This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Pressure builds to push the Biden Administration to address the overcrowding and harsh conditions in federal detention facilities; the Supreme Court will review a Boston federal appeals court decision vacating...2021 Ames Moot Court Finals Live Blog
Welcome to the 2021 Ames Final – the first Ames Final to be conducted in a virtual setting. Live coverage begins at 5:00pm EST The following information is courtesy of the HLS BSAs. You can see all of tonight’s information, including copies of the briefs, here. The...
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/
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/