April 28, 2022 –Sixty-four Black attorneys throughout Texas virtually took part in the Dean s Diversity Dialogue: Texas Big Law, Black Law Partner/Corporate Counsel Summit on April 25 to discuss recruitment and retention of, and collaboration among Texas Black lawyers.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine February 24 2022 marks the start of a new displacement crisis. In a statement on February 24, Filippo Grandi, the High Commissioner for Refugees, emphasized that ‘The humanitarian consequences on civilian populations will be devastating. There are no winners in war, but countless lives will be torn apart. We have…
“Distinctions that were once taken for granted citizen versus stranger; male versus female; criminals versus the law-abiding do not come easily, if they come at all, to many in the West – Craig S. Lerner Professor at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University pointed out one of the narratives of abolishing the death penalty in a conversation with Lénárd Sándor.
The summer of 2020 saw the streets of cities and towns across the United States swell with demonstrators rallying for racial justice and against police violence. The Black-led revolt in the U.S. catalyzed global movements against policing with millions marching across the world. The protests demanded the abolition of the police. Since that summer the public has turned a more critical eye toward policing, and elected officials began to discuss reforms.