Participatory Defense: What It Is and Why It Deserves Our Attention
For decades now, directly impacted communities, organizers, public defenders, academics, and others have sounded the alarm on the crisis of mass incarceration in the United States and its devastating effects on people of color and low-income communities, particularly...
Historic New York State Legislation Shows Us What is Possible When Elected Officials Listen to Organizers and Directed-Impacted Communities
On the morning of March 31st, New York, home to the city once considered to be the marijuana arrest capital of the world, became the 15th state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. Just hours later, the Governor signed into law an act dramatically limiting...Taking Liberties Episode 15: Prof. Spencer H. Boyer on the Founding of CR-CL
On this episode, Vol. 56 Editor-in-Chief Armani Madison speaks with Professor Spencer H. Boyer, the founder of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review and a professor at Howard Law School. They talk about what motivated him to found a civil rights journal,...
Will the Pandemic Change How the Federal Government Provides Support to Children and their Families?
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended households across the country and exacerbated long-existing income inequalities. As has been well documented, not all have felt the effects of the pandemic and its corresponding economic crisis the same. Women, caregivers, and...
The Family Regulation System: Why Those Committed to Racial Justice Must Interrogate It
Photo credit: The Imprint This past summer, the broadest protests in U.S. history erupted in response to the murders of Black people, like Tony McDade, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor, at the hands of law enforcement. Calls to defund the police and reinvest those...
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/