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  • How Law Firms Could Help New Orleans

    July 9, 2007

    Slate reports that even two years after Katrina, there is still a shortage of public defenders in New Orleans. What can law firms do help…

  • Can a Law Change a Society?

    July 2, 2007

    Last week’s Supreme Court decision declared that public schools can’t take explicit account of race to achieve integration, but will a colorblindness mandate succeed? New…

  • Vote Against Banner Shows Divide on Speech in Schools

    June 27, 2007

    The Supreme Court backed a principal’s decision to punish a student for unfurling a banner reading “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” off school property but at a school-sponsored event.