This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, evictions are continuing despite the federal moratorium, Virginia bans the “gay/trans panic” defense, President Biden announces his first slate of judicial nominees, and the second week of the trial...
Pretrial Detention Has Become Exponentially More Deadly in the Pandemic
Pretrial detention, or keeping a person accused of a crime in jail until their trial, is a common practice throughout the United States. Though the system is portrayed as a way to protect public safety and ensure people show up for their trials, most often it instead...
This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on Arizona’s “ballot harvesting” law, a federal judge in Texas rules the pandemic moratorium on evictions is unconstitutional, the House passes the Equality Act,...
This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, the Supreme Court stays an execution in Alabama, President Trump is acquitted in the Senate, President Biden announces plans to close Guantanamo Bay Detention Center, and hate crimes against Asian...
We are currently accepting Outside Article submissions for Volume 58, Issue 1! We invite you to submit any of your manuscripts that relate to the broad umbrella of civil rights and civil liberties.
https://harvard-crcl.scholasticahq.com/for-authors
I’m published (a life-goal)in the @HarvardCRCL, where I advocate for cities to allow immigrants to vote in local election! @NYCCouncil passed #municipalvoting rights but advocates await for @NYCMayor ! #immigrationjustice Give it a read! https://twitter.com/HarvardCRCL/status/1478755878698373120
Today on the Amicus Blog: a guest post from @fgwaggeh analyzing the important and exciting impacts of NYC's new noncitizen municipal voting legislation: https://harvardcrcl.org/extending-the-franchise-for-americans-in-waiting-municipal-voting-rights-for-noncitizens/
Come work for us as a clinical fellow in 2022!
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Deadline: January 17, 2022
3Ls and early career attorneys. The Federal Defenders have announced 2-year fellowships to bring up the next generation of zealous defenders.
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#8 How to Make Senior Capstones Truly Anti-Racist by Lisa Martinez ft. exceptional research from @NEAToday @LPI_Learning @itsywc @OUSDNews @HarvardCRCL
https://futurefocusededucation.org/2021/07/15/how-to-make-senior-capstones-truly-anti-racist/
Join our team and fight for a Better Alabama! Alabama Appleseed is hiring a Legal Fellow to assist with direct representation of incarcerated clients in post-conviction and parole proceedings. Read more at https://www.alabamaappleseed.org/news/were-hiring-a-legal-fellow-to-join-our-team-fighting-for-a-better-alabama/