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(she/her) Director & Assoc. Prof. @ARCJustClinic @Pennlaw. Formerly counsel @NAACP_LDF. Philly jawn, Yalie, DST. Tweets are my own.
New York, NY
Joined May 2017
My article Challenging Legacy Discrimination: The Persistence of School Pushout as Racial Subordination is forthcoming in the @BULawReview! I am grateful for the generous feedback I received from @FordhamLawNYC workshop and @pennlaw Legal History Workshop. The abstract is below.
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So proud of what Philadelphians coming together can achieve.
#BREAKING Sixers to remain in South Philly, abandoning plans to build a Center City arena, officials say
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Black residents are more likely to experience police violence, but their complaints of police misconduct are less to be substantiated and less likely to result in disciplinary action. Thanks to our partners @QuattroneCenter for their help analyzing the data on complaints.
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RT @SaveChinatownPA: Yesterday five courageous People’s Champs stood up for Philly & for a fair process that includes EVERYONE’S voices by…
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Celebrating the work of the brilliant @kmtani last night as she gave The Owen J. Roberts Lecture in Constitutional Law. We got a preview of her Harvard Law Review Foreword coming out next month!
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Last year, @ARCJustClinic & @edlawcenterpa filed a civil rights complaint with the DOE on behalf of clients challenging discriminatory book banning in Bucks County, PA. Read more about how our clients are continuing to fight for justice in @nytimes today:
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@ambrose302 @NAACP_LDF @NorthwesternLaw @JNelsonLDF @NwULRev Happening now! Featuring many leading racial justice lawyers and scholars in the country, including a keynote by @NAACP_LDF President @JNelsonLDF
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RT @ARCJustClinic: “It is long past time for Pennsylvania to join many other states in the U.S. and almost every country in the world in re…
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RT @ARCJustClinic: Over 1,000 people in PA prisons are serving this sentence for felony murder convictions; 70% are Black. Many, like Derek…
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RT @ARCJustClinic: Continually inspired by @AbolitionistLC and the movement that fuels them. This week, @SupremeCtofPA heard arguments that…
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Such a joy to celebrate former @NAACP_LDF attorney, now Judge Natasha Merle, as she blazes new trails as District Court Judge for the Eastern District of New York. She was sworn in today by Chief Judge Brodie, standing with her husband and her adorable son.
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A highlight of this semester’s class on the Unfinished Work of Reconstruction: the amazing @NAACP_LDF Leah Aden joined us to talk about the 15th Amendment and her argument before #SCOTUS. She gave us an overview of challenges & opportunities for future litigation & inspired us!
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