The Real History: A Freedom School Curriculum,
2025
Providence College
The Real History: A Freedom School Curriculum
The Civil Rights Movement (HIS/BLS 347) Zine Project
No abstract provided.
The Growth Of African American Nurses,
2025
Providence College
The Growth Of African American Nurses
The Civil Rights Movement (HIS/BLS 347) Zine Project
No abstract provided.
Black Symbols: From The Civil Rights Movement To Now,
2025
Providence College
Black Symbols: From The Civil Rights Movement To Now
The Civil Rights Movement (HIS/BLS 347) Zine Project
No abstract provided.
Gender-Responsive Treatment For Girls And Women Within The Criminal Justice System,
2025
Fort Hays State University
Gender-Responsive Treatment For Girls And Women Within The Criminal Justice System, Kylie R. Huelsmann
SACAD: Scholarly Activities
There is a need for improved gender-responsive approaches for women and girls in the criminal justice system, especially for women of color and transgender individuals. Traditional programs built around men often neglect the unique challenges faced by these populations, such as substance use disorders, mental health conditions, trauma histories, and acting as caregivers. Women, in particular, experience higher rates of recidivism and barriers to successful reintegration. Trauma-informed and evidence-based programs that address mental health, addiction, and family support, ultimately lead to more effective rehabilitation and reduce recidivism for women and girls after adjudication.
Examining The Evidence: The Case Of Marcellus Williams And The Pursuit Of Justice,
2025
Fort Hays State University
Examining The Evidence: The Case Of Marcellus Williams And The Pursuit Of Justice, Star Parham
SACAD: Scholarly Activities
The case of Marcellus Williams, the case of a Missouri man killed on death row, has sparked many legal and ethical concerns. Those concerns are wrongful convictions, forensic evidence, and the orchestration of the death penalty in the United States. Willimas was convicted in 2001 for the murder of Felicia Gayle based on evidence of circumstances and testimony from informants. Despite all of that Missouri officials pursued the execution, and he was killed.
What’S Past Is Prologue: The Effects Of Shelby County V. Holder In Georgia,
2025
Saint Louis University School of Law
What’S Past Is Prologue: The Effects Of Shelby County V. Holder In Georgia, Jane Delworth
SLU Law Journal Online
The Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which struck down Section 4 and, by extension, Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, created a clear path for discriminatory voting laws to take hold. This article explores how the Supreme Court decision paved the way for second-generation barriers to voting, which legally diminish the influence of minority voters and in some cases, effectively block their participation altogether. It also examines Georgia’s role as a key state advancing these second-generation barriers to voting, alongside proposed legislation aimed at preventing these discriminatory practices before they can impact voters.
Algorithmic Bias In Hiring: Amending Title Vii To Prohibit Ai Discrimination,
2025
Notre Dame Law School
Algorithmic Bias In Hiring: Amending Title Vii To Prohibit Ai Discrimination, Michael H. Leroy
Journal of Legislation
I propose amendments to Title VII to address discriminatory hiring related to AI technologies. Section 703(c)’s definition of an “employment agency” should be modified to include “any person who uses artificial intelligence” to procure employees. I also propose a new definition in section 703 that incorporates the expansive definition of AI in 15 U.S.C. 9401(3). These small changes would make AI hiring firms more responsible for discriminatory screening and selection of job applicants, and better protect applicants who are adversely selected by sex, race, disability and other protected characteristics.
Biglaw's Race Problem,
2025
Boston University School of Law
Biglaw's Race Problem, Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Anthony V. Alfieri
Articles
Ever since the 1970s when BigLaw firms began to hire Black lawyers into their associate ranks, these firms have wrestled with problems in both recruiting and retaining Black associates. During the ensuing decades, BigLaw firms have minimally increased the low numbers of Black attorneys who have become partners, particularly equity partners, within their organizations. Numerous scholars have explored how racial bias and discrimination, both within BigLaw firms and greater society, have contributed to such failures in the recruitment, retention, and promotion of Black lawyers. In his new book The Black Ceiling: How Race Still Matters in the Elite Workplace, Professor …
Masthead,
2025
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Masthead
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Data Privacy At The Border: How To Balance National Security Concerns And Privacy Interests When Conducting Forensic Border Searches Of Electronic Devices,
2025
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Data Privacy At The Border: How To Balance National Security Concerns And Privacy Interests When Conducting Forensic Border Searches Of Electronic Devices, Eleni Filley
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
Do you know where your phone is? Can you describe the last five pictures in your camera roll? How many websites have you visited this month? Cell phones are an extension of our person and contain some of our most private data: location, banking, loved ones, sleep statistics, reproductive information, and more. As our technology develops, so too should our laws. This Note explores the lack of privacy protections at the U.S. border and how susceptible our data is to a government search. A Supreme Court ruling recognizing the unique piece of property a cell phone represents, even at a …
Table Of Contents,
2025
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Table Of Contents
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Editor's Note,
2025
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Editor's Note
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Democracy, History, And Washington And Lee,
2025
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Democracy, History, And Washington And Lee, Christopher B. Seaman
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
At Washington and Lee, it is customary for the new holder of an endowed professorship to deliver a public lecture called a chair talk to mark their installation. This is a lightly edited and footnoted version of Professor Seaman's chair talk on October 8, 2024, given as the new Robert E.R. Huntley Professor of Law.
