Cultural Revolution: Transforming the Public Defender's Office
A discussion of how to transform the culture public defender offices to have a more holistic, client-centered vision.
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A discussion of how to transform the culture public defender offices to have a more holistic, client-centered vision.
Discusses the history and background of public defense and the strategies used in advancing it's goals then presents alternative strategies.
A history of the US and Israeli public defense systems and a comparison between the two.
Looks at public defense leadership in three dimensions from very specific and local to broad and global.
Argues that the educational tax exemption regime raises risks of arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement and offers a mask of objectivity.
Discusses monogamy and its alternatives. Imagines how law is used to encourage people to express monogamy as a preference.
A discussion of several policy and social issues within the adoption and foster care systems and their effects on these systems and the children within them.
Discusses ineffective assistance of counsel cases; argues that courts need to define instances when the court's integrity is implicated.
Compares Japanese Internment with post 9/11 programs targeting Muslims such as the Absconder Apprehension Initiative and explores its constitutionality.
Brief of Amicus Curiae Fred Korematsu who challenged the constitutionality of Japanese internment.
Reviews pre and post 9/11 terrorism legislation and tensions between the three branches of government in grappling with threats to national security.
Explores the role of judges during war and the balancing of the risk of government overreach against the risk of enforcing certain constitutional rights.
Argues that the Court must confront the reality of inner-city crime in its search and seizure jurisprudence and take into account crime statistics.
Explores the problems behind the proposed "solution" of police desegregation and focus on changing Blacks' perceptions instead of changing the police itself.
Examines the ideological underpinnings of the Civil Rights Movement and questions whether these principles form a viable framework for shaping today's advocacy.
Explores the absence of state-sanctioned barriers to educational access in Latin American, segregation in Brazil and the rhetorical value of Brown v. Board.