by saraharmstrong | Feb 9, 2023 | Amicus, Criminal Justice
Within the last decade I had an informal meeting with a judge at a local restaurant. We talked about mutual friends, made some mentorship plans, and talked about my ongoing research. Just as I was preparing to leave, the judge blurted out, “there is one more thing I...
by saraharmstrong | Mar 8, 2022 | Ames Live Blog, Amicus
Welcome to CR-CL’s Ames Live Blog! Tonight is night one of the Ames Semi-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 Semi-Final Round started the...
by saraharmstrong | Feb 2, 2022 | Editorial Boards
Volume 57 Editors-in-Chief Amy Frieder Sararose Gaines Billy Roberts Natassia Velez Executive Managing Editors for Outside Articles Zoe Ginsberg Anna Sherman-Weiss Beshoy Shokralla Executive Managing Editor for Student Writing Thomas Freeman Executive Managing Editors...
by saraharmstrong | Dec 6, 2021 | Amicus, Weekly News Roundup
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, experts weigh in on the future of Roe in the Supreme Court, New York City mandates vaccines for private companies, two election workers who were targeted for defamation by right-wing media sue, and...
by saraharmstrong | Oct 25, 2021 | Amicus, Weekly News Roundup
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, activists support Ahmaud Arbery’s family as the jury selection continues in the trial of his alleged killers, the Supreme Court fast tracks a hearing on Texas’s abortion law, Howard University...