Race Rights and the Law Blog
SpearIt
September 15, 2020
Recently, I realized that my success comes from my ability, as a Black woman, to normalize and dismiss the racism I face everyday.
I am a graduate of Harvard Law School; a law professor; a municipal judge; a wife and mother. By any measure, my life is an example of success. But that success has come at a steep price, paid for by denying my pain.
As a Black woman in America, I make the daily…
SpearIt
September 12, 2020
This is a new book, Islamophobia and the Law (Cambridge University Press 2020), edited by Cyra Akila Choudhury and Khaled Beydoun. Here is the description:
Islamophobia and the Law is a foundational volume of critical scholarship on the emerging form of bigotry widely known as Islamophobia. This book brings together leading legal scholars to explore the emergence and rise of Islamophobia after…
SpearIt
September 11, 2020
The California Western School of Law is soliciting applications for these positions and welcomes applications from individuals who would contribute to the vibrancy and diversity of the law faculty.
From the hiring committee: California Western School of Law (CWSL) is seeking applications from entry-level and lateral candidates for two tenured or tenure-track positions and one to begin on or…
SpearIt
September 10, 2020
From the Fellowship organizers:
UCLA Law’s Williams Institute and Critical Race Studies Programseek applications for the Richard Taylor Law Teaching Fellowship for 2021-2023. Applicants who intend to pursue a career as an assistant professor of law are invited to apply if their research interests concern topics at the intersection of race/racism, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
We…
SpearIt
September 8, 2020
From the Series organizers:
We’re thrilled to invited you to the first two events in our CRS 2020-21 Book Series. We hope that you can join us for what we know will be timely and engaging conversations on some of today’s most pressing issues:
Wednesday, Sept 16, 12-1:30pm PST: Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism by Laura E. Gómez, in conversation with Cheryl I. Harris
Please join…
Sahar Aziz
September 8, 2020
(Mildred Lillie is second from rights and Sylvia Bacon is third from left)
A leading torts casebook, Franklin, Rabin, etc., Tort Law & Alternatives, begins with a California appellate decision, Hammontree v. Jenner, 20 Cal.App.3d 528 (Ct. App. 1971). The case focuses on whether a driver who has a history of controlled epilepsy and suffers a sudden-onset epileptic seizure is subject to…
SpearIt
September 7, 2020
Please save the dates of September 24th and 25th, 2021 for the resecheduled CRS symposium honoring the work and legacy of our own Jerry López and a belatedly celebrating the 20th anniversary of CRS.
Gerald P. López published Rebellious Lawyering: One Chicano's Vision of Progressive Law Practice in 1992. For three decades, the book has reverberated across the United States and other countries too…
SpearIt
August 31, 2020
From the symposium organizers:
During these challenging times, critical conversations have become more important than ever. Critical conversations, always profoundly political in nature, have become an imperative tool in the struggle for liberation and against fascism, white supremacy, and austerity. In response to current events and sensible efforts to postpone major critical conferences in…
SpearIt
August 29, 2020
To mark the 15th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the ABA Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defense (SCLAID) together with the Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center at SMU Law School, the ABA Criminal Justice Section and the ABA Section on Civil Rights and Social Justice present webinars on the impact of crisis on two key components of the criminal justice system: Jails and Prisons,…
SpearIt
August 25, 2020
The death penalty represents one of the most unfair and unjust practices that underscores the undervaluation of black life. This article, Reimagining the Death Penalty: Targeting Christians, Conservatives has just been published by the Buffalo Law Review and is available for download. From the abstract:
This Article is an interdisciplinary response to an entrenched legal and cultural problem. It…