the legal services available to the upper class and the poor in the state of Maryland. The article offers four models or solutions that creatively show different ways in which middle class citizens can obtain adequate and substantive legal representation for issues that specifically concern them.
The Costs Of The Pay-To-Play Model In High School Athletics, Micah Bucy
The Costs Of The Pay-To-Play Model In High School Athletics, Micah Bucy
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
No abstract provided.
A Broken Shield: A Plea For Formality In The Juvenile Justice System, Robin Walker Sterling
A Broken Shield: A Plea For Formality In The Juvenile Justice System, Robin Walker Sterling
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
No abstract provided.
Promoting Language Access In The Legal Academy, Gillian Dutton, Beth Lyon, Jayesh M. Rathold, Deborah M. Weissman
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.
Harmonizing Current Threats: Using The Outcry For Legal Education Reforms To Take Another Look At Civil Gideon And What It Means To Be An American Lawyer, Cathryn Miller-Wilson
Harmonizing Current Threats: Using The Outcry For Legal Education Reforms To Take Another Look At Civil Gideon And What It Means To Be An American Lawyer, Cathryn Miller-Wilson
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
"Harmonizing Current Threats: Using the Outcry for Legal Education Reforms to Take Another Look at Civil Gideon and What it Means to be an American Lawyer," makes the argument that, like medical education, legal education should be seen as a public responsibility. With the extra government funding that would come from this view of legal education, Miller-Wilson proposes incorporating "teaching law firms" after law school for students to practice in various specialties before graduation, similar to a medical residency.
Teaching The Carceral Crisis: An Ethical And Pedagogical Imperative, Taja-Nia Y. Henderson
Teaching The Carceral Crisis: An Ethical And Pedagogical Imperative, Taja-Nia Y. Henderson
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
"Teaching the Carceral Crisis: An Ethical and Pedagogical Imperative," demonstrates that although mass incarceration and mass conviction has increased in the United States, law school curricula has continued to lack any substantive discussion on these issues. The article highlights the need for law schools to improve their current curricula in order to prevent further stigmatization of criminal offenders and the continued increase of incarceration rates.
A Time For Change: Why The Msm Lifetime Deferral Policy Should Be Amended, Vianca Diaz
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.
A Tale Of Two Systems: How Schools And Juvenile Courts Are Failing Students, Samantha Buckingham
A Tale Of Two Systems: How Schools And Juvenile Courts Are Failing Students, Samantha Buckingham
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
No abstract provided.
Posthumously Conceived Children And Social Security Survivors' Benefits, Kelsey Brown
Posthumously Conceived Children And Social Security Survivors' Benefits, Kelsey Brown
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
No abstract provided.