Sunshine Is Not Enough: State Responses to the Enforcement Crisis Caused by Forced Arbitration
This is a guest post authored by Jennifer Bennett, a Staff Attorney at Public Justice, and David Seligman, Director of Towards Justice, a non-profit workers’ rights law firm based in Denver, Colorado. Lots of attention these days is rightfully being paid to...
What Matter of Soram Got Wrong: “Child Abuse” Crimes that May Trigger Deportation Are Constantly Evolving and Even Target Good Parents
This is a guest post by Kari Hong* and Philip L. Torrey.** Many are surprised to learn that crime-based deportations[1] do not necessarily make intuitive sense. Under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA)[2], a misdemeanor...
What Nipsey Hussle Taught the Neighborhood
Guest post by Demisse Selassie. Demisse Selassie, 27, is a Prince George’s County, Maryland native. He is currently a first-year student at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Demisse’s interests lie at the intersection of law, policy, and community economic...
Border Flooding, the Wall, and a Failure of Government Accountability
Guest post by Victoria Ochoa. Victoria is a 1L at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Victoria is a Harry S. Truman Scholar, and was a Schedule C Presidential Appointee in the Obama Administration, where she worked as an assistant in the Secretary of Commerce’s...
Abuse of Power by ICE and CBP: Perspective from an Immigration Attorney and Water Drop Volunteer
Guest post by Kirsten Zittlau. Ms. Zittlau is an immigration attorney living in San Diego, California. She has volunteered dropping water in the California desert near the Mexico border for over two and half years. Ms. Zittlau has been an attorney since 2002 but made...
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/
🎧LISTEN: @CriticalRace joins @HarvardCRCL's Taking Liberties podcast to discuss hate crime prosecution and its application in anti-Asian crimes in the last two years.
https://harvardcrcl.org/taking-liberties-episode-18-hate-crime-prosecution-anti-asian-crimes/