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Travis D. Jones HUMANS LONG IGNORED: REVISITING NEPA'S DEFINITION OF "HUMAN ENVIRONMENT" IN THE ERA OF BLACK LIVES MATTER 32 Vill. Envtl. L.J. 1 [Villanova Environmental Law Journal] (2021) In 2020, the Black Lives Matter movement brought state-sanctioned violence against African Americans to the forefront of public discourse. In the wake of the horrific killing of George Floyd, highly charged protests exploded around the country, from Washington D.C. to Dallas to Portland. Across the internet, social media timelines and profile... 2021 Most Relevant
Monica C. Bell , Katherine Beckett , Forrest Stuart INVESTING IN ALTERNATIVES: THREE LOGICS OF CRIMINAL SYSTEM REPLACEMENT 11 UC Irvine L. Rev. 1291 [UC Irvine Law Review] (August, 2021) What logics underlie the call to defund the police, and how do those logics matter in policy debate? In the wake of widespread protests after the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other victims of police violence during the summer of 2020, the Black Lives Matter movement's call to defund the police captured the national imagination.... 2021 Most Relevant
  Investment Adviser Asks for SEC Disclosure Rulemaking on Financial Support for BLM WGL-ACCTALERT VOL 15 NO 115 [Vol. 15, No. 115] (6/17/2021) William Michael Cunningham, founder of Creative Investment Research, petitioned the SEC to start rulemaking to develop a framework requiring public companies that have promised financial support for Black Lives Matter to disclose all activity related to that pledge in a timely manner. His petition comes amid nationwide effort to address... 2021 Most Relevant
By Sarah Wynn, CQ Roll Call Lawmakers call for follow-through on racial equity vows by companies, banks [CQ Roll Call Washington Securities Enforcement & Litigation Briefing] (6/30/2021) Financial services companies and banks need to honor commitments to close the racial wealth gap they made following the murder of George Floyd last year and the Black Lives Matter nationwide protests, lawmakers said at a hearing. 2021 Most Relevant
Kevin E. Davis LEGAL RESPONSES TO BLACK SUBORDINATION, GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES 134 Harv. L. Rev. F. 359 [Harvard Law Review Forum] (6/1/2021) [I]n order to win and bring as many people with us along the way, we must move beyond the narrow nationalism that is all too prevalent in Black communities. --Black Lives Matter Around the world, people of African descent (Afro-descendants)--to use one of the broadest possible definitions of Blackness--are overrepresented among the poor and... 2021 Most Relevant
Dayton Campbell-Harris LETTER FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 30 Wash. Int'l L.J. vi [Washington International Law Journal] (March, 2021) The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them--Ida B. Wells The Washington International Law Journal is proud to present this special-edition issue: A Global Reckoning: Answering Calls for Change. Combating racism and majority-group supremacy in all its forms is always necessary. This was true before the Black Lives Matter... 2021 Most Relevant
Sarah Schlossberg, Maya Williams LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF EQUITY -- OOPS, I DID IT AGAIN: IDENTIFYING AND RECTIFYING MICROAGGRESSIONS 67 No. 3 Prac. Law. 7 [Practical Lawyer] (6/1/2021) Amidst the backdrop of the Me Too and the revitalized Black Lives Matter movements, our society has become hyperaware of the impact that our language and actions have on others. While it may be difficult and, at times, even uncomfortable, now is the time to focus on eradicating bias and equalizing the playing field in the legal profession.... 2021 Most Relevant
Sherri Lee Keene MAKING ROOM FOR IGNORED CITIZEN NARRATIVES OF POLICE ENCOUNTERS 25 Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 15 [Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute] (2021) Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. I began to write this essay in August 2020 after returning home from Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C. While there, I took in colorful images painted on boarded up windows of familiar buildings, photographs tacked on the high gate that has taken... 2021 Most Relevant
Sherri Lee Keene MAKING ROOM FOR IGNORED CITIZEN NARRATIVES OF POLICE ENCOUNTERS 25 Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 15 [Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute] (2021) Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. I began to write this essay in August 2020 after returning home from Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C. While there, I took in colorful images painted on boarded up windows of familiar buildings, photographs tacked on the high gate that has taken... 2021 Most Relevant
  MASSACHUSETTS: POWERHOUSE POINTS: MASSACHUSETTS LAWSUIT OVER BLACK LIVES MATTER MASKS SHOWS WHEN IT COMES TO EMPLOYEES' SELF- EXPRESSION, CONSISTENCY IS KEY Labor & Empl. L. 3670841 [Labor & Employment Law] (2021) Article by Jennifer M. Huelskamp of Freeborn & Peters LLP Powerhouse Points Consistently-applied employment policies are key for employers to avoid this type of litigation. A recent federal lawsuit in the District of Massachusetts examines the intersection of the Black Lives Matter movement and Title VII. The court's opinion, which dismissed... 2021 Most Relevant
