Will a Trumped-Up Justice System Mean a Return to Mass Incarceration?
By Hugh Mundy, Associate Professor, The John Marshall Law School
During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump relied on vague “tough on crime” rhetoric over policy specifics. Trump’s...
Is There an Evidentiary Basis for the Chicago Police Department’s Refusal to Shelve a Controversial Training Video?
On January 13, 2017, the United States Department of Justice released a report of its months-long investigation into allegations of officer misconduct, racially discriminatory policing, and...
An Urgent Time to Fight for Human Rights
SALT Statement on Human Rights Day
December 10, 2016
The Society of American Law Teachers (SALT), a...
SALT Joins Amicus Brief with the NY Court of Appeals Addressing Color Discrimination in Jury Selection
On October 20, 2016, SALT joined the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality (Korematsu Center), 18 other bar associations and non-profit organizations, and 32 law school professors in...
Teaching Opportunity at Port Au Prince, Haiti
Daly Quigley letter to American Law Professors (1)
To: Law Professors Interested in International Social Justice
From: Erin Daly, Widener University Delaware Law...
Unwarranted Warrants in Baltimore
In this holy day season of Light, Hope, and "good will toward all humanity," we join together to trumpet our support for the proposal put forth by Professor Doug Colbert's University of Maryland...
SALT Supports Law for Black Lives Conference in NYC
SALT was proud to be one of the sponsors supporting Law For Black Lives, a national gathering of lawyers, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers committed to building a world where...
The American Psychological Association Resolution of August 7, 2015: One More Milepost on the Road to Full Accountability for United States Torturers
By Benjamin G. Davis, Associate Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law
As Martin Luther King, Jr. said, the arc of the moral universe bends towards justice....
State Violence and Psychologists: the American Psychological Association, Police Killings and Torture
By Benjamin G. Davis, Associate Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law
This week the American Psychological Association (APA) is holding its annual meeting in turmoil resulting...