In a major win in the Save Chinatown Philly fight against the 76ers arena in Philly, AALDEF & ARC Justice Clinic secured a decision from the PA Office of Open Records ordering PennDOT to release the developer’s revised traffic study that the public has yet to see. aaldef.org/uploads/2024-0…

I can’t believe it’s been over a year since we launched! Very grateful to our partners Abolitionist Law Center AsianAmericansUnited 412JUSTICE ACLU of Pennsylvania Education Law Center Josephine McBeth RIDGE Network Asian American Legal Vamos Juntos Law4BlackLives Paul Robeson House & Museum, a project of the WPCA

A terrible decision that will make it even harder to challenge the systemic racism that is deeply embedded in our society: Federal appeals judges rule against Fearless Fund grants for Black women ajc.com/news/business/…

Such a perversion of reconstruction legislation to claim reparations violate attempts to repair the harm of slavery. wapo.st/3Rhmb5d

Excited to begin this important work in community with Philadelphia residents!

Thank you to ABA Commission on Disability Rights for this feature.

Thrilled to see our students & clients featured in University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School's newsroom. By supporting formerly-incarcerated entrepreneurs & businesses w/ a focus on environmental sustainability, we help students grow while participating in grassroots economic development. law.upenn.edu/live/news/1679…

Thanks to The Collective for Liberatory Lawyering (C4LL) for the careful read and thoughtful discussion of my new article, Challenging Legacy Discrimination: The Persistence of School Pushout as Racial Subordination. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…. I always learn so much from your work!

So excited to share the final, final version of my paper "Deny, Defund, Divert: The Law and American Miseducation," 112 Geo. L.J. 509 (2024): papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… Thanks to the editors of the The Georgetown Law Journal and colleagues who provided invaluable feedback and support!

In this episode of what’s bringing me joy, we kicked off the Garden Court Community Association read aloud at Malcolm X Park yesterday. Special thanks to Gerald Jackson, our first author, and the historic Hakim’s Bookstore for providing books ! Join us every other Thursday at 5!

One of the Black women recently hired at NULaw Jamelia Morgan writes cutting edge, field defining work at the intersection of disability and policing. She threatens white heteronormative thought. Her work makes you want to be a better scholar. No wonder she’s a target.

Professor Jamelia Morgan’s work has been field-defining. Her scholarship has been crucial to my ( and so many others’) understanding of disability law and policing. She’s also a wonderful person. The academy is so lucky to have her. A true gem! I am so angry.

Viewing today's school discipline as legacy #discrimination highlights the flaws in antidiscrimination #law & suggests ways to address exclusionary discipline within a racial justice movement. Read More: spkl.io/601647A0j Subscribe: spkl.io/601747A0d #LawTwitter

👏 Charlie Ferguson SP2’23, L’24 has been awarded the 2024 National LGBTQ+ Bar's Student Leadership award, the association’s highest honor for law students recognizing outstanding leadership, particularly in areas of LGBTQ+ equality. penncareylaw.news/4c6WUlP

Always love when I get to see my former boss in action. Janai Nelson. What an awesome panel and important conversation. #AAPF

As students return to class, we call on #PennridgeSchoolDistrict to provide students of color & LGBTQ+ students the supportive learning environment they deserve! W/ Education Law Center, we’ve updated our complaint w/ the Dept of Education Office of Civil Rights law.upenn.edu/live/files/131…

Thank you The Black Journey for giving our “Unfinished Work of Reconstruction” seminar a tour of Philadelphia abolitionist history and insight into the overlooked stories of Black Constitutional founders. Ending Mother Bethel AME & discussing the Free African Society was a highlight!