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Tyler Valeska FIRST AMENDMENT LIMITATIONS ON PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF PROTEST SURVEILLANCE 121 Colum. L. Rev. F. 241 [Columbia Law Review Forum] (12/15/2021) During and after last year's expansive Black Lives Matter protests, police departments nationwide publicly shared robust video surveillance of protestors. Much of this footage rendered individual protestors identifiable, sometimes in ways that seemed intentional. Such disclosures raise First Amendment concerns under NAACP v. Alabama ex rel.... 2021 Most Relevant
Karin M. Long, Editor-in-Chief FOREWORD 30 Annals Health L. & Life Sci. I [Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences] (Summer, 2021) The Annals of Health Law & Life Sciences Editorial Board is proud to present the Summer 2021 Issue, the second edition of our thirtieth volume to date. 2020 was a year of change in the United States: at the start of the year, the global COVID-19 pandemic shut down communities, countries and economies, and by the summer, the Black Lives Matter... 2021 Most Relevant
Eric K. Yamamoto , Susan K. Serrano FOREWORD TO THE REPUBLICATION OF RACIALIZING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE 92 U. Colo. L. Rev. 1383 [University of Colorado Law Review] (Special Issue 2021) Systemic racism! The burgeoning 2020 Black Lives Matter protests vaulted this formerly whispered phrase into mainstream public consciousness. Through news headlines, social media, educational classes, opinion essays, word of mouth, and more, America grappled with the enormity of racism as a form of oppression of people and communities, as... 2021 Most Relevant
Eric K. Yamamoto , Susan K. Serrano FOREWORD TO THE REPUBLICATION OF RACIALIZING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE 92 U. Colo. L. Rev. 1383 [University of Colorado Law Review] (Special Issue 2021) Systemic racism! The burgeoning 2020 Black Lives Matter protests vaulted this formerly whispered phrase into mainstream public consciousness. Through news headlines, social media, educational classes, opinion essays, word of mouth, and more, America grappled with the enormity of racism as a form of oppression of people and communities, as... 2021 Most Relevant
Olivia Moulds FRACKING THE BEDROCK OF DEMOCRACY: THE UNITED STATES POLICING OF PROTESTS VIOLATES THE RIGHT OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY UNDER THE ICCPR 36 Am. U. Int'l L. Rev. 887 [American University International Law Review] (2021) I. INTRODUCTION. 888 II. BACKGROUND. 889 A. Overview of the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests. 889 i. THE 2020 Black LiveS MATTER MARCHES. 889 ii. UNITED STATES LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO THE 2020 PROTESTS. 891 iii. UNITED STATES LAW ON THE RIGHT TO ASSEMBLY. 896 B. Overview of the International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights. 899 I.... 2021 Most Relevant
Olivia Moulds FRACKING THE BEDROCK OF DEMOCRACY: THE UNITED STATES POLICING OF PROTESTS VIOLATES THE RIGHT OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY UNDER THE ICCPR 36 Am. U. Int'l L. Rev. 887 [American University International Law Review] (2021) I. INTRODUCTION. 888 II. BACKGROUND. 889 A. Overview of the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests. 889 i. THE 2020 BLACK LIVES MATTER MARCHES. 889 ii. UNITED STATES LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO THE 2020 PROTESTS. 891 iii. UNITED STATES LAW ON THE RIGHT TO ASSEMBLY. 896 B. Overview of the International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights. 899 i.... 2021 Most Relevant
Norrinda Brown Hayat FREEDOM PEDAGOGY: TOWARD TEACHING ANTIRACIST CLINICS 28 Clinical L. Rev. 149 [Clinical Law Review] (Fall, 2021) Like other sectors of society, legal education is undergoing a reckoning in the wake of the 2020 murder of George Floyd, demands for racial justice from the Movement for Black Lives, and related demands for abolitionism and defunding the police. Through the lens of a formal call to action issued by the Rutgers Law School faculty and the author's... 2021 Most Relevant
Laura Possessky, Charlene C. Goldfield GET THE SCITECH EDGE 17 No. 2 ABA SciTech Law. 34 [SciTech Lawyer] (Winter, 2021) Diversity drives innovation. Although long substantiated by research, the correlation between increased innovation and diversity recently has received more attention in response to Black Lives Matter protests, the #MeToo movement, and other social justice events highlighting inequities on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, and... 2021 Most Relevant
Tal Axelrod GOP senator says he may have felt unsafe if BLM, antifa had stormed Capitol The Hill (3/13/2021) Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said in an interview this week that he did not feel unsafe during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot but might have if Black Lives Matter protesters or far-left antifa activists had demonstrated there, setting off a new wave of criticism. 2021 Most Relevant
Nicolás Quaid Galván , Editor-in-Chief, Volume 11 GROWTH IN UNPRECEDENTED TIMES 11 Colum. J. Race & L. 421 [Columbia Journal of Race and Law] (July, 2021) Our Journal has published in unprecedented times. This year, we have gone to the streets to declare what should be a universal truth: Black Lives Matter. We have chanted the names of unarmed Black persons who have been killed by the state. This time, our demands for justice were not lost. In fact, a form of justice was delivered by a jury in... 2021 Most Relevant
  Habeas Corpus Reform and Black Lives Matter: A Historical Perspective 57 NO 5 CRIMLAWBULL ART 3 [Criminal Law Bulletin] (2021) J.D., Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, 2021. Thank you to Professor Valena Beety for her guidance and encouragement in creating this Article. Thank you also to the editors of the Criminal Law Bulletin for their careful editing and thoughtful suggestions. 2021 Most Relevant
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
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
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