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Monthly Archives: August 2010
New Kenya Constitution: Didn’t forget the “ladies”
Written by Adrien Wing In 1776, Abigail Adams wrote her husband John Quincy that he and the other men considering a declaration of independence should “remember the ladies.” Of course, we know that the men of that era did not … Continue reading
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Oath to Uphold the Constitution, Well, at Least Some Parts, But I Choose
Last spring I assigned a SALT intern to the task of documenting Vice President Dick Cheney’s public admissions that he supported and had authorized the use of torture, specifically in the form of water boarding, on suspects held in the “war on terror,” in the aftermath of the 911 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Continue reading
“Winter’s Bone” and the Limits of White Privilege (Part II)
Written by Lisa R. Pruitt In a recent post, I commented on what the film “Winter’s Bone” might reveal about white privilege. There I discussed Ree Dolly, the film’s heroine, in the overwhelmingly white context of Taney County, Missouri, where … Continue reading
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“Teaching Across the Curriculum”
Written by Kathleen Bergin This is a phrase public school administrators use all the time. It captures the idea of integrated learning which is supposed to help students retain important information and develop the ability to visualize the forest without missing … Continue reading
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Elitism and Education (Part II): Rethinking the conventional wisdom of an elite undergraduate education
Written by Lisa R. Pruitt This story, “Placing the Blame as Students are Buried in Debt,” caught my attention when it appeared in the New York Times in May. The report features Cortney Munna, a 26-year-old NYU grad who is … Continue reading
Assembly Line Legal Education: Transforming Professionals and Intellectuals into an “Academic Workforce”
Written by: Deborah Post Let’s talk dystopia. Would we want to see factory law schools where students are passed along an assembly line to graduation; where the exclusive measure of the quality of education is test performance on regularly administered … Continue reading
“Winter’s Bone” and the Limits of White Privilege (Part I)
Written by Lisa R. Pruitt Progressive law professors talk a lot about privilege, including white privilege. If we’re white (like I am), we try to be aware of it and not re-create it. Law professors of color remind us that … Continue reading
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Shooting Gallery
Written by Michael Avery Thanks to SALT for an opportunity to serve as a guest blogger. I’m just finishing up my portion of the annual supplement to Police Misconduct: Law and Litigation, a civil rights treatise that I write together … Continue reading
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Financial Reform: Progress?
written by: andré douglas pond cummings Late last month during an extravagant signing ceremony President Barack Obama declared that the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Bill represented the “toughest financial reform since the ones created in the aftermath of the Great Depression.” … Continue reading
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Women for Elective Office: Calling All Lawyers
Written by Adrien Wing The 2012 Project was just in the news today. Quoting the purpose of the organization from its website, it “is a national, non-partisan campaign to increase the number of women in legislative office by identifying and … Continue reading
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