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Christopher Dunn walks out as a free man, Laurie Skrivan:St. Louis Post-Dispatch, via Associated Press

Newsbrief

Wednesday July 31, 2024

  • After 30 years in prison, Missouri man is finally free after conviction is overturned
  • The federal judiciary has a sexual harassment problem
  • For the first time, a SCOTUS Justice calls for an enforceable code of ethics
  • Yes, we do have a real chance to reform the Supreme Court
Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-N.Y.) presents her views in Washington on June 24, 1972, credit James Palmer:AP

Newsbrief

Wednesday July 24, 2024

  • The Black women who paved the way
  • Police killed Sonya Massey in her own home
  • Here’s what Project 2025 wants to do to the Justice Department
  • How mindfulness can help lawyers manage stress + reduce bias
Illustration of a judges robe with a tree, credit Pro Publica

Newsbrief

Wednesday July 17, 2024

  • LA wants to give free lawyers to evicted tenants
  • Universities are ending millions in scholarships for BIPOC students
  • Project 2025 is taking cues from SCOTUS’ worst decisions
  • Why do so many judges fail to recuse themselves when they have conflicts?
Justice Sotomayor dissent last paragraph

Newsbrief

Wednesday July 10, 2024

  • “With fear for our democracy, I dissent”
  • Our best hope for an out of control Supreme Court
  • Legal conservatives’ long game is powerful president and weak agencies
  • Introduction to Project Management for lawyers
  • SCOTUS roundup podcast
Gay rights activists in from of the Supreme court building, credit Bill Clark : Getty

Newsbrief

Wednesday June 26, 2024

  • How to manage second-hand trauma
  • Lawyers + activists have a plan to restore and expand abortion rights
  • Beware of the growing legal movement to roll back gay rights
  • The case for reparations in undeniable
A polaroid photo of Sheryll Cashin with Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Courtesy of Sheryll Cashin

Newsbrief

Wednesday June 12, 2024

  • Rolling back diversity programs is pure cowardice
  • The lawyers who decimated affirmative action are coming for racial justice next
  • Thurgood Marshall was my mentor. He would be furious with today’s Court.
  • Religious right no longer hiding what they are doing to the Courts
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