Discretionary (In)Justice Continued: Discretion As A Tool To Deny Asylum,
2025
Barry University
Discretionary (In)Justice Continued: Discretion As A Tool To Deny Asylum, Kate Aschenbrenner Rodriguez
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
In 2012, I published an article entitled Discretionary (In)justice: The Exercise of Discretion in Claims for Asylum. At that time, I was concerned because of a pattern I had seen of adjudicators in individual cases denying applications for asylum not on the basis of statutory eligibility but instead in an exercise of the adjudicator’s discretion. Since that time, the administrations of both the former President Trump and the now-current President Biden have used every legal tool available to them, including the exercise of discretion in asylum claims, to make it more difficult to obtain asylum and therefore to discourage …
Cannabis At Work: Navigating The Intersection Of Employment Law And Legalized Marijuana,
2025
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Cannabis At Work: Navigating The Intersection Of Employment Law And Legalized Marijuana, Eva Lane
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
As states increasingly legalize forms of cannabis use, federal regulation remains stagnant. These outdated laws still hold power, undermining state-granted rights. This impact is especially felt in the employment sector. While states pass laws legalizing cannabis use, employers still have a right to a drug free workplace. Many employment agreements prohibit drug use, even if legal under state law. This Note examines recent caselaw to analyze how courts are handling the battle between state and federal government as it relates to cannabis legalization. Ultimately, the argument highlights the risk employees face – engaging in what they believe is legal behavior …
Life In Limbo: Cryptocurrency And Fosta As The Pillars Of Cyber-Trafficking,
2025
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Life In Limbo: Cryptocurrency And Fosta As The Pillars Of Cyber-Trafficking, Rebecca Liu
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
As the internet continually advances into Web 3.0, human traffickers thrive in using online platforms to prey on their victims, creating a new form of human trafficking: cyber-trafficking. In 2018, Congress passed the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (“FOSTA”) to dampen the stringent protection that 47 U.S.C. § 230 (“Section 230”) offered to internet intermediaries in cyber-trafficking litigation. However, Congress’s intended effect in passing FOSTA failed, as courts continue to interpret FOSTA narrowly, upholding the stringent protection that Section 230 offers internet intermediaries. Beyond FOSTA’s indifferent impact, governmental bodies struggle adapting to Web 3.0’s landscape, neglecting to intervene with traffickers’ …
“Freedom Lives Hence, And Banishment Is Here”: The Weaponization Of Immigration Law To Punish Political Dissidents,
2025
Washington and Lee University School of Law
“Freedom Lives Hence, And Banishment Is Here”: The Weaponization Of Immigration Law To Punish Political Dissidents, Ryan Scott
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
This Note explores the long and bipartisan history of the United States government’s weaponization of the immigration system to control, exclude, and expel percieved political enemies. The near-unlimited power that the federal government has acrrued in immigration matters has been used since the Founders’ generation to purge the country of those whose ideas and speech are seen by the powers that be as threatening or subversive. This Note traces the arc of such efforts from the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 to the explusion of activists under President Trump. The Note also examines attempts to force the courts to …
Mortgage Lending Discrimination: A Barrier In The Land Of Opportunity,
2025
University of the District of Columbia School of Law
Mortgage Lending Discrimination: A Barrier In The Land Of Opportunity, Paul Campbell
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
This note discusses the problem of mortgage loan discrimination in America. In January 2021, mortgage rates in America were the lowest in history at 2.65%. Around this time, there was a high demand for housing throughout the country. Yet in 2022, 26% of Black applicants had mortgage applications denied. Mortgage loan discrimination continues to be a barrier for African American homeownership. However, this barrier can be overcome by supporting nonprofit organizations and community banks, creating a new federal agency which provides reparations and guaranteed mortgages, and passing the Fair Access to Financial Services Act.
Fetal Personhood And The Judicial Erosion Of Women's Rights Following Dobbs,
2025
University of the District of Columbia School of Law
Fetal Personhood And The Judicial Erosion Of Women's Rights Following Dobbs, Brendan Williams
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
In Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its prior precedents recognizing a constitutional right to abortion, a recognition that began nearly a half-century before with its decision in Roe vs. Wade. In its granting certiorari in a case involving a Mississippi law restricting abortion, the New York Times reported that the Court majority took advantage of the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg by allowing “Mississippi to perform a baitand-switch, widening what had been a narrower attempt to restrict abortion while she was alive into a full assault on Roe — the kind …
Olmstead 25 Years Later: Advocating For Children With Mental Health And Behavioral Health Needs,
2025
Mercer University School of Law
Olmstead 25 Years Later: Advocating For Children With Mental Health And Behavioral Health Needs, Laura C. Hoffman
Mercer Law Review
On June 22, 1999, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a monumental decision in the history of the disability rights movement in Olmstead v. L.C. by Zimring. As people with disabilities, especially those with mental health conditions or developmental disabilities, were frequently institutionalized without much of any thought to allowing them to be a part of the community, the Olmstead decision changed all of that, at least in terms of the acknowledgment of the legal right to a placement in the least‑restrictive environment whenever possible and cementing into legal protections the understanding that community integration was firmly …
