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The [F]law
12 months ago
āImagine whole bookshelves, seminars, workshops and trainings that teach aspiring tech entrepreneurs techniques like these. Imagine hundreds of engineers whose job every day is to invent new ways to keep you hooked.ā Our latest -- a great story reported by Gauri Sood:š
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The Innocent Victims of the Dopamine Economy
How corporations use childrenās developmental vulnerabilities to create life-long consumers.
https://theflaw.org/articles/the-innocent-victims-of-the-dopamine-economy/
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The [F]law
about 1 year ago
āI think the only reason that we are not all outraged constantly is that it has become normalized to see that type of misleading messaging everywhere....But that doesnāt make it okay, it just means that we are used to it.ā
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Big Oilās Net-Zero Illusion
How Big Oil is, once againā¦
https://theflaw.org/articles/big-oils-net-zero-illusion/
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Unlock the Bar
about 1 year ago
The Character & Fitness process is a black box that shapes who gets to practice law.
@unlockthebarny.bsky.social
is gathering stories to expose how C&F impacts underrepresented communities & to help democratize the profession. Take the survey:
tinyurl.com/UTB-People-S...
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The [F]law
about 1 year ago
Why does Trumpās second term feel more unhingedāmore coordinatedāthan his first? Because it is. Brilliant reporting by
@holdenhop.bsky.social
who untangles the individuals and ideologies powering Trump 2.0.
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New MAGA, Same as the Old MAGA?
Trump, Vance, and āTech-Bro Fascismāā¦
https://theflaw.org/articles/new-maga-same-as-the-old-maga/
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The [F]law
about 1 year ago
"With graduation less than a few days away, my classmates and I canāt shake one feeling: that we were paid to stay silent and encouraged to stay distracted. Sometimes it feels as though we are brilliant marionettes controlled by technicality and fear." Our latest:
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Our Silence is for Sale?
How Law Firms make the Harvard Experience Possibleā¦
https://theflaw.org/articles/our-silence-is-for-sale/
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The [F]law
about 1 year ago
The Trump administration shut down the CFPB: deleted its public guidance, halted enforcement, canceled settlements, & fired staff. A full-scale demolition of consumer protection as a gift powerful banks. In our latest, Carson Whitesell reports for The [F]law:
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Consumer Protection: A Eulogy
Trumpās Efforts to Dismantle Consumer Protectionā¦
https://theflaw.org/articles/consumer-protection-a-eulogy/
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The [F]law
about 1 year ago
Billionaire team owners. Taxpayer-funded stadiums. Cities abandoned. Oakland lost all 3 of its pro teams in 5 years. The public is still paying the price. Read our latest:
theflaw.org/articles/hom...
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Home Field Advantage
The Public Cost of Stadium Financingā¦
https://theflaw.org/articles/home-field-advantage/
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Important! Grateful to
@peoplesparity.bsky.social
for their leadership and to many law students for demonstrating to powerful BigLaw partners what courage looks like.
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about 1 year ago
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The [F]law
about 1 year ago
Social mediaās algorithms are ādesigned to exploit the human brainās attraction to divisiveness.ā Political radicalization are āhollowing out our democratic institutions.ā How do those pieces fit together, and how are corporations profiting off of it all? Our latest!:š
theflaw.org/articles/in-...
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In the Habit of Hate
How Social Media Profits from Radicalization & Mass Harassment.
https://theflaw.org/articles/in-the-habit-of-hate/
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Jon Hanson
about 1 year ago
"I really think we all need to be speaking up right now. . . . I think this would be so much stronger if many more of my fellow presidents were speaking up." - Chris Eisgruber
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/p...
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The University President Willing to Fight Trump
Christopher L. Eisgruber of Princeton University talks about the administrationās move to freeze billions of dollars in funding to higher education institutions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/podcasts/the-daily/princeton-university-trump.html
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Jon Hanson
about 1 year ago
When Veritas is threatened, so is democracy. When democracy is threatened, "neutrality" is betrayal. Itās time for Harvard to live its mottoānot just wear it. Rally with us to protect truth and academic freedom while we still can.
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The [F]law
about 1 year ago
"While the world condemns the unspeakable violence committed against innocents, what of the corporations that stake their business model on it?"
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Corporations Ghostwriting our Dangerous Foreign Policy
A lawsuit against US arms companies exposes corporate powerās reachā¦
https://theflaw.org/articles/corporations-ghostwriting-our-dangerous-foreign-policy/
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The [F]law
about 1 year ago
Citibank quietly closed Armenian Americansā accounts based on their last names. No warning. No explanation. Just discrimination. Our latest episode:
theflaw.org/articles/fla...
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[F]law School Episode 14: Banking on Discrimination
Citibank, Armenian Americansā¦
https://theflaw.org/articles/flaw-school-episode-14-banking-on-discrimination/
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The [F]law
over 1 year ago
The USDA passed a new policy away from the public eye, and suddenly millions of animals used in research were hidden too. This is a story of secret policies and agency captureābut also a story of compassion for the animals we exploit in the name of scientific progress.
