Why is it so easy for police to kill Black people?
The answer to this question is urgent in light of ongoing police violence across the country. Virulent videos of Blacks subjected to police...
What the“Loving Day” 50th Anniversary Celebrations of the Loving v. Virginia Court Decision Really Need – A Challenge to Ongoing White Supremacy
By Professor Tanya K. Hernandez, Fordham University School of Law
Monday, June 12, 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court decision which invalidated...
SALT STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
"LSC plays a critical role in preserving our nation’s promise of equal justice under law and the effective functioning of our adversary system of justice."...
UPDATED–The SALT Student Advisory Council: Getting Students Directly Involved In SALT
By Madeleine Harnois and SSAC
The pilot year of SSAC, the SALT Student Advisory Council, is coming to a close. It has been an exciting learning process as its members learned the ins...
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...
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...