Discussion of the battle to shift financing of public education and indigent defense from local entities to states.

Application of the international terrorism-based Preemption Doctrine to domestic violence, arguing that battered women should be able to act in anticipatory self-defense.

States should use parens patriae power to assist children living in poverty, instead of using it only when children are removed from their families.

Trial judges should have an increased role in identifying potentially false confessions before they get to the jury.

By focusing on human rights advocacy, dometic problems of inadequate housing and homelessness can be improved.

For most in the United States, discussion of international human rights law brings to mind situations such as Abu Ghraib, the use of child soldiers in Africa, or the practices of the Taliban with regard to women. These egregious civil

The collateral consequences of a criminal conviction are more punitive than the sentence, and lawyering strategies and legal education can combat this problem.

Comprehensive litigation on the state level is necessary to dismantle the crippling barriers on criminals' reentry into society.