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Oct25

EJS Joins Other Organizations in Court Brief Supporting Judge Walker’s Decision on Prop. 8

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 0 Comments Tags: amicus brief, Perry v. Schwarzenegger, prop 8

The Equal Justice Society and more than forty public interest organizations represented pro bono by the law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP today filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals arguing on behalf of gay and lesbian plaintiffs in Perry v. Schwarzenegger. In August, Judge Vaughn Walker, of the U.S. [...]

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Oct14

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Voter Disenfranchisement Law, Citing Lack of ‘Intentional’ Discrimination

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 2 Comments Tags: 14th Amendment, African American, Farrakhan v. Gregoire, Intent Doctrine, McCleskey v. Kemp, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, voting rights, Voting Rights Act, Washington State, Washington v. Davis

A recent decision by an eleven-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit underscores the importance of the Equal Justice Society’s efforts to overturn the Intent Doctrine. Earlier this year, the Equal Justice Society (EJS), the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, and the American Parole and Probation Association submitted an amicus [...]

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Oct09

Reggie Shuford Remarks at GGU for National Lawyers Guild’s Progressive Lawyering Day

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 0 Comments

EJS Director of Law and Policy Reggie Shuford delivered these remarks for National Lawyers Guild’s Progressive Lawyering Day at Golden Gate University on October 9, 2010. Conferences such as today’s are important. I just returned last night from the Airlie Civil Rights Conference in Virginia sponsored every year by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational [...]

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Oct04

Reggie Shuford Lecture on Implicit Bias and the Law at Berkeley Law’s Ruth Chance Mondays

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 0 Comments Tags: 14th Amendment, Atkins v. VA, Berkeley Law, Brown v. Board of Education, Chin v. Runnels, discrimination, Dukes v. Wal-Mart, Equal Protection Clause, Fourth Amendment, Graham v. Florida, Grutter v. Bollinger, Houston Plan, Intent Doctrine, Lawrence v. TX, McCleskey v. Kemp, Plessy v. Ferguson, Reggie Shuford, Roper v. Simmons, Ruth Chance Monday, section 1981, supreme court, Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, Title VI, unconscious bias, Washington v. Davis

Reggie Shuford, EJS Director of Law and Policy, was the guest lecturer today at Ruth Chance Monday, sponsored by Berkeley Law’s Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice. Joining theory and practice, Ruth Chance Mondays is a biweekly luncheon speakers series that brings prominent social justice practitioners to Boalt Hall to discuss current issues and [...]

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Archive for October, 2010

EJS Joins Other Organizations in Court Brief Supporting Judge Walker’s Decision on Prop. 8

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Voter Disenfranchisement Law, Citing Lack of ‘Intentional’ Discrimination

Reggie Shuford Remarks at GGU for National Lawyers Guild’s Progressive Lawyering Day

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