Come meet public interest and public sector (PI/PS) attorneys from almost 90 Bay Area (& beyond!) organizations and agencies at the Heyman Terrace and West Courtyard. The PI/PS Career, Internship, and Pro Bono Fair is an opportunity for students to talk with organizations about summer employment, academic year placements, pro bono work, and other career […]
Featuring Bernadette Atuahene, Frances R. and John J. Duggan Professor of Law, USC Gould School of Law Abstract: In the spirit of Evicted, a property law scholar uses the stories of two grandfathers—one white, one Black—who arrived in Detroit at the turn of the twentieth century to reveal how racist policies weaken Black families, widen […]
Join us for a conversation with Professor Osagie Obasogie and Savala Nolan about critical race theory. They'll discuss its basic tenets, its uses (and misuses) across the law, politics, and culture, and how students can engage the analytical tools of CRT to advance their social justice work in and beyond law school. Osagie K. Obasogie […]
The criminal legal system we confront today is the product of nearly 1000 years of development during which new institutions, new powers, and new myths about crime and punishment have been installed in response to periodic crises originating in the political and economic conflicts of society. The result is a kind of carceral leviathan that […]
Talila A. Lewis Biography: Talila A. Lewis is a nonbinary multilingual (signed+written+spoken+felt) Black queer disabled abolitionist, educator, artist, archivist, storyteller, community lawyer and movement strategist. Lewis’s work has primarily focused on disrupting and abolishing the medical-carceral industrial complex; mapping past and present links between dis/ableism and all other forms of oppression and violence; and building […]
This talk will explain what queer theory is and consider how it intersects with race, racism, and anti-racist activism. Professor Robinson will draw on Cathy J. Cohen's foundational article Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens: The Radical Potential of Queer Politics? to examine how queer theory and politics engage or fail to engage race and racism. […]
A decisive break from the failed Oslo Accords and an innovative plan to create the foundations for peace and self-determination in Israel-Palestine. For more than three decades, the illusion of a two-state solution under the auspices of the Oslo Accords has allowed Israel to maintain a one-state reality of permanent occupation and apartheid. Michael Schaeffer […]
Co-host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast, law professor, and former Supreme Court clerk Leah Litman argues in her new book Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes that the Supreme Court is no longer practicing law; it’s running on vibes. Major decisions adopt the language and posture of the law, while in fact displaying a commitment […]
If you're studying on campus this week, stop by the Henderson Center (396 Simon Hall) for some snacks to get you through. We'll have Skinny Pop, kettle chips, fruit snacks, coffee, tea and energy drinks. We hope you'll stop by and say hello!
If you're studying on campus this week, stop by the Henderson Center (396 Simon Hall) for some snacks to get you through. We'll have Skinny Pop, kettle chips, fruit snacks, coffee, tea and energy drinks. We hope you'll stop by and say hello!
The Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, in collaboration with the Miller Institute for Global Challenges and the Law, invites you to a critical discussion on the evolving challenge of grand corruption—the systemic, top-down misappropriation of public resources that undermines governance and human rights worldwide. The event features author Naomi Roht-Arriaza discussing her timely […]
Resigning in protest: Experts discuss law firm ethics and resisting Trump Admin Executive Orders targeting DEI and pro bono representation. In early 2025, displeased with the hiring practices and litigation of several large law firms, the Trump Administration issued Executive Orders (“EOs”) and EEOC investigations against them, and threatened similar action against other firms. These […]
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