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Full-Text Articles in Law and Race
Restructuring The Elementary And Secondary Education Act’S Approach To Equity, Kimberly Jenkins Robinson
Restructuring The Elementary And Secondary Education Act’S Approach To Equity, Kimberly Jenkins Robinson
Law Faculty Publications
The United States stands at a crossroads regarding educational equity. On one road, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the current reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), greatly reduced federal involvement in education and returned control to state and local governments that had repeatedly criticized the prescriptive nature of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. In the wake of this federal retreat, state and local control of education without effective federal oversight creates grave concerns for those who advocate for economically disadvantaged and minority students, including many civil rights groups. History confirms that states and …
Race And The Law, Cassandra Conover
Race And The Law, Cassandra Conover
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Innocent Suffering: The Unavailability Of Post-Conviction Relief In Virginia Courts, Kaitlyn Potter
Innocent Suffering: The Unavailability Of Post-Conviction Relief In Virginia Courts, Kaitlyn Potter
University of Richmond Law Review
This comment examines actual innocence in Virginia: the progress it has made, the problems it still faces, and the possibilities for reform. Part I addresses past reform to the system, spurred by the shocking tales of Thomas Haynesworth and others. Part II identifies three of the most prevalent systemic challenges marring Virginia's justice system: (1) flawed scientific evidence; (2) the premature destruction of evidence; and (3) false confessions and guilty pleas. Part III suggests ways in which Virginia can, and should, address these challenges to ensure that the justice system is actually serving justice.
"Race-Conscious" School Finance Litigation: Is A Fourth Wave Emerging?, David G. Hinojosa
"Race-Conscious" School Finance Litigation: Is A Fourth Wave Emerging?, David G. Hinojosa
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Restorative Practices: Righting The Wrongs Of Exclusionary School Discipline, Marilyn Armour
Restorative Practices: Righting The Wrongs Of Exclusionary School Discipline, Marilyn Armour
University of Richmond Law Review
The purpose of this article is to explain the pressing need for school-based restorative justice as a philosophy and mechanism to alter increasingly negative school climates, redress educators' retributive orientation to student behavior, and redirect the school-to-prison pipeline. Part I discusses the manifestations ofthe current crisis in education. Although zero tolerance was intended to increase school safety, recent studies attest to the severe iatrogenic consequences including high rates of in-school and out-of-school suspensions, ever-increasing racial disparities in the use of punishment, the misuse of harsh disciplinary procedures with traumatized youth, and growing evidence of educator dropout that parallels the failure …
Over-Disciplining Students, Racial Bias, And The School-To-Prison Pipeline, Jason P. Nance
Over-Disciplining Students, Racial Bias, And The School-To-Prison Pipeline, Jason P. Nance
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Equity In American Education: The Intersection Of Race, Class, And Education, Pamela J. Meanes
Equity In American Education: The Intersection Of Race, Class, And Education, Pamela J. Meanes
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Demographic History Of Federal Judicial Appointments By Gender And Race: 1789-2016, Jonathan K. Stubbs
A Demographic History Of Federal Judicial Appointments By Gender And Race: 1789-2016, Jonathan K. Stubbs
Law Faculty Publications
This article briefly surveys the constitutional and statutory foundation for the creation of the federal judiciary. It also furnishes data, by sex and race, of the appointment of federal judges to courts of general jurisdiction during each presidential administration from September 24, 1789, through April 11, 2016. Thus, Part I describes the pace of diversification of the federal judiciary. While data regarding other attributes of judges (such as their socioeconomic status) exist, extensive analysis of such characteristics falls outside the parameters of this preliminary analysis. Nonetheless, the Article notes in passing that, since 1989, during each presidential administration, the majority …
Diversity Without Integration, Kevin Woodson
Diversity Without Integration, Kevin Woodson
Law Faculty Publications
The de facto racial segregation pervasive at colleges and universities across the country undermines a necessary precondition for the diversity benefits embraced by the Court in Grutter — the requirement that students partake in high-quality interracial interactions and social relationships with one another. This disjuncture between Grutter’s vision of universities as sites of robust cross-racial exchange and the reality of racial separation should be of great concern, not just because of its potential constitutional implications for affirmative action but also because it reifies racial hierarchy and reinforces inequality. Drawing from an extensive body of social science research, this article explains …
