New York Law School Racial Justice Project commends state driver license suspension reforms
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL — The Racial Justice Project New York Law School (NYLS) praised the New York Legislature’s passage of the Driver’s License Suspension Reform Act.
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AMERICA MAGAZINE: THE JESUIT REVIEW — Boston College will address structural racism through its Forum on Racial Justice in America.
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CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SCHOOL OF LAW — Over 300 legal scholars, deans, faculty, administrators, and select students from NYC area law schools are convening to build a network committed to working together across roles and institutions to create an anti-racist climate in legal education.
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OMAHA WORLD HERALD — ]The University of Nebraska-Lincoln routinely talks about the need to improve race relations, and this time it will do something about it, UNL’s leader said Tuesday.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — As the Trump administration leaned on governors to reopen their states’ schools and a U.S. House subcommittee debated whether to give colleges the additional billions they say they need, the head of the University of Southern California’s Race and Equity Center urged lawmakers to take steps to make sure resuming campus learning…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Campus Uprisings: How Student Activists and Collegiate Leaders Resist Racism and Create Hope (Teachers College Press) is a collection of essays on the motives for campus protest and the results.
Read More about New book looks at protest movements on campusABA Men of Color Project leads conversations on racial justice
ABA JOURNAL — Amid the national reckoning over racial injustice, Jerome Crawford and Michael Luong Nguyen find themselves facing a unique opportunity. They serve as co-chairs of the ABA’s Men of Color Project, an initiative within the Young Lawyers Division that aims to address the lack of diversity and advancement of men of color in the legal…
Read More about ABA Men of Color Project leads conversations on racial justiceUCLA Law professor Tendayi Achiume releases report for UN Human Rights Office on digital technology and racial inequality
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER — Emerging digital technologies driven by big data and artificial intelligence are entrenching racial inequality, discrimination and intolerance, a UN human rights expert said today, calling for justice and reparations for affected individuals and communities.
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO THE LAW SCHOOL — This episode features a discussion with Sharon Fairley who is a professor from practice at the University of Chicago Law School a, former federal prosecutor, and the former chief administrator of the Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA) and Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA).
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CU BOULDER TODAY — After five decades of protests, lawsuits and petitions, Washington, D.C.’s NFL team announced Monday it will change its name and logo. To the CU Boulder law professor who helped organize a campaign to change the name, the news was both shocking and rewarding.
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