Highlights new information and resources available on the DOJ’s website OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued four separate letters to remind local officials across the state of key legal protections under California law meant to uphold the civil rights of people with disabilities. In the letters, the […]
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Obama touts criminal justice reform in Harvard Law Review
President Barack Obama is the first sitting president to publish a work of “legal scholarship." | AP Photo President Barack Obama took to the Harvard Law Review to tout his administration’s reforms of the criminal justice system, in an article published Thursday. It’s the second time he’s made history with […]
EPA Increases Environmental Justice Enforcement Actions
Related Practices & Jurisdictions The EPA recently indicated that it will ramp up its activity with respect to environmental justice enforcement initiatives using pre-pandemic tools such as on-site facility inspections. The EPA’s focus on environmental justice reverse some Trump-era policies that limited the focus of EPA action on environmental justice, […]
U.S. Justice Department will review Uvalde response as furor mounts over law enforcement actions
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The U.S. Department of Justice will review the law enforcement’s response to the Uvalde school massacre as local police face intense scrutiny for not acting quickly enough to confront the […]
Justice Department Will Review Law Enforcement Response to Uvalde Shooting
The U.S. Justice Department said on Sunday that it will review the law enforcement response to the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, at the request of its mayor, Don McLaughlin. “The goal of the review is to provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and responses that day, and […]
Ongoing criminal investigation into East Contra Costa cops is affecting criminal justice system
ANTIOCH — An ongoing criminal investigation into police officers from Antioch and Pittsburg has led to more than a dozen dismissals in federal court cases and an ongoing review of Contra Costa County prosecutions in any case that relied on reports from the officers. Federal prosecutors last month made the […]
Law Student Selected for 2022 Equal Justice Works Fellowship
Photo Submitted Mason Gates Third-year law student Mason Gates has been selected for the 2022 Equal Justice Works Fellowship, one of the most prestigious and competitive post-graduate fellowships in the country. As a fellow, he will be hosted by the Legal Aid of Arkansas where he will […]
Criminal justice? You’re not serious, minister | Opinion
‘We owe our whole legal profession – solicitors, barristers, court staff and judiciary – a debt of gratitude for keeping the wheels of justice turning over the last two years.’ So said justice secretary Dominic Raab addressing the House of Commons in March this year. While his words read well, […]
FACT SHEET: Justice Department Efforts to Address the Crisis of Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons | OPA
“The Justice Department is committed to addressing the crisis of missing or murdered Indigenous persons with the urgency it demands. That commitment is reflected in the strength of our partnerships across the federal government, including with the Department of the Interior as we take the next steps in launching the […]
Border Justice Initiative Inaugural “Border Justice Intensive”: A Spring Break 2022 Service-Learning Opportunity Course :: School of Law
April 14, 2022 The Border Justice Initiative just completed its initial “Border Justice Intensive,” a service-learning opportunity course that immersed students in experience and advocacy about legal issues faced by communities and families at the New Mexico and Texas border with Mexico. Six students and two instructors participated in lectures, […]