Is your org bringing public interest litigation? Apply for a recoverable grant from the @impactfund !
Get up to $50K for cases seeking systemic solutions to social, economic, and/or environmental injustices. Learn more: https://t.co/K6khEoknmV Deadline Oct 8.
Are you a law student interested in how law facilitates inequality and domination, and how we might bring about a genuinely egalitarian democracy?
Law & Political Economy might be for you! The following 🧵 offers some helpful resources for those new to this burgeoning movement.
@PeoplesParity examines 114 judges on MA appellate and superior courts, finding nearly 1/2—includ. all 7 on MA SJC—worked as corporate lawyers and 60% worked as prosecutors. Only a handful worked in civil rights, public defense, legal aid, or otherwise serving the people. #mapoli
@IntlLegalJobs We're still accepting applications for a Bilingual Human Rights Attorney position here at CAL!
Deadline to apply is August 1.
https://t.co/mMfrtEf2nm
Leonard Leo Built the Conservative Court. Now He’s Funneling Dark Money Into Law Schools. https://t.co/E1HWORMlXN by @ShawnMusgrave https://t.co/E1HWORMlXN
My sleeping doesn’t feel like sleep anymore. It feels like I close my eyes to stop seeing what is being done with our nation’s weapons, money and power. And what is being done in my name as a Jew, in our names as Jews without our permission. I will never forgive you.
Rest in peace & power, Zomi 💔An incredible woman who had so much compassion & love for the people of Gaza. Several people I know in the Strip met & worked with her & said she was one of the kindest people they had ever met, always positive & cheerful. Hard to believe she's gone.
Excellent piece by @ian_urbina building off @CorpAcctLab 's report detailing severe cases of forced labor at a variety of other shrimp plants in India.
https://t.co/qeE8JtrT0Q
We just released a bombshell new report investigating #forcedlabor, abusive living + working conditions, #environmentaldestruction, and the failures of social auditing certifications in India’s #shrimp industry.
Read the full report here: https://t.co/XAzULJoSzS
Calling public interest lawyers who want to mentor the next generation of advocates! Applications for @Harvard_Law 's Wasserstein Fellowship program are open. Deadline April 1. https://t.co/XkurGpyXLj… DM me with questions.