Lou deBaca

Abolitionist, Diplomat, Civil Rights Lawyer

[The Human Trafficking Legal Center @HTLegalCenter]

Moderator Spotlight: @HTLegalCenter’s Senior Staff Attorney Agatha Schmaedick will moderate the Litigating Labor Trafficking Cases Panel at the @FreedomNetUSA Conference. Learn more about Agatha’s twenty years of US & international experience on Instagram!

[U.S. State Dept. Trafficking in Persons Office @TIPOfficeState]

Honored to join the @taskforceonht event to discuss the importance of ensuring that prosecution efforts are trauma-informed and victim-centered & are not over-reliant on victim testimony. We must ensure that victims are provided a continuum of care in efforts to #EndHumanTrafficking. -CD

[Lou deBaca @AmbCdeBaca]

⁦@UMichLaw⁩ Headnotes celebrated the end of the Class of 2026’s first year by singing “Take the Money and Run”. I then assigned the students to analyze the song for culpability and defenses :)

[Lou deBaca @AmbCdeBaca]

@UMSocSolutions @Prof_EarlLewis @The_OAH @UMich @Prof_EarlLewis continues to make a difference!

[University of Michigan Center for Social Solutions @UMSocSolutions]

Congratulations to @Prof_EarlLewis on receiving the 2024 Roy Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award from @The_OAH! This award recognizes "an individual or individuals whose contributions have significantly enriched our understanding and appreciation of American history."

[McCain Institute @McCainInstitute]

We’re excited to welcome specialized #humantrafficking prosecutors to our annual #ProsecutorsConsortiumSummit w/@justiceandcare in #Nairobi. Over the next 4 days we will discuss best practices and challenges when it comes to investigating and prosecuting human trafficking cases.

[WSR Network @WSRNetwork]

"Hope is what we as farmworkers have for our futures and for an agreement with Wendy’s," Lupe Gonzalo of @ciw tells @derekseidman80 for @truthout as they prepare for a weekend of action calling on companies to join the @FairFoodProgram.

https://t.co/cdJZoA8Z2Z

[Michigan Law School @UMichLaw]

There's something magical about a snowy day in the Law Quad

[Lou deBaca @AmbCdeBaca]

Who’s got it better than @UMichLaw? Nobody! National Championship parade starting at the Law School today

[Lou deBaca @AmbCdeBaca]

@andrew_druart @UMichLaw Glad you’re back Andrew, and that you’re in my class this semester!

[Lou deBaca @AmbCdeBaca]

@BarbMcQuade @clickondetroit @ParadeCo A great parade on a beautiful day in Michigan - and Santa’s float just arrived!

[Coalition of Immokalee Workers @ciw]

Two days left on this call to action: demand @kroger join the @FairFoodProgram!

https://t.co/xmcVPVHURk

[Lou deBaca @AmbCdeBaca]

⁦@Bridgette_Carr⁩ ⁦@vivekssankaran⁩ so great to see this important article about your impactful class at ⁦@UMichLaw⁩! https://t.co/9JJaiqanw3

[Nalayini Thambar @NalayiniT]

@UniofNottingham Graduations today for @registrarism - a stellar cast including @zoetrodd @AmbCdeBaca (honorary graduate) @DrToddLandman @GabrieleNeher @margaretmonckt2 and Jeremy Gregory. #WeAreUoN 💙Inspiring speeches and a reminder of the brilliant @rightsbeacon

[Lou deBaca @AmbCdeBaca]

Proud of Michigan and Yale students who unflinchingly look at legacies of slavery in monuments, sites of memory, university campuses, and design/construction sector!

https://t.co/PuCdfCgG5g

[Lou deBaca @AmbCdeBaca]

What the article omitted is that in ⁦@szearfos⁩, potential MichLaw students have a fierce advocate, an inspiring guide, and an alum who remembers when she and all of us walked in as nervous 1Ls trying to seem confident :) https://t.co/2fYBeUwP8h

[FRDM @getFRDM]

Consumers from 32 million households representing over 100 million people have visited Slavery Footprint to learn how many slaves work for them. That's roughly the population of UK and France combined. They billions of products they own valued at over a $1T USD #consumerdemand

[Emily Prifogle, JD/PhD @EmilyAPrifogle]

I am such a fan of @ShoemakerJess. It was a total pleasure to get to write this post with her for the @LPEblog's very cool LPE in Rural America Symposium.
Our contribution, "Rural and Racialized: How Property Law Perpetuates Racial Disparities" is here: https://t.co/F7ajsLkmhf

[Lou deBaca @AmbCdeBaca]

@ILAB_DOL Congratulations @ILAB_DOL and @_FFSC on this transformative project!

[Estevan Rael-Galvez, Ph.D @ERaelGalvez]

Join our team! #nativeboundunbound #twitterstorians #enslaved #slaveryarchive #recoveringourhistory