Colloquium: Transgender People, Intimate Partner Abuse, and the Legal System
Introduction On November 5, 2012, CR-CL hosted its Fall Colloquium, “Transgender People, Intimate Partner Abuse, and the Legal System.” The […]
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Colloquium: The Right to Comprehensive Educational Opportunity
Introduction In his article forthcoming in Volume 47:1 of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, “The Right to Comprehensive
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Colloquium: Gay Rights and Lefts: Rights Critique and the Distributive Analysis
Introduction On March 9, 2011 at 5-7p.m. at Harvard Law School Professor Libby Adler presented her article entitled, “Gay Rights
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Colloquium: The Case for Local Constitutional Enforcement
Introduction San Francisco City Attorney Kathleen Morris calls for overturning a century of precedent in local government law. On Tuesday
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Colloquium: Roper, Graham, and J.D.B.: Re-Defining Juveniles’ Constitutional Rights
Introduction On Monday, March 26, 2012, the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, in conjunction with the Juvenile Law Center
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The State of Progressive Constitutional Theory: The Paradox of Constitutional Democracy and the Project of Political Justification
Mark Tushnet Professor Tushnet, who graduated from Harvard College and Yale Law School and served as a law clerk to
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Colloquium: The State of Progressive Constitutional Theory: The Paradox of Constitutional Democracy and the Project of Political Justification
On Thursday, April 5, 2012, from 5-7PM in Wasserstein 1015 at Harvard Law School, CR-CL will present a colloquium, “The State of Progressive Constitutional Theory: The Paradox of Constitutional Democracy and the Project of Political Justification.” The colloquium honors the forthcoming article by Nimer Sultany exploring the perils and paradoxes inherent in the search for a progressive theory of the United States Constitution. Speakers will include Dean Martha Minow and Professors Karl Klare, Frank Michelman, and Duncan Kennedy.
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Colloquium Video: "Roper, Graham, and J.D.B.: Re-defining Juveniles' Constitutional Rights"
Article drafts and video of CR-CL’s recent colloquium. On Monday, March 26, 2012, the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, in conjunction with the Juvenile Law Center and the Milbank Foundation, presented a colloquium: Roper, Graham, and J.D.B.: Redefining Juveniles’ Constitutional Rights. Guests at the event included Martin Guggenheim of NYU Law School, Marsha Levick and Robert Schwartz of the Juvenile Law Center, Michael Dale, of the Nova Southeastern Law Center, and the Hon. Jay Blitzman, chief judge of the Middlesex County Juvenile Court.
Education & Youth, Events
Colloquium: Live Blog: The Right to Comprehensive Educational Opportunity
In his article forthcoming in Volume 47:1 of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, “The Right to Comprehensive Educational Opportunity,” Michael A. Rebell, a professor at Columbia University Teachers College, argues for the recognition of a constitutional right to quality education for all children. The author was joined by Dean Martha Minow, Chair of the Institute for Educational Leadership Marty Blank, and Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville for a panel discussion of his article.
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Colloquium: Live Blog: The Case for Local Constitutional Enforcement
San Francisco City Attorney Kathleen Morris was joined by Professor David Barron and Professor Gerald Frug of Harvard Law School and Professor Richard Ford of Stanford Law School to discuss whether local governments are powerless instrumentalities of states or whether they should be allowed to pursue constitutional claims on behalf of their constituents. HarvardCRCL.org blogged the discussion live.
Amicus, Events, LGBTQ Rights
Colloquium: Video: Gay Rights and Lefts
On March 9, 2011 at 5-7p.m. at Harvard Law School in Austin North Professor Libby Adler presented her piece entitled, “Gay Rights and Lefts: Rights Critique and Distributive Analysis for Real Law Reform. Streaming video of the March 9 presentation and discussion is below.