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Oct05

‘Litigating Implicit Bias’ Article by Eva Paterson in Latest Issue of Poverty & Race

Posted by Allison Elgart 1 Comment Tags: Allison Elgart, constitution, death penalty, discrimination, eva paterson, Intent Standard, Litigating Implicit Bias, Poverty & Race, Poverty & Race Research Action Council, PRRAC, racial bias, Washington v. Davis

“Litigating Implicit Bias,” an article by EJS President Eva Paterson, appears in the latest issue of Poverty & Race, a bi-monthly newsletter by the Poverty & Race Research Action Council. PRRAC is an organization that connects advocates with social scientists working on race and poverty issues and promotes a research-based advocacy strategy on structural inequality [...]

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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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Jul14

EJS Joins Lawyers’ Committee in Filing Brief with U.S. Supreme Court in Staub v. Proctor Hospital

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 1 Comment Tags: AARP, amicus, bias, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Civil Rights Appellate Clinic, discrimination, employer liability, employment, Fried Frank Harris Shriver Jacobson, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law, Ricci v. DeStefano, Staub v. Proctor Hospital, supreme court, Title VII, Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, USERRA, Vincent Staub

The Equal Justice Society joined the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and AARP in filing an amicus brief (PDF available for download here) in the Supreme Court of the United States supporting the petitioner in Staub v. Proctor Hospital. The brief urges the Court to recognize employer liability for the unlawful bias of [...]

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Jun22

EJS, Others File Brief on Prelim. Injunction Against Ariz. Anti-Immigrant Statute

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 0 Comments Tags: amicus brief, Arizona, Asian American Institute, Covington & Burling LLP, discrimination, First Amendment, Friendly House v. Whiting, immigrants, Immigration, public safety, SB 1070

The Equal Justice Society, the Asian American Institute and thirty-six other public interest organizations, represented pro bono by the law firm Covington & Burling LLP, have filed an amicus brief in Friendly House v. Whiting, supporting the plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction against SB 1070, Arizona’s disturbing new immigration statute. The lawsuit, a class [...]

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Jun19

Dying While Black: An Examination of Race and the California Death Penalty

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 3 Comments Tags: Claire Cooper, death penalty, discrimination, Intent Doctrine, Washington v. Davis

Photo by nodeathpenalty.org The foundation of the Equal Justice Society is based on the premise that racial justice cannot be achieved when the law fails to reflect actual experience. Under existing equal protection law, the constricted “Intent Doctrine” (as established in the 1976 United States Supreme Court decision Washington v. Davis) ignores much of what [...]

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Apr15

How the Amazon ‘Glitch’ Relates to Structural Discrimination and Racism

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 1 Comment Tags: amazon, amazonfail, discrimination, structural racism, techcrunch, unconscious bias

Technologist Mary Hodder discussed yesterday on the blog TechCrunch the ethical issues related to the Amazon ‘glitch’ that removed the rankings of gay content made me think about analogies between the technical causes of the glitch and how unconscious bias can fuel structural racism. Background on the Amazon ‘glitch’ issue from Wikipedia (edited): Users on [...]

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Jan29

Eva Paterson: ABC7 Story on Ledbetter Act

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 1 Comment Tags: abc7, discrimination, eva paterson, george miller, ledbetter, mark matthews, president obama

Eva Paterson is included in a story by ABC7′s Mark Matthews on President Obama’s signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, which will make it easier for people to get the pay they deserve — regardless of their gender, race, or age. The Act was introduced by Bay Area Congressman George Miller.

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Posts Tagged ‘discrimination’

‘Litigating Implicit Bias’ Article by Eva Paterson in Latest Issue of Poverty & Race

EJS Joins Lawyers’ Committee in Filing Brief with U.S. Supreme Court in Staub v. Proctor Hospital

EJS, Others File Brief on Prelim. Injunction Against Ariz. Anti-Immigrant Statute

Dying While Black: An Examination of Race and the California Death Penalty

How the Amazon ‘Glitch’ Relates to Structural Discrimination and Racism

Eva Paterson: ABC7 Story on Ledbetter Act

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