Jordain Carney Merkley says he won't support Rahm Emanuel's ambassador nomination The Hill (11/3/2021) Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said Wednesday that he will oppose Rahm Emanuels nomination to be ambassador to Japan.Black Lives Matter. Here in the halls of Congress, it is important that we not just speak and believe these words, but put them into action in the decisions we make, Merkley said in a statement.I have carefully considered Mayor... 2021 Most Relevant
Jenice L. Malecki MINORITIES AND WOMEN IN THE SECURITIES INDUSTRY: THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT OF SECURITIES FRAUD EXPLOITATION 28 No. 1 PIABA B.J. 79 [PIABA Bar Journal] (2021) People of color and women have been greatly impacted in the securities arena whether it is as victims of fraud or through their underrepresentation in the field as a career prospect. During an age of Black Lives Matter Protests and women speaking out against gender discrimination, the securities sector has a great task on its hands in creating... 2021 Most Relevant
Jenice L. Malecki MINORITIES AND WOMEN IN THE SECURITIES INDUSTRY: THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT OF SECURITIES FRAUD EXPLOITATION 28 No. 1 PIABA B.J. 79 [PIABA Bar Journal] (2021) People of color and women have been greatly impacted in the securities arena whether it is as victims of fraud or through their underrepresentation in the field as a career prospect. During an age of Black Lives Matter Protests and women speaking out against gender discrimination, the securities sector has a great task on its hands in creating... 2021 Most Relevant
B.S. Chimni, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India MODERNIZING THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM. BY BERTRAND G. RAMCHARAN. LEIDEN: BRILL NIJHOFF, 2019. PP. XVI, 241. INDEX 115 Am. J. Int'l L. 171 [American Journal of International Law] (January, 2021) The matter of human rights has today assumed a new salience. The COVID-19 pandemic has sharply brought out the social and economic divides in societies; it has disproportionately impacted poor and marginalized groups. Social movements like the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States have highlighted in particular the class and race... 2021 Most Relevant
By WK Editorial Staff NLRB NEWS-HOME DEPOT ALLEGEDLY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST EMPLOYEE WHO RAISED RACIAL HARASSMENT ISSUES, WORE BLM SLOGAN [Wolters Kluwer Employment Law Daily] (8/16/2021) Purportedly, a Minneapolis store unlawfully enforced its otherwise lawful dress code and apron policies, and threatened employees not to engage in activity about racial harassment. On August 12, the NLRB's Region 18Minneapolis office issued a complaint against Home Depot USA, Inc., alleging that the national home improvement chain discriminated... 2021 Most Relevant
Amanda Alexander, JD/PhD NURTURING FREEDOM DREAMS: AN APPROACH TO MOVEMENT LAWYERING IN THE BLACK LIVES MATTER ERA 5 How. Hum. & C.R. L. Rev. 101 [Howard Human & Civil Rights Law Review] (Spring, 2021) Introduction. 102 I. Law and Power: Lessons from Detroit. 108 II. Building Power: Organizing, Visionary Organizing, and Freedom Dreams. 116 A. A Movement Lawyering Theory of Change. 121 III. The Detroit Justice Center's Approach: Defense, Offense, and Dreaming. 123 A. Our Values. 126 B. Our Approach in Practice. 130 1. Fighting Back Against the New... 2021 Most Relevant
Etienne C. Toussaint OF AMERICAN FRAGILITY: PUBLIC RITUALS, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE END OF INVISIBLE MAN 52 Colum. Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 826 [Columbia Human Rights Law Review] (Winter, 2021) The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of American democracy in at least two important ways. First, the coronavirus has ravaged Black communities across the United States, unmasking decades of inequitable laws and public policies that have rendered Black lives socially and economically isolated from adequate health care services,... 2021 Most Relevant
Juliegrace Brufke Plaskett slams GOP rep for saying Black Lives Matter 'doesn't like the old-fashioned family' The Hill (3/10/2021) Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands) on Wednesday blasted Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) for saying on the House floor that Black Lives Matter doesn't like the old-fashioned family and called for his remarks to be stricken from the record. 2021 Most Relevant
Jelani Jefferson Exum PRESUMED PUNISHABLE: SENTENCING ON THE STREETS AND THE NEED TO PROTECT BLACK LIVES THROUGH A REINVIGORATION OF THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE 64 How. L.J. 301 [Howard Law Journal] (Winter, 2021) Introduction. 302 L1-2 I. Presumed Punishable A. The Development of Race-Based Policing and the Presumption of the Need to Control Black People Through Force. 305 B. The Current Consequences of Being Presumed Punishable. 309 C. Police as the Tool of the Presumption. 311 D. The Trauma of Being Presumed Punishable. 315 II. The Presumption of... 2021 Most Relevant
Michael P. Goodyear PRIAM'S FOLLY: UNITED STATES v. ALVAREZ AND THE FAKE NEWS TROJAN HORSE 73 Stan. L. Rev. Online 194 [Stanford Law Review Online] (September, 2021) 2020 was a year of strain and reckoning in the United States. The COVID-19 pandemic, the continued growth of the Black Lives Matter movement, and the 2020 presidential election made for a tumultuous and uncertain year. An overarching similarity that impacted all three of these historical events was the continued proliferation of fake news. Yet... 2021 Most Relevant
