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“Imagine whole bookshelves, seminars, workshops and trainings that teach aspiring tech entrepreneurs techniques like these. Imagine hundreds of engineers whose job every day is to invent new ways to keep you hooked.”
Our latest -- a great story reported by Gauri Sood:👇
theflaw.org/articles/the...
“I think the only reason that we are not all outraged constantly is that it has become normalized to see that type of misleading messaging everywhere....But that doesn’t make it okay, it just means that we are used to it.”
theflaw.org/articles/big...
The Character & Fitness process is a black box that shapes who gets to practice law. @unlockthebarny.bsky.social is gathering stories to expose how C&F impacts underrepresented communities & to help democratize the profession. Take the survey: tinyurl.com/UTB-People-S...
24.06.2025 19:05 — 👍 17 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 3Character and fitness is a joke; that is obvious to any lawyer who has been barred. It's just a way to keep out people they doesn't like.
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Why does Trump’s second term feel more unhinged—more coordinated—than his first?
Because it is.
Brilliant reporting by @holdenhop.bsky.social who untangles the individuals and ideologies powering Trump 2.0.
theflaw.org/articles/new...
"With graduation less than a few days away, my classmates and I can’t shake one feeling: that we were paid to stay silent and encouraged to stay distracted. Sometimes it feels as though we are brilliant marionettes controlled by technicality and fear."
Our latest:
theflaw.org/articles/our...
The Trump administration shut down the CFPB: deleted its public guidance, halted enforcement, canceled settlements, & fired staff. A full-scale demolition of consumer protection as a gift powerful banks.
In our latest, Carson Whitesell reports for The [F]law:
theflaw.org/articles/con...
Billionaire team owners.
Taxpayer-funded stadiums.
Cities abandoned.
Oakland lost all 3 of its pro teams in 5 years. The public is still paying the price.
Read our latest:
theflaw.org/articles/hom...
Important! Grateful to @peoplesparity.bsky.social for their leadership and to many law students for demonstrating to powerful BigLaw partners what courage looks like.
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Social media’s algorithms are “designed to exploit the human brain’s attraction to divisiveness.” Political radicalization are “hollowing out our democratic institutions.”
How do those pieces fit together, and how are corporations profiting off of it all?
Our latest!:👇
theflaw.org/articles/in-...
"I really think we all need to be speaking up right now. . . . I think this would be so much stronger if many more of my fellow presidents were speaking up." - Chris Eisgruber
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/p...?
Poster promoting upcoming rally with line of dominoes beginning to topple toward university building passing books and scales of justice on the lawn. Text reads: "STAND UP, HARVARD!" Rally to STOP the domino effect. Join Cambridge - community leaders in solidarity with Harvard faculty to call out federal overreach for what it is: an attack on academic freedom-and democracy itself. SATURDAY APRIL 12th, 2025 / 12 PM - 2 PM CAMBRIDGE COMMON, HARVARD SQUARE; Harvard Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, 50501, and City of Cambridge RAIN OR SHINE!
When Veritas is threatened, so is democracy. When democracy is threatened, "neutrality" is betrayal.
It’s time for Harvard to live its motto—not just wear it.
Rally with us to protect truth and academic freedom while we still can.
"While the world condemns the unspeakable violence committed against innocents, what of the corporations that stake their business model on it?"
theflaw.org/articles/cor...
Citibank quietly closed Armenian Americans’ accounts based on their last names. No warning. No explanation. Just discrimination.
Our latest episode: theflaw.org/articles/fla...
The USDA passed a new policy away from the public eye, and suddenly millions of animals used in research were hidden too. This is a story of secret policies and agency capture—but also a story of compassion for the animals we exploit in the name of scientific progress.
theflaw.org/articles/ani...
From 91 members of Harvard Law School faculty to students:
"We share a conviction that our Constitution...was designed to make dissent and debate possible without fear of government punishment. Neither a law school nor a society can properly function amidst such fear."
tinyurl.com/letter-to-ou...
"The only way to win justice is through collective action and solidarity.” - @vail.bsky.social
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We're excite to share our latest article and paired podcast. In both Izza Drury reveals the hidden realities of the H-2A visa program—marketed as a pathway for temporary agricultural work but serving as a system that traps migrant farmworkers in cycles of exploitation.
theflaw.org/articles/no-...
"The success of the film 'Killers of the Flower Moon' shows that the time is ripe for other stories of theft and deception endured by my people. Disturbingly, these stories go well beyond the 1920s murders depicted in the film. They are ongoing."
theflaw.org/articles/cor...
Let's get busy!
07.03.2025 22:57 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0The @systemicjustice.bsky.social at HLS is launching a new initiative to unite law students and lawyers in the fight for justice, civil rights, and democracy. Check it out!
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Latest episode of [F]law School: Police body cameras aren’t about accountability. Footage & the public are being manipulated to legitimize violence, expand surveillance, and boost profits.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts or theflaw.org/articles/fla...
We’re launching a new initiative to unite law students and lawyers in the fight for justice, civil rights, and democracy.
Communities targeted by the Trump administration need us now more than ever.
Help us spread the word, and learn more here:
systemicjustice.org/2025/02/the-...
The good news: Local governments are taking the lead on major political and social issues;
The bad news: corporate interest groups are taking notice.
Lobbyists are probably targeting your hometown now–the problem is a lot bigger (and tougher to detect) than you think.
theflaw.org/articles/sma...
Lawyers and law students: Join a team of justice-oriented folks providing urgent law-related research and analysis to help respond to pressing challenges. Learn more and get involved 👇
systemicjustice.org/2025/02/the-...
Our latest [F]law School episode -- eye opening conversation with Luke Hinrichs about the growing use of child labor in the U.S.-- a bad problem that is destined to get significantly worse under Trump. MAGA = Make Adolescents Grind Again
theflaw.org/articles/fla...
📣 📣CONFERENCE ALERT: "Facing the Future: Organizing and Lawyering for Justice" For justice-oriented law folks hoping to resist Trump 2.0 and help imagine and work for a better world.
BREAKING: Draft schedule is up, and registration is open. Space is limited.
Learn more at facingthefuture.net!
Big news coming! We’re getting close to announcing the schedule and more speakers for our Facing the Future Conference.
Spoiler: justice-oriented law students won’t want to miss this!
facingthefuture.net
In two weeks (Jan 31 – Feb 2), the Systemic Justice Project's 2025 conference will taking place at HLS on Facing the Future: Organizing and Lawyering for Justice.
Co-sponsored by us, @peoplesparity.bsky.social, & @systemicjustice.bsky.social
This episode of the [F]law School podcast, with Jheri' Richards, examines relationship between mass incarceration and corporate greed.
It is so good! -- way way better than anything else that might be dominating the media at the moment.
theflaw.org/articles/fla...
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