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Equal
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| SUBSCRIBE Getting this forwarded from a friend? Subscribe to get our newsletter delivered directly to you! STORIES IN THIS ISSUE Welcome to the launch of our first EJS e-newsletter! Racial Justice and Affirmative Action: The Year in Review SF Reception for EJS Board Chair, Professor Charles Ogletree EJS
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Justice and Affirmative Action: The past year and a half, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Grutter v. Bollinger, has been remarkable for the Equal Justice Society in the racial justice and affirmative action arena. EJS has played defining roles at the state and national levels, on everything from key federal cases, to statewide policy initiatives, to federal circuit judge appointments. In addition to providing leadership in a statewide public education campaign to expose the threats posed by California’s Proposition 54, we also participated as amici curiae in key cases, including Grutter v. Bollinger, in which the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the utility of race-conscious admissions in higher education. San Francisco Reception for EJS Board Chair, Professor Charles Ogletree On June 17, friends of the Equal Justice Society joined staff and Board members at the EJS office for a book-signing and reception in honor of Prof. Charles Ogletree, the Jesse Climenko Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and Chair of the EJS Board of Directors. Prof. Ogletree's new book, With All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half-Century of Brown v. Board of Education, received a warm and enthusiastic response among the nearly one hundred guests at the reception, which also served as an opening for EJS' new offices in San Francisco's Financial District. |
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on the Right America is finally beginning to sit up and take note of the Right Wing. The founding of the Equal Justice Society, which is committed to engaging the Right, is a key part of this awakening. The progressive legal community has only recently taken its first steps toward understanding and engaging the powerful array of right wing legal organizations—including the Federalist Society, the American Center for Law and Justice, and the National Legal Center for the Public Interest—that have changed the face of American law. READ MORE |
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Preserving Diversity in Higher Education: A Manual on Admissions Policies and Procedures After the University of Michigan Decisions On the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's oral arguments in the University of Michigan affirmative action cases, three leading law firms made available Preserving Diversity in Higher Education: A Manual on Admissions Policies and Procedures After the University of Michigan Decisions, an innovative publication that provides a clear, comprehensive legal interpretation of the Supreme Court decisions to assist universities and law schools around the country as they redraft their policies to comply with the 2003 high court rulings. READ MORE |
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Law Review Summary — Dismantling
the Intent Doctrine: Five Key Law Review Articles As
part of an ongoing effort to provide legal scholars, practicing
attorneys, advocates and students with critical analysis and tools
to fight discrimination and assaults on civil rights, the Equal
Justice Society is committed to summarizing and sharing important
scholarship and decisions. This is the first in a regular series
of columns on key law review articles of interest to progressives
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The Justice Journal - EJS Calendar of Events Upcoming EJS events such as the July 31st Port Chicago Jazz Concert and the August 2nd Lunchtime Brown Bag Panel: "Race, Law and Social Science". READ MORE |
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EJS Staff News Shaffy Moeel has joined EJS this summer as an intern from the UCLA School of Law Class of 2005 where she is enrolled in the Critical Race Studies Concentration Program. Shaffy received her BA from UC Berkeley in 2000. Last summer, she clerked for the Los Angeles U.S. Immigration Court and this summer was awarded the Robert M. Takasugi Fellowship for 2004. READ MORE |
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Making Change - Become a Part of the Equal Justice Society The work of the Equal Justice Society is made possible through the generous support of individuals and institutions from throughout the country. In the past year alone, EJS has leveraged the support of countless individuals and institutions across the nation who share in a vision of law and public policy that maintains, protects and expands the rights of all persons. With a strategy that combines research and scholarship, national convenings and public education, EJS is uniquely situated to bring together advocates, legal scholars, students, practicing attorneys and journalists across disciplines to create a national conversation from a progressive and critical perspective. READ MORE |
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From
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The Equal Justice Society is a national organization of scholars, advocates and concerned individuals advancing creative legal strategies and public policy for enduring social change. As heirs of the innovative legal and political strategists of Brown v. Board of Education, EJS will marshal our forces to defeat the right wing assault on social and racial justice. Our goal is to reshape jurisprudence to ensure that the rights of all are expanded, rather than diminished, by our courts and policy makers. Equal Justice Society, 220 Sansome St, 14th Flr, San Francisco, CA 94104, Ph (415) 288-8700 |