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Fear of United States police officers causes one Black man to seek asylum in Canada
By Breanna Caldwell Associate Editor, Vol. 21 Kyle Lydell Canty is a 30-year-old Black male from the United States who has become so fearful that he will be killed by U.S. police officers because he is Black that he has applied for asylum in Canada on the basis of…Interracial advocacy and the role of attorney: reflections on the power differentials coloring client interactions (Part 2/2)
This blog is the second of two parts. Part 1 unpacks the attorney privilege and considers how it can affect attorney-client relationships. Part 2 explains the impact of power differentials, identities, and attorney privilege on advocacy and offers suggestions to strengthen the law school curriculum. By Hazel Caldwell-Kuru…Interracial advocacy and the role of attorney: reflections on the power differentials coloring client interactions (Part 1/2)
This blog is the first of two parts. Part 1 unpacks the attorney privilege and considers how it can affect attorney-client relationships. Part 2 explains the impact of power differentials, identities, and attorney privilege on advocacy and offers suggestions to strengthen the law school curriculum. By Hazel Caldwell-Kuru…Espionage charges against Chinese-American scientist Dr. Xiaoxing Xi dropped, confirming recent pattern of baseless prosecutions
By Dan Cho Associate Editor, Vol. 21 On an early May morning this past spring, armed FBI agents raided the suburban Pennsylvania home of Dr. Xiaoxing Xi, a Temple University physics professor and naturalized U.S. citizen, placing him under arrest for four counts of wire fraud. Dr. Xi was…Should targeted crimes against police bring “hate crime” enhancements? Red Wing reconsiders
By Javed Basu-Kesselman Associate Editor, Vol. 21 The city council of Red Wing, Minnesota voted on Monday, October 12 to revisit a previous hate crime resolution. The original resolution, passed September 28, called for federal hate crime protection for police. Noting that police offers have recently become the…
“Criminalized pregnancy” hurts poor and minority women most, faces legal challenges
By Dana Ziegler Associate Editor, Vol. 21 In March 2015, Purvi Patel, an Asian-American woman from Indiana, became the first woman in the U.S. to be convicted and sentenced for feticide. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison for feticide and neglect of a dependent after…
MJR&L Critical Race Theory Reading Groups Take Discussion to the Law School Community
As is tradition, MJR&L is once again producing Critical Race Theory reading groups at Michigan Law. These focused sessions allow students and faculty to dig deeply into an issue prompted by a short reading, free from the constraints and pressures of academic work. The first CRT session of the year…New California law aims to combat racial profiling by police: it sounds good, but will it create any change?
By Jason Raylesberg Associate Editor, Vol. 21 California and Missouri recently instituted separate measures to curb racial profiling within the legal system. In response to widespread police brutality nationally, California passed the “Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015,” requiring police officers to record identity characteristics, i.e. race,…The case of Tamir Rice: race, self-defense, and the objective reasonableness standard
By Emmanuela Jean-Etienne Associate Editor, Vol. 21 On a cold November afternoon in Cleveland, twelve-year-old Tamir Rice sat alone at a gazebo outside the Cudell Recreation Center, a place he frequented daily.[1] In his hand was an airsoft pistol and, according to the witness who would later…Should ethnicity play a role in determining tort damages? (Part I)
By Amy Luong Associate Editor, Vol. 21 In this three-part series, the author provides the following: Part I – Background of how one jurisdiction handles this question; Part II – background of this issue in another jurisdiction; Part III – comparison of the two jurisdictions, examining the question that…