Ben Gerzik

SMU Law graduate ('23), legal and aesthetic philosophy nerd. Angsty musician, writer, and poet in my free time. Views my own unless they're bad. (he/him)

[Jason Heid @jasonheid]

Can't tell you how pleased I am that this story is finally out into the world. We describe what's happening to Black land owners here as a troubling indictment of our justice system. A number of other adjectives will likely come to mind as you read it.

https://t.co/3GULWCT6Hq

[Ben Gerzik @gerzikules]

So honored to have this published—I hope it's a helpful tool to 1L professors/student organizers. Huge thanks owed to @profmohapatra for her fantastic CRT course and early help on the article, and to @Blackstarjus @TheSituationist @justice_init for getting me indoctrinated early!

[SMU Law Review Association @SMULawReview]

We're thrilled to publish our very own Comment Editor’s piece discussing the importance of #CriticalRaceTheory in the legal curriculum. The appendices also provide 200+ resources for legal professors to use! @gerzikules @SMULawSchool

https://t.co/YaXo386t5b

[Ben Gerzik @gerzikules]

@jbh502 @ProfessorGriggs @JPYGold @SMULawReview Thank you!! I sincerely appreciate you sharing with your colleagues and hope that it's useful. Your 1Ls are clearly in good hands!

[Ben Gerzik @gerzikules]

@ProfessorGriggs @JPYGold @SMULawReview Thank you so much! It was so great meeting you last Fall—thinking back on the talk the other student and I had with you has been a *huge* relief as bar prep panic sets in. The kind words mean a lot.

[Ben Gerzik @gerzikules]

So cool to see this published and that someone actually read it—thank you, hope it's a helpful tool and a good read!

[Jonathan Feingold @JPYGold]

very cool law student perspective on how to bring #CriticalRaceTheory into the first-year curriculum. tons of suggested course-specific sources. @SMULawReview

https://t.co/7Px8mj8A0h

[Glasshealer @glasshealer]

we are standing in solidarity with the alphabet workers union in the effort to collectivize workers that are contracted by google. this includes two of our own band members. join us at swan dive this friday.

[Ben Gerzik @gerzikules]

So hyped for this—especially excited to hear about building power in labor given all of the inspiring union organizing lately. Not too late to sign up for tomorrow (which is 2:00 - 5:00 CST for any other Texans)! Here's the link: https://t.co/kWs346Tzmp

[Ben Gerzik @gerzikules]

Critical thread, esp for 1Ls. Sometimes legal education feels like it beats the empathy out of you and is so demanding it shuts you out of the ability to build real community. Justice becomes an afterthought. Student groups like @justice_init breathe life back into the experience

[Ben Gerzik @gerzikules]

Tomorrow!! Sign up while you can—JI is a game-changing community of brilliant, compassionate people that will uproot your law school experience for the better

[SMU Human Rights Program @SMUHRP]

Defending the human right to health for all Mustangs, #SMUHumanRights Program leaders join other scholars in calling on SMU to reinstate a mask requirement to slow the spread of COVID-19. You can read the open letter & sign the accompanying petition here: https://t.co/MCljIb9q1p

[Ben Gerzik @gerzikules]

@DgBrown901 My stubbornness to only take cool classes is why my GPA is the way it is… I swear

[Ben Gerzik @gerzikules]

Very proud to have helped adapt @SMULawReview and @smulawdeason’s Criminal Justice Reform Symposium into a podcast! Give the first few episodes a listen and be well-armed for the impending thanksgiving dinner discussions 😉

[SMU Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center @smulawdeason]

Do you have a long drive this Thanksgiving? Subscribe to our new podcast about the stats and stories that can help drive change in the criminal justice system. Listen and subscribe >> https://t.co/77yKlr6tw9

[Pamela Metzger @ProfPamMetzger]

If you've been arrested, you should see a judge and have a lawyer's help right away. Instead, people wait for days, weeks, even months, for these basic rights.

Think that's unjust? We do too.

Learn more by reading our new report: https://t.co/84XUikelwN

[Ben Gerzik @gerzikules]

.@justice_init applications are live!! This program transformed my law school experience as a 1L and I can't vouch for it enough. Here's the link for the (very chill) application and more info: https://t.co/hF40uVYZIz