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Animal or Industry Welfare?
How a secret USDA policy keeps animals in research hiddenā¦
https://theflaw.org/articles/ani..
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Jon Hanson
over 1 year ago
From 91 members of Harvard Law School faculty to students: "We share a conviction that our Constitution...was designed to make dissent and debate possible without fear of government punishment. Neither a law school nor a society can properly function amidst such fear."
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letter-to-our-students.pdf
https://tinyurl.com/letter-to-our-students
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"The only way to win justice is through collective action and solidarity.ā -
@vail.bsky.social
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https://hlrecord.org/public-interest-lawyering-in-a-second-trump-administration-systemic-justice-project-hosts-its-annual-conference-on-lawyering-for-justice/
over 1 year ago
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The [F]law
over 1 year ago
We're excite to share our latest article and paired podcast. In both Izza Drury reveals the hidden realities of the H-2A visa programāmarketed as a pathway for temporary agricultural work but serving as a system that traps migrant farmworkers in cycles of exploitation.
theflaw.org/articles/no-...
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No Way to Treat a Guest
Exploitation in the H-2A Migrant Farm Worker Programā¦
https://theflaw.org/articles/no-way-to-treat-a-guest/
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The [F]law
over 1 year ago
"The success of the film 'Killers of the Flower Moon' shows that the time is ripe for other stories of theft and deception endured by my people. Disturbingly, these stories go well beyond the 1920s murders depicted in the film. They are ongoing."
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Corporate Greed in Indian Country
On the Osage reservation, Big Oilās schemes span the Koch bros.
https://theflaw.org/articles/corporate-greed-in-indian-country/
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Let's get busy!
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over 1 year ago
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LPE Blog
over 1 year ago
The
@systemicjustice.bsky.social
at HLS is launching a new initiative to unite law students and lawyers in the fight for justice, civil rights, and democracy. Check it out!
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The Systemic Justice Project Rapid Response Group - Harvard Law School | Systemic Justice Project
The Systemic Justice Project is facilitating a new collaboration among lawyers and law students committed to supporting justice efforts through discrete, time-sensitive legal research and analysis inā¦
https://systemicjustice.org/2025/02/the-systemic-justice-project-rapid-response-group/
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The [F]law
over 1 year ago
Latest episode of [F]law School: Police body cameras arenāt about accountability. Footage & the public are being manipulated to legitimize violence, expand surveillance, and boost profits. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or
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[F]law School Episode 12: The Body (S)camera
How corporations manipulate public fears and deepen police power all for profit.
https://theflaw.org/articles/flaw-school-episode-12-the-body-scamera/
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Jon Hanson
over 1 year ago
Weāre launching a new initiative to unite law students and lawyers in the fight for justice, civil rights, and democracy. Communities targeted by the Trump administration need us now more than ever. Help us spread the word, and learn more here:
systemicjustice.org/2025/02/the-...
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The Systemic Justice Project Rapid Response Group - Harvard Law School | Systemic Justice Project
The Systemic Justice Project is facilitating a new collaboration among lawyers and law students committed to supporting justice efforts through discrete, time-sensitive legal research and analysis inā¦
https://systemicjustice.org/2025/02/the-systemic-justice-project-rapid-response-group/
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The [F]law
over 1 year ago
The good news: Local governments are taking the lead on major political and social issues; The bad news: corporate interest groups are taking notice. Lobbyists are probably targeting your hometown nowāthe problem is a lot bigger (and tougher to detect) than you think.
theflaw.org/articles/sma...
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Small Government, Big Business
Corporate interests are invading the American municipalityā¦
https://theflaw.org/articles/small-government-big-business/
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Jon Hanson
over 1 year ago
Lawyers and law students: Join a team of justice-oriented folks providing urgent law-related research and analysis to help respond to pressing challenges. Learn more and get involved š
systemicjustice.org/2025/02/the-...
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The Systemic Justice Project Rapid Response Group - Harvard Law School | Systemic Justice Project
The Systemic Justice Project is facilitating a new collaboration among lawyers and law students committed to supporting justice efforts through discrete, time-sensitive legal research and analysis inā¦
https://systemicjustice.org/2025/02/the-systemic-justice-project-rapid-response-group/
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The [F]law
over 1 year ago
Our latest [F]law School episode -- eye opening conversation with Luke Hinrichs about the growing use of child labor in the U.S.-- a bad problem that is destined to get significantly worse under Trump. MAGA = Make Adolescents Grind Again
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[F]law School Episode 11: The Midnight Shift
Todayās Child Labor Crisisā¦
https://theflaw.org/articles/flaw-school-episode-11-the-midnight-shift/
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Jon Hanson
over 1 year ago
š£ š£CONFERENCE ALERT: "Facing the Future: Organizing and Lawyering for Justice" For justice-oriented law folks hoping to resist Trump 2.0 and help imagine and work for a better world. BREAKING: Draft schedule is up, and registration is open. Space is limited. Learn more at
facingthefuture.net
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2025 Conference: Facing the Future: Organizing and Lawyering for Justice - Harvard Law School | Systemic Justice Project
The 2025 Justice Conference on Facing the Future ā Organizing and Lawyering for Justiceā¦
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Jon Hanson
over 1 year ago
Big news coming! Weāre getting close to announcing the schedule and more speakers for our Facing the Future Conference. Spoiler: justice-oriented law students wonāt want to miss this!
