3/31, 6-9:30pm: Don't miss this year's Maryland Public Interest Law Project auction this Friday at Westminster Hall. Proceeds support grants for students to work in unpaid #publicinterest internships. Info/tix/live auction link here: ow.ly/yNah50NtVgM

Robert Panton in DC today to speak w members of Congress for a #NewWayForward on immigration!! He spent 30 years in prison for a *single* drug conviction during War on Drugs. Today, his sentence would be WAY shorter. Upon his release, ICE was waiting to detain & deport him. 💔💔

NIPNLG training up badass litigators in motions to reopen remand and reconsider. I love learning from Maryland Carey Law alum Michelle Mendez Chacón Center for Immigrant Justice

Finest public servants & best people!

We hope Governor Wes Moore is proud to sign this bill that ensures equal Justice for veterans, immigrants, & especially veteran immigrants who are seeking to become citizens of the country they faithfully served & is home! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Raquel Aldana on how the US obsession with immigration detention and exporting enforcement to MX leads to so many deaths. Chacón Center for Immigrant Justice Migrant deaths in Mexico put spotlight on US policy that shifted immigration enforcement south theconversation.com/migrant-deaths… via The Conversation U.S.

So well-deserved!

On YouMust RememberThis, Karina Longworth describes Julia Roberts in "Sleeping with the Enemy" as a perfect victim. If you're interested in perfect victim stereotypes and the damage they do to imperfect victims who defend themselves, can I recommend a book? ucpress.edu/book/978052039…

Congratulations to 2Ls George Alarcon and Kennedy Hagens, students in the Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic, for successfully representing a transgender client in a legal name change case.

Really proud of the work Maryland Carey Law Chacón Center for Immigrant Justice, Maryland Office of the Public Defender (MOPD) , Anthony G. Brown , MDStateBar , Wanika Fisher , David Moon , and many others did to bring this law to Maryland!

Today AALS clinical conference, Maneka Sinha Maryland Carey Law presenting her #BellowScholar project, “Reliability and Automated Suspicion” on police use of unreliable technology to determine reasonable suspicion/probable cause. Important issue, crucial work by a fabulous scholar.

Join us Juneteenth weekend to hear critically unique perspectives from recently appointed Black Chief Defenders: bpda.blackdefender.org/Summer2023 This session will examine their paths to the Chief role + discuss lessons learned from challenges/wins as Black leaders in the legal system.

Incredible TEAM WIN for law, med, social work students University of Maryland, Baltimore! Maryland Carey Law Chacón Center for Immigrant Justice students litigated the DOJ EOIR hearing w/ expert testimony by & support from forensic psychiatry fellow Dr. Evans University of Maryland School of Medicine @clinkshrink & umdsocialwork student Melissa Gilardi!

Social workers = super heroes!

I am so proud of all of our Maryland Carey Law students’ work advancing justice in our clinical law program! Read 🧵 ⬇️

I am so proud of this work and happy to know that many families will be spared the pain of separation!

.blink-182 last night: "You know what I love about Baltimore? It's not fucking Boston. Fuck that place." (via @glennclarkradio)

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