A New Proposal To Address Local Voting Discrimination, Cody Gray
A New Proposal To Address Local Voting Discrimination, Cody Gray
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Derivative Racial Discrimination, Kevin Woodson
Derivative Racial Discrimination, Kevin Woodson
Law Faculty Publications
This Article introduces the concept of derivative racial discrimination, a process of institutional discrimination in which certain social and cultural dynamics impede the careers of minority workers in predominantly white firms even in the absence of racial biases and stereotypes. Derivative racial discrimination is a manifestation of cultural homophily, the universal tendency of people to gravitate toward others with similar cultural interests and backgrounds. Although not intrinsically racial, cultural homophily disadvantages minority workers in predominantly white work settings due to various race-related social and cultural differences. Seemingly inconsequential in isolation, these differences produce racial disparities in the accrual of valuable …
Human Capital Discrimination, Law Firm Inequality, And The Limits Of Title Vii, Kevin Woodson
Human Capital Discrimination, Law Firm Inequality, And The Limits Of Title Vii, Kevin Woodson
Law Faculty Publications
This Article advances the legal scholarship on workplace inequality through use of evidence derived from interviews of a sample of black attorneys who have worked in large, predominantly white law firms. It does so by calling attention to the manner in which these firms operate as sites of human capital discrimination — patterns of mistreatment that deprive many black associates of access to the substantive work opportunities crucial to their professional development and career advancement. This Article identifies the specific arrangements and practices within these firms that facilitate human capital discrimination and describes the varied, often subtle harms and burdens …
Police Body Cameras: Implementation With Caution, Forethought, And Policy, Dru S. Letourneau
Police Body Cameras: Implementation With Caution, Forethought, And Policy, Dru S. Letourneau
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Socioeconomic Integration And The Greater Richmond School District: The Feasibility Of Interdistrict Consolidation, Barry Gabay
Socioeconomic Integration And The Greater Richmond School District: The Feasibility Of Interdistrict Consolidation, Barry Gabay
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Role Of Race, Poverty, Intellectual Disability, And Mental Illness In The Decline Of The Death Penalty, Stephen B. Bright
The Role Of Race, Poverty, Intellectual Disability, And Mental Illness In The Decline Of The Death Penalty, Stephen B. Bright
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Pink Cadillac, An Iq Of 63, And A Fourteen-Year-Old From South Carolina: Why I Can No Longer Support The Death Penalty, Mark Earley Sr.
A Pink Cadillac, An Iq Of 63, And A Fourteen-Year-Old From South Carolina: Why I Can No Longer Support The Death Penalty, Mark Earley Sr.
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Race And Rapport: Homophily And Racial Disadvantage In Large Law Firms, Kevin Woodson
Race And Rapport: Homophily And Racial Disadvantage In Large Law Firms, Kevin Woodson
Law Faculty Publications
Over the past two decades, clients and other constituencies have pushed large law firms to pursue greater racial diversity in attorney hiring and retention. Although these firms have devoted extraordinary resources toward better recruiting and retaining attorneys of color, and despite a proliferation of “best practices” guides and diversity policy recommendations, these considerable efforts have yielded only modest gains. With respect to black attorneys in particular, the tide of racial progress in these firms has moved forward at a glacial pace, even ebbing and receding in recent years.
Although large law firms now hire significant numbers of black attorneys as …
Crossing The Bridge: African-Americans And The Necessity Of A 21st Century Human Rights Movement, Marissa Jackson Sow
Crossing The Bridge: African-Americans And The Necessity Of A 21st Century Human Rights Movement, Marissa Jackson Sow
Law Faculty Publications
I had the honor of hearing Judge Joseph Greenaway give the keynote address at Columbia University's Black Law Students Association's Paul Robeson Gala in 2010. He gave a stirring speech, which has since been published in the Columbia Journal of Race and Law, entitled Have We Crossed the Bridge Yet? The title and theme of His Honor's speech is a reference to David Remnick's The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama, which, in turn, invokes the metaphor of the bridge as a representation of the African-American struggle toward equality. ...
Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word: The Fair Sentencing Act Of 2010, Crack, And Methamphetamine, Kyle Graham
Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word: The Fair Sentencing Act Of 2010, Crack, And Methamphetamine, Kyle Graham
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Process Is The Problem: Lessons Learned From United States Drug Sentencing Reform, Erik S. Siebert
The Process Is The Problem: Lessons Learned From United States Drug Sentencing Reform, Erik S. Siebert
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Neo-Colonialism, Same Old Racism: A Critical Analysis Of The United States' Shift Toward Colorblindness As A Tool For The Protection Of The American Colonial Empire And White Supremacy, Marissa Jackson Sow
Neo-Colonialism, Same Old Racism: A Critical Analysis Of The United States' Shift Toward Colorblindness As A Tool For The Protection Of The American Colonial Empire And White Supremacy, Marissa Jackson Sow
Law Faculty Publications
In the 1950s, Franz Fanon boldly asserted: "There is a fact: White men consider themselves superior to black men." Over five decades later, a majority of white Americans would deny this, but such heartfelt denials are often betrayed by social realities. The difficulties many African Americans experience in their private lives because of their racial identities became a topic of public debate during the course of Barack Obama' s historic candidacy for President of the United States. Then-Senator Obama was largely dismissive of the racism directed toward him during his campaign, and often refused to combat it in a straightforward …
A New "U": Organizing Victims And Protecting Immigrant Workers, Leticia M. Saucedo
A New "U": Organizing Victims And Protecting Immigrant Workers, Leticia M. Saucedo
University of Richmond Law Review
This article explores the viability and potential effectiveness of immigration law's U visa to contribute to the protection of groups of workers in substandard and dangerous workplaces. Immigration law has increasingly become an obstacle to the enforcement of employment and labor law to protect immigrant workers.Moreover, employment and labor law, with their individual rights frameworks, have proven blunt instruments in eradicating the type of subordinating, sometimes slave-like conditions of immi-grant workers, especially those in low-wage industries. The federal government recently issued long-awaited regulations govern-ing U nonimmigrant visas for certain crime victims. Several of the enumerated eligible crimes in the U …
Has A New Day Dawned For Indigent Defense In Virginia?, Robert E. Shepherd Jr.
Has A New Day Dawned For Indigent Defense In Virginia?, Robert E. Shepherd Jr.
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Social Justice And The Law, Elaine R. Jones
Social Justice And The Law, Elaine R. Jones
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
An Uninvited Guest: The Federal Death Penalty And The Massachusetts Prosecution Of Nurse Kristen Gilbert, John P. Cunningham
An Uninvited Guest: The Federal Death Penalty And The Massachusetts Prosecution Of Nurse Kristen Gilbert, John P. Cunningham
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Efforts To Improve The Illinois Capital Punishment System: Worth The Cost?, Thomas P. Sullivan
Efforts To Improve The Illinois Capital Punishment System: Worth The Cost?, Thomas P. Sullivan
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Reading, Writing, And Race: The Constitutionality Of Educational Strategies Designed To Teach Racial Literacy, Michael J. Kaufman
Reading, Writing, And Race: The Constitutionality Of Educational Strategies Designed To Teach Racial Literacy, Michael J. Kaufman
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Adding Fuel To The Fire: United States V. Booker And The Crack Versus Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity, Briton K. Nelson
Adding Fuel To The Fire: United States V. Booker And The Crack Versus Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity, Briton K. Nelson
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Where Do We Draw The Line? Partisan Gerrymandering And The State Of Texas, Whitney M. Eaton
Where Do We Draw The Line? Partisan Gerrymandering And The State Of Texas, Whitney M. Eaton
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Reforming U.S. Immigration Policy In An Era Of Latin American Immigration: The Logic Inherent In Accommodating The Inevitable, Ryan D. Frei
Reforming U.S. Immigration Policy In An Era Of Latin American Immigration: The Logic Inherent In Accommodating The Inevitable, Ryan D. Frei
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.