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Law in the service of human needs.
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Rebecca Bratspies
@RBratspies
Thank you to my fantastic editors
@CalifLRev
. Your insightful comments and suggestions made this work much stronger. And working with you was a pleasure. #environmentaljustice is #socialjustice is #racialjustice!
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California Law Review
@CalifLRev
Professor @RBratspies makes visible how polluted neighborhoods subsidize clean air and water elsewhere and offers suggestions for structural changes needed to achieve environmental justice. californialawreview.org/print/underbur
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Professor Bratspies makes visible how polluted neighborhoods subsidize clean air and water elsewhere and offers suggestions for structural changes needed to achieve environmental justice.
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Rebecca Bratspies
@RBratspies
Hey #NYC friends. If you are free on 1/24, please join me for my FIRST ever book talk. It is the day after Naming Gotham is released. #WritingCommunity #writinglife #lawtwitter
@CUNYLaw
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Astoria Bookshop
@astoriabookshop
Tuesday 1/24, we'll be in-store for a ticketed event with @RBratspies, in conversation with Bob Singleton of @LIChistory for Rebecca's new book NAMING GOTHAM. astoriabookshop.com/events/22142
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Rebecca Bratspies, author of NAMING GOTHAM in conversation with Bob Singleton of the Greater Astoria Historical Society Tuesday, January 24th at 7pm at the Astoria Bookshop [banner includes author photo of Rebecca, cover image of Naming Gotham, logo of the Astoria Historical Society, and the Bookshop logo]
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CUNY School of Law
@CUNYLaw
Prof.
@CharisaKyoSmith
's latest article adds to the discourse sweeping New York and the nation, urging the expansion of cannabis equity to include consideration of a family's right to be together.
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Charisa @abortion_finder Kiyo Smith
@CharisaKyoSmith
Sharing my recent article "Over-Privileged: Legal Cannabis, Drug Offending & the Right to Family Integrity" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf. Let's sound the alarm that cannabis equity ALSO means preventing/remedying FAMILY separation. Yes @movfamilypower @JMacForFamilies @tarekzismail
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@CUNYLaw
The Hon. Edwina G. Richardson-Mendelson ’88 ensures access to justice for all New Yorkers in civil, criminal & family courts, regardless of income, background or ability. Now she stands ready to be appointed to serve as Chief Administrative Judge.
governor.ny.gov
Governor Hochul Nominates Hon. Hector D. Lasalle to be Chief Judge of the New York State Court of...
Governor Hochul nominated the Honorable Hector D. LaSalle, Presiding Justice of New York Supreme Court's Second Department, as the next Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals. 
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The City University of New York
@CUNY
We’re proud to call Judge Richardson-Mendelson a graduate of
@CUNYLaw
. She also holds a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice, and has been an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. #CUNYAlumni
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Governor Kathy Hochul
@GovKathyHochul
Judge LaSalle plans to appoint the Honorable Edwina G. Richardson-Mendelson as Chief Administrative Judge — an outstanding choice. Judge Richardson-Mendelson is a talented jurist & is committed to ensuring access to justice for all, protecting rights & upholding New York values.
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@CUNYLaw
"Burns left a lasting legacy as he worked tirelessly to bring social justice for many who were often marginalized in society.” - Assembly Member
@AubryforNY
, who introduced a state budget measure in ’96 to help establish the Chair; in ’22, he sponsored funding to reinstate it.
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@CUNYLaw
"This is a tremendous opportunity for our students, faculty & alums to learn from and collaborate w/Vince. The Burns Chair is one important way we bring leaders, activists, and experts in human and civil rights into the classroom, community & conversation w/
@CUNY
.” -Dean Setty
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@CUNYLaw
An ABA resolution encouraging judicial “second look” reviews of all criminal sentences is a recognition that people, including those convicted of serious crimes, can & do change. Prof
@stevezeidman
on why it's "past time" for second looks
@GothamGazette
gothamgazette.com
No One Can See The Future: New York Needs Second-Look Sentencing Before More Lives Are Wasted
The Court of Appeals (photo: Mike Groll/Governor's Office) The past few years have put into stark relief our inability to predict the future. Virologist...
