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[Frontline Justice @frontlinejust]

If you’re attending this year’s @ABAesq / @NLADA Equal Justice Conference, check out a few sessions that the Frontline Justice team will be a part of, which explore real challenges, emerging ideas, and practical solutions.

✨ May 14, 4:15-5:30 pm
“State Court Leadership Views on Authorized Justice Workers”
Panelists: Matthew Burnett, Alyx Mark, Elizabeth Chambliss, Rebecca Sandefur, Cassie Chambers Armstrong

✨ May 15, 10-11:15 am
“Community-Based Legal Innovation: Research on Justice Worker Programs in Indian Country”
Panelists: Sarah Carver, Cody Nelson, Matthew Burnett, Rebecca Sandefur

✨ May 15, 1:15-2:30 pm
“Breaking Bread, Changing Futures: Community Solutions for Youth Justice”
Panelists: Nikole Nelson, Alicia Mitchell-Mercer, Jim Copple, Rachel Royal

✨ May 15, 3-4:15 pm
“Bridging the Justice Gap with Community Justice Workers: Lessons from Texas and Beyond”
Panelists: Nikole Nelson, Cristian Sánchez, Bethany Carson

In addition, we still have a few seats left for our pre-conference, “Supercharging Access to Justice from the Frontlines: A Community Justice Worker Convening,” on May 13. You can learn more about the speakers and get your ticket at https://t.co/izaFOcntF1.

#FrontlineJustice #Groundwork #CommunityJusticeWorkers #Share #Repost #AccessToJustice #LegalHelpForAll #LegalReform #LegalizeJusticeWork #EJC26

[Gita Wirjawan @GWirjawan]

Democracy holds elections. But what makes them meaningful?

In an era of polarization, algorithmic amplification, elite capture, and institutional distrust, my conversation with @tomginsburg asks a deeper question: what sustains constitutional democracy, and what erodes it from within?

[Law & Social Inquiry @LSI_Journal]

Signing off from Twitter, but the conversation continues. 🗨️ Stay connected with Law & Social Inquiry for quarterly peer-reviewed research on law and society. @CUP_Law
https://t.co/qM4HQs7OiB

P. S. We think you might like our friends @ABFResearch too. https://t.co/9rT67YOJaz

[American Bar Foundation @ABFResearch]

We're moving! 🧳 As we sign off here, we invite you to join the American Bar Foundation on Bluesky! Stay connected for cutting-edge sociolegal research and discussions of today’s most pressing issues. Find us at https://t.co/bPgMzP4roF.

[American Bar Foundation @ABFResearch]

As Trump's return to office draws nearer, @ABFResearch affiliated scholar @CurlyProfessor looks to the past as a caution against pardons for Jan. 6 rioters in a new @TIMEHistory OpEd.
Learn more:
https://t.co/GymvBCgVGp

[Review of Democracy @RevDem2020]

🎙️ In our new podcast, @tomginsburg reflects on the potentially authoritarian nature of international law in its function of enabling relations between states.

🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 https://t.co/sb35Fhi6C4

[American Bar Foundation @ABFResearch]

📅Join us this January for the Access to Justice and AI: New Frontiers for Research, Policy, and Practice conference. This event explores AI's impact on civil justice access with interdisciplinary insights from researchers, policymakers, & practitioners!
https://t.co/IDQZLe6vO0

[American Bar Foundation @ABFResearch]

🔖How does the carceral state shape rental housing? From tenant screenings to building code enforcement, #ABF Research Prof. Anna Reosti and Prof. @robinbartram1 explore rental housing as a liminal space shaped by a decentralized carceral presence.
https://t.co/5n75e41z0M

[American Bar Foundation @ABFResearch]

Are Seattle's tenant protection laws impacting "mom-and-pop" landlords and their tenants? @ABFResearch Prof. Anna Reosti explores this in her latest study, placing Seattle landlords at the center of the case. Read more through @SociusJournal: https://t.co/q5KsW1AwwM

[Law and Society @law_soc]

@ABFResearch, in partnership with LSA and @NSF, is accepting applications for their Doctoral Fellowship in #Law and #Equality!

Learn more here: https://t.co/tGVorqoHKT

#LawAndSociety #SocialJustice #AccessToJustice

[American Bar Foundation @ABFResearch]

Want to learn more about the human side of Black legal history? @ABFResearch Prof. Dylan C. Penningroth shares seven texts exploring topics of community organization, critical race theory, and the transformation of American politics through Black lawyers. https://t.co/3E5gLP4GxP

[American Bar Foundation @ABFResearch]

🔖@ABFResearch's @mjburnett & Rebecca Sandefur offer a framework to designing and evaluating community justice programs in the U.S. Learn about how community justice worker models have been serving low-income and excluded communities in the United States. https://t.co/7K8ZYsE1dc

[American Bar Foundation @ABFResearch]

Check out @ABFResearch/@NorthwesternLaw Prof. Shari Diamond and @LIICornell Prof. @jurygirltweet in Vol. 20 of @AnnualReviews' Law and Social Science Journal. Their new article, Judgment by Peers: Lay Participation in Legal Decision Making, is out now!📔📔
https://t.co/4orpOnaRxe

[American Bar Foundation @ABFResearch]

🚨Applications for @ABFResearch's 2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) are now open! SURF offers undergrad students considering careers in law or social science to gain a hands-on learning experience for eight weeks during the summer. https://t.co/fIN2qAtW8H

[American Bar Foundation @ABFResearch]

🚨 Seeking a doctoral or postdoctoral program? Applications are now open for @ABFResearch's doc/postdoc fellowships! These fellowships support research in law, social science, and higher education, offering the opportunity to engage with our intellectual community.

[Stanford Law School @StanfordLaw]

SLS's @LegalDesignLab and Executive Director Margaret Hagan were mentioned by @AmericanLawyer in "K&L Gates Looks to Extend Gen AI Expertise to Access to Justice Fight." Read more here: https://t.co/V79UT5SW62

[American Bar Foundation @ABFResearch]

@ABFResearch/@NorthwesternLaw Professor
@AjayKMehrotra dispels myths about tariffs in a new @Marketplace article. Rather than primarily impacting foreign exporters, tariffs frequently act as a tax on domestic consumers, leading to higher prices. Read More:https://t.co/68LRtrRm2h

[American Bar Association @ABAesq]

It's Election Day! If you haven't voted and have last-minute questions, you'll find substantive and nonpartisan information at the ABA's Election Center: https://t.co/zKPydpoXRH

[American Bar Foundation @ABFResearch]

How might autocratic leaders be reshaping democratic systems across the globe? In @NYTmag, @amandataub examines their tactics, referencing frameworks from @ABFResearch/@UChicagoLaw Profs. @tomginsburg and Aziz Huq in How to Save a Constitutional Democracy. @UChicagoPress

[UChicago Law School @UChicagoLaw]

.@NYTmag’s @amandataub writes about autocrats gaming democracy around the world, citing the playbook outlined by Profs. @tomginsburg and Aziz Huq in their 2018 book, “How to Save a Constitutional Democracy.” https://t.co/dGEc2PcdTj

[American Bar Foundation @ABFResearch]

As the 2024 U.S. presidential election nears, @ABFResearch/@NorthwesternLaw Professor @AjayKMehrotra explores the historical context of Trump’s tariff proposals in his latest article for @TIME.

[TIME @TIME]

From @madebyhistory: Why the U.S. turned against the regressive 19th century tariffs favored by former president Donald Trump
https://t.co/zuZKvRfHPN