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Dive into #MotivationMonday with us! Today, we're spotlighting Poppy Davey's journey as a Laidlaw Scholar and LLB student at the University of Leeds' School of Law! Learn about what drove her to study law, her independent research project on how domestically abused women from different social backgrounds are treated in the criminal justice system, and even some advice for students just starting on their academic journey. Read her full story here: https://lnkd.in/ehPVAPvi

🆕The Center’s latest article, “Racial Reckoning and the Police-Free Schools Movement,” is out now in the UCLA Law Review. In the article, the Center’s Senior Scholar Thalia González and Executive Director Rebecca Epstein examine how the wave of police-free school policies prompted by the racial reckoning of 2020 failed to translate into meaningful change in most jurisdictions. Read the article to learn more: https://lnkd.in/eZ-9b4An 

Amigos, let's talk about the power of our Latino vote! Join us for an important session on voter rights and representation TOMORROW!

From ending school segregation to addressing pay inequality and making public spaces more accessible, class action lawsuits have been a powerful tool for improving civil rights. But these cases also present unique challenges for noticing and distribution. Download our free white paper to learn more about these challenges and discover solutions for reaching hard-to-find class members. Read more now. #ClassAction #Lawsuit #CivilRights

Is your community advancing a civil right to counsel for those facing eviction proceedings as one of the many levers you're using to help us get to a future of abundant housing? We applaud you! 👏👏👏 And we want to help you draw in an even bigger bench of supporters and advocates. TheCaseMade, the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel, and New York Law School worked together to offer “Building Support for a Civil Right to Counsel by Anchoring Your Case in Racial Justice.” 💡This resource sets out a framework and sample language you can use as you navigate critical conversations, so we can all get closer to justice. 💡 Because a right to counsel is interwoven with issues of race, having thoughtful, strategic conversations about race and racism is the only way for us to draw forward the new champions we need. Please join us Tuesday, May 21, from 2:00-3:30 pm Eastern for a webinar about this amazing new resource—and how you can join with others to build even more momentum for a right to counsel in your community. Link to registration in comments.

Why don’t we see or hear youth and young adult voices widely and frequently (aside from when tragedies happen) in media, especially mega international/national media platforms? Many young people are wise beyond their years and have very profound perspectives, ideas, thoughts, and creative solutions to social issues within our communities, cities, states, and globally! When I became a Soros Justice Advocacy Fellow through Open Society Foundations in 2022, I set out to lift up youth voices on issues that matter to them and that are, in some cases, still very taboo in society. These incredible young leaders were up for the challenge! Here is a clip of ScholarCHIPS (For Children of Incarcerated Parents) alumna and law student Mick Guile sharing a reflection and revelation they had when trying to decide whether or not to pursue a legal career as a prosecutor and some food for thought that one of their professors proposed. Now, please don’t take this comment out of context…this is a very real decision that young law students, especially minorities, have to make when choosing their areas of practice. The full conversations are up on YouTube at https://lnkd.in/eTArhMkj #SorosJusticeFellow #SorosJusticeAdvocacyFellow #ChildrenofIncarceratedParents #Resilience #LawStudent #lawstudentproblems #LawStudentLife #CollegeConversations #CandidConversations

In both my professional and personal lives, I'm surrounded by folks who want to have helpful conversations about race, but aren't sure how to go about it without inadvertently causing harm. At TheCaseMade, we are leaning into that tension, starting with this webinar directed to folks working to prevent eviction. All are welcome to listen in! #reimaginehowjusticewins

I was happy to nominate Professor Costello and the Know Your Rights Day team AND even more excited when they were selected to receive the 2024 Group Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award by Michigan State University. Read more about the student leaders (Gabrielle Boyer Ragland, Josh Cambri, and Valerie Uduji,) that have built the program and how to get involved in the program this year! #MSULAW #gogreen

Does anyone else find it distasteful that Jeremy Vine and Joey Barton are going to run up astronomical civil litigation bills over a juvenile and unnecessary online spat? Why can't people agree to disagree? Barton may well be rude and his outburst childish, but Vine refers to motorists as "Petrosexuals", equally as peurile. In the classrooms of my youth, both would be sent to stand in a corner facing a wall. Two egotists fighting a pointless battle, aka "Wagatha Christie", clogging up the civil courts. Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one and whilst I may not agree with it, I shall defend the right to express it and not be censored. Both fuel their careers by being deliberately provocative, both are public figures, though not office holders, though Vine is arguably bound by Nolan-esque standards, being a publicly funded Broadcaster. My opinion; kids are starving in our communities, poverty and division is rife, public services are comically bad professionally and financially inept. There are more pressing concerns than Vine v Barton.