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This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. The Respect for Marriage Act moves forward in the Senate, Florida’s “Stop W.O.K.E. Act” is halted, DOJ opens a disability rights case, and more.  The U.S. Senate advanced the Respect for Marriage Act. The Act...

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Ames Final Round – November 10, 2022

Welcome to CR-CL’s Ames Live Blog! Tonight is the the Ames Finals! The Ames Competition is one of the most prestigious competitions for appellate brief writing and advocacy in the country. The students participating in the Final Round started the competition in the...

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This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. A high-profile challenge to race-conscious affirmative action was heard by the Supreme Court, voter intimidation was blocked in Arizona, New York City settled a wrongful conviction suit, and more.  The Supreme...

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STUDENT WRITING Submissions for Volume 59.1 are open! We welcome pieces by students from all law schools . We will be accepting submissions through March 12, 2023. Learn about our submission process here: https://harvardcrcl.org/submit/

New on the Amicus Blog: @justin_marceau reviews @danielmedwed’s recent book, Barred: Why the Innocent Can’t Get Out of Prison, which he describes as “a sort of ‘how to’ guide for understanding the presence of wrongful convictions in our system.” https://harvardcrcl.org/barred-why-the-innocent-cant-get-out-of-prison-book-review-by-justin-marceau/

57.2 is out now! Read about environmental justice, artificial intelligence, children's rights, and more in the latest issue of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, the nation's leading progressive law journal. #lawtwitter @harvard_law https://harvardcrcl.org/vol-57-no-2-fall-2022/

Reminder: Submissions for Volume 59.1 are open for two more weeks, through February 13! Learn about our submission process, including requirements and our mandatory diversity form, here: https://harvard-crcl.scholasticahq.com/for-authors

Submissions for Volume 59.1 are now open! We will be accepting articles for publication through February 13, 2023. Learn about our submission process, including requirements and our mandatory diversity form, here: https://harvard-crcl.scholasticahq.com/for-authors

Sixty yrs ago, Dr. King penned the profound Letter from a Birmingham Jail, marking the persistence of inequality in the lives of Black Americans seeking inclusion, equality, & freedom. I wrote about that in the @HarvardCRCL https://harvardcrcl.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/ThirteenthAmendmentPunishmentClause.pdf

As the @Harvard_Law Ames Moot Court Competition comes to an end, a special congratulations to @HarvardCRCL Editor-in-Chief @samjuneneal for winning Best Oralist and to her team for sweeping the awards! See our coverage of all the action here: https://harvardcrcl.org/ames-final-round-november-10-2022/

Tonight’s the night! Join us as we live-blog the @Harvard_Law Ames Moot Court finals here: https://harvardcrcl.org/ames-final-round-november-10-2022/

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