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#AALS2021: Editor Maura Roessner Shares Virtual Conference Highlights
Jan 04 2021
As we gear up for an online AALS, I’m reminded that last year’s meeting may have been the last “normal” conference gathering for many of us. Was it really one year ago that we all sat together in DC and watched, breathless, Vicki Jackson and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg in conversation on the main st
UC Press publishing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s final book Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue
Oct 26 2020
UC Press is proud to announce the forthcoming publication of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's final book Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue: A Life's Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union (March 2021), written in collaboration with Berkeley Law Professor Amanda Tyler, one of Justice Ginsburg's former
How representing victims of domestic violence turned me into a prison abolitionist
Jul 20 2020
by Leigh Goodmark, author of Decriminalizing Domestic Violence: A Balanced Policy Approach to Intimate Partner ViolenceIf you had told me 25 years ago that I would eventually call myself a prison abolitionist, I would have called you crazy.In 1995, I was a brand-new lawyer representing victi
In the Pandemic, Releasing People with Violent Crimes is a Public Health Imperative
May 14 2020
Why is the state reluctant to release prisoners who are aging, sick, and more likely to contract a serious disease that will cause more suffering and cost more money?