Speaker Katherine Beckett, Clarence and Elissa M. ("Lee") Schrag Faculty Fellow at the University of Washington By Isaac Saidel-Goley Summary Prof. Beckett discussed some of the problematic uses of police discretion, while also arguing that there are ways to channel police discretion to promote social and racial justice. As a case study, Prof. Beckett outlined an innovative diversionary program in Seattle called the Law Enforcement Diversion Program. Discussion To …
We Have Been Unsuccessful in Framing the Debate About Drugs: Now is Our Opportunity
By Martha Coakley and Mary Coakley-Welch* We all admire the Framers of our Constitution and Bill of Rights, whose visionary document has such elasticity and longevity! The Supreme Court uses the framework to decide legal issues never even imagined at the time, from the Internet to same-sex marriage. Framing is as crucial now as it was in 1787. She who successfully frames the argument should win, a lesson every first year law student learns during moot court. In legal practice, whether at a …