Alex Gangitano Putin compares BLM to opposition groups, foreign entities in Russia The Hill (6/16/2021) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday compared the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement in the U.S. to pro-democracy protests in Russia led by opposition leader Alexei Navalny. 2021 Most Relevant
Marty Johnson Ron Johnson: 'No racism involved' in comments about Capitol riot The Hill (3/15/2021) Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Monday responded to bipartisan criticism over comments he made last week regarding Black Lives Matter protesters, arguing there was no racism" in his previous remarks." 2021 Most Relevant
Chelsea Hanlock SETTLING FOR SILENCE: HOW POLICE EXPLOIT PROTECTIVE ORDERS 109 Calif. L. Rev. 1507 [California Law Review] (August, 2021) The national outcry and months of Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality that followed the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor are a resounding demonstration of the public's interest in combatting police violence, particularly excess force used on Black Americans. While media attention on police killings increased after... 2021 Most Relevant
Celia Goble SOCIAL WORKERS TO THE RESCUE?: AN URGENT CALL FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE REFORM 48 Fordham Urb. L.J. 1021 [Fordham Urban Law Journal] (April, 2021) Introduction. 1022 I. Protests, Vigilantes, and Charity: Policing and Social Work Reform and the Quest for Professionalization. 1027 A. Black Lives Matter. 1027 B. The Police in the United States. 1029 C. Social Workers in the United States. 1032 D. 911: The Current Emergency Response System. 1035 II. Social Workers Recognize the Issues in Police... 2021 Most Relevant
Emily A. Kline TEACHING SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE LEGAL WRITING CLASSROOM THROUGH PERSONAL NARRATIVE 25 Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 29 [Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute] (2021) The COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement have inspired a renewed national conversation about social justice and racial equality. The disparate impacts of the pandemic on communities of color and the failure to address systemic racial inequities in our policing and criminal justice system have converged to create a defining... 2021 Most Relevant
Emily A. Kline TEACHING SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE LEGAL WRITING CLASSROOM THROUGH PERSONAL NARRATIVE 25 Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 29 [Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute] (2021) The COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement have inspired a renewed national conversation about social justice and racial equality. The disparate impacts of the pandemic on communities of color and the failure to address systemic racial inequities in our policing and criminal justice system have converged to create a defining... 2021 Most Relevant
  THE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION DECLARES TAKOMNI HASAPA WICONI HECHA (BLACK LIVES MATTER) 24-JAN NBA Nat'l B. Ass'n Mag. 14 [NBA National Bar Association Magazine] (January, 2021) Indian Country - June 15, 2020. Mitakuyapi (Relatives). It is with a heavy heart that we make this statement. As native people, we understand our world through kinship. We are heartbroken and offer our deepest condolences to those that mourn George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Renee Davis (Muckleshoot), Cecil Lacy, Jr. (Tulalip), John T.... 2021 Most Relevant
Rachel D. Godsil, Sarah E. Waldeck THE NEW TIPPING POINT: DISRUPTIVE POLITICS AND HABITUATING EQUALITY 70 Emory L.J. 1507 [Emory Law Journal] (2021) This Essay argues that the events of 2020 opened a window of political opportunity to implement policies aimed at dismantling structural injustice and systemic racism. Building on the work of philosopher Charles Mills and political scientist Clarissa Rile Hayward, we argue that the Black Lives Matter Movement constituted the disruptive politics... 2021 Most Relevant
Rachel D. Godsil, Sarah E. Waldeck THE NEW TIPPING POINT: DISRUPTIVE POLITICS AND HABITUATING EQUALITY 70 Emory L.J. 1507 [Emory Law Journal] (2021) This Essay argues that the events of 2020 opened a window of political opportunity to implement policies aimed at dismantling structural injustice and systemic racism. Building on the work of philosopher Charles Mills and political scientist Clarissa Rile Hayward, we argue that the Black Lives Matter Movement constituted the disruptive politics... 2021 Most Relevant
Consuela A. Pinto, FortneyScott THE NEXT FRONTIER IN DE&I: CORPORATE BOARD DIVERSITY 18 No. 5 Fed. Emp. L. Insider 4 [Federal Employment Law Insider] (1/1/2021) The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement has inspired individuals, corporations, and governments to think more broadly and critically about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) initiatives. Employers and their leadership teams are thinking beyond recruiting practices and developmental programs in an effort to spur meaningful and lasting change.... 2021 Most Relevant
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