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@CUNYLaw
Economic Justice 🤝 Reparations 🙌 Prof
@missy_risser
, Co-Director of our Community & Economic Development Clinic
@cunylawCED
and
@ActionLabNY
will tell you #whyCUNYLaw
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Action Lab NY
@ActionLabNY
Another great panel, Reparations and Economic Justice, moderated by Racquel Forrester of @urbandemos with Renee Hatcher of @uiclaw and @missy_risser of @CUNYLaw, about normalizing talking about reparations and the racist and extractive systems we aim to subvert.
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Jennifer Celestin
@Jayword_sayword
Join me in supporting
@CUNYLaw
today and give funds to support law students who care about the public interest.
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@CUNYLaw
It’s the BIGGEST to raise funds for students using the law as a tool for social change. Funds that: - expand access to legal education - power summer internships - allow time & space for bar study - mean emergencies don't derail education Let’s rally! law.cunytuesday.org
Help unlock $25,000 for students by midnight Nov 29
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@CUNYLaw
It’s the BIGGEST to raise funds for students using the law as a tool for social change. Funds that: - expand access to legal education - power summer internships - allow time & space for bar study - mean emergencies don't derail education Let’s rally! law.cunytuesday.org
Help unlock $25,000 for students by midnight Nov 29
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@CUNYLaw
Profs Julia M. Hernandez
@JMHernandez126
& Tarek Z. Ismail
@tarekzismail
are experts on the vanguard of the systems change needed when it comes to family policing. Read their latest in
@YaleLJournal
for more on their contributions to the abolitionist, community-based movement
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The Yale Law Journal
@YaleLJournal
@JMHernandez126 & @tarekzismail (@cunylaw) introduce a “radical early defense” model to challenge family-policing investigations. They situate this clinical work within a community-based movement to abolish family policing. yalelawjournal.org/forum/radical-
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Key strategy of disruption? “Impairing the operational capabilities of the key threat actor” says Masilungan. The Trump administration’s crackdown on Black activists, w/ support from the notorious FBI counterintelligence program against political movements, = 326+ federal cases
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CUNY School of Law
@CUNYLaw
“You can make very clear through lines between the uprisings of summer 2020 for racial justice & COINTELPRO in the ’50s and ’60s. In both instances, the federal government had the same goal: disruption.” - Princess Masilungan of
@CUNY_CLEAR
@thenation
thenation.com
How to Crush a Movement for Racial Justice
Heavy-handed policing by Arkansas authorities—with an assist from the Trump and Biden Justice Departments—put Dawn Jeffrey in jail and left her fellow protesters demoralized and demobilized.
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CUNY School of Law
@CUNYLaw
Prof
@babe_howell
and a coalition of activists are demanding that the City’s Department of Investigation stand by its promise to release a report on the NYPD controversial gang database by year-end. Add your voice to the call to #ReleaseTheReport
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Envision Freedom Fund (formerly BKBailFund)
@EnvFreeFund
The NYPD gang database is “used to surveil and harass Black youth. We would simply not allow this if it was a list of white children.” - Babe Howell of @CUNYLaw #ReleaseTheReport
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CUNY School of Law
@CUNYLaw
While the decision to go to law school looks and feels different for everyone,
@CUNYLaw
was founded in ’83 because it should be as affordable, accessible & inclusive as possible. Dean Setty talks more about what makes a CUNY Law degree "worth it" 👇 tv.cuny.edu/onetoone
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One to One
@OnetoOneCUNYTV
Don't miss our new "One to One" show on Tuesday, 11/15 at 9:00PM on CUNY TV! Is a law school degree worth it today? I talk with Sudha Setty, the new Dean of the CUNY Law School. Stream it at tv.cuny.edu/onetoone @CUNYLaw
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