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...
LWI & ALWD Full Citizenship Project for All Law Faculty
LWI and ALWD have chosen this day to launch a new campaign, the “Full Citizenship Project for All Law Faculty,” because of the professional status challenges that continue to plague...
Call for Action–Contact ABA Delegates to Oppose Bar Passage Standard Revision
SALT asks that you immediately contact your state’s ABA Delegates and other ABA delegates you may know to urge rejection of a proposal that will come before the ABA House of...
Public Opposition to Jeff Sessions Results in an Open Records Request
Along with 1,400 other law professors, I signed a letter opposing the nomination of Jeff Sessions for Attorney General of the United States. As a law professor, I signed this...
A “Colorable” Claim of Discrimination
by Vinay Harpalani
On December 22, 2016, the New York Court of Appeals issued a landmark civil rights ruling. In People v. Bridgeforth, the Court of Appeals held...
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...
SALT Endorses LWI Best Practices for Security of Position for 405(c) Faculty
SALT has repeatedly expressed its commitment to a policy of full citizenship for all law faculty. No justification exists for subordinating one group of law faculty to another based on the nature...
Members Approve 2017 Board Nominees
SALT members approved the slate of board nominees beginning terms on January 1, 2017, at the SALT Annual Member Meeting on September 30. New board members are Allyson Gold, Loyola Chicago; Vinay...