facingthefuture.net
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2025 Conference: Facing the Future: Organizing and Lawyering for Justice - Harvard Law School | Systemic Justice Project
The 2025 Justice Conference on Facing the Future ā Organizing and Lawyering for Justiceā¦
https://facingthefuture.net/
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LPE Blog
over 1 year ago
In two weeks (Jan 31 ā Feb 2), the Systemic Justice Project's 2025 conference will taking place at HLS on Facing the Future: Organizing and Lawyering for Justice. Co-sponsored by us,
@peoplesparity.bsky.social
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@systemicjustice.bsky.social
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Systemic Justice Project Conference: Facing the Future: Organizing and Lawyering for Justice
The Systemic Justice Project's 2025 conference (Jan 31 ā Feb 2) will bring together justice-oriented law students, lawyers, organizers, and scholars and will focus on the future of justice-orientedā¦
https://lpeproject.org/events/facing-the-future/
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The [F]law
over 1 year ago
This episode of the [F]law School podcast, with Jheri' Richards, examines relationship between mass incarceration and corporate greed. It is so good! -- way way better than anything else that might be dominating the media at the moment.
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[F]law School Episode 10: Mass Incarceration, Inc.
In this episode of [F]law School, hosts Gauri Sood and Haley Florsheim explore the chilling reality of publicly traded private prisons with third-year law student Jheriā Richards. Togetherā¦
https://theflaw.org/articles/flaw-school-episode-10-mass-incarceration-inc/
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Jon Hanson
over 1 year ago
š£š£Calling all law students hoping to fight for justice in a world that's lurching the other way. Join us at the "Facing the Future" conference -- 1/31 - 2/1. Registration opens later this week. Stay updated at
facingthefuture.net
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Jon Hanson
over 1 year ago
āWe need to start with honesty, and with clarity that what many are now calling āburnoutā is actually moral injury.ā Law students must weigh personal costs in Big Law careers, from moral injury to lost meaning. Is it time to rethink "the path of least resistance."
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Morality, Meaning and the Corporate Law Calculation
When it comes to career decisions, should law students be thinking about the personal costs?
https://theflaw.org/articles/morality-meaning-and-the-corporate-law-calculation/
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The [F]law
over 1 year ago
New episode of [F]law School just dropped. This one uncovers how private equity is gutting the nursing home industry, where profit-driven investors are trading care for cash flow, and leaving some of the most vulnerable residents in the wreckage.
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[F]law School Episode 9: Profits Over Patients
In this episode of [F]law School, hosts Molly Enloe and Gauri Sood sit down with third-year law student Charlotte Laurence to expose how private equity is infiltrating our healthcare system andā¦
https://theflaw.org/articles/flaw-school-episode-9-profits-over-patients/
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The [F]law
over 1 year ago
Great reporting on the strategies private equity funds have used to acquire and siphon money from nursing homes, and the regulatory regimes which have encouraged it.
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I Couldnāt Care Less
Curating the Silence around Private Equity Managed Nursing Homesā¦
https://theflaw.org/articles/i-couldnt-care-less/
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The [F]law
over 1 year ago
Ten of the [F]law's Best Readings and Listenings of 2024 (in no particular order).
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The [F]law
over 1 year ago
We're back to Bluesky! So much to report! For starters, check out our podcast,
flawSchool.org
. Not to brag, but it's pretty great!
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[F]law School Podcast
Welcome to [F]law School, a podcast created by high school, college, and law school students, as well as young lawyers interested in exploring the flaws in the law. [F]law School is one of two audioā¦
https://flawSchool.org
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Thrilled to be partnering with
@peoplesparity.bsky.social
and
@lpeproject.bsky.social
for this yearās conference on progressive lawyering. Stay tunedādetails coming soon. Spoiler: itās going to be amazing!
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over 1 year ago
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Jon Hanson
over 2 years ago
Here's something to look forward to! Mark your calendars for the second annual "Corporate Capture of the Legal System" conference to take place on Jan. 26 and 27 of 2024. It's going to be great! Stay tuned for details!
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Jon Hanson
over 2 years ago
For students in the New England area, the second Systemic Justice Teach-In--focusing on the struggle to Stop Cop City and the critical role of organizing--is two weeks away. Learn more at teach-in.org. Please help us spread the word.
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Jon Hanson
over 2 years ago
The [F]law Magazine is looking for short contributions from law students who have interned in Big Law over the last couple of years. They're also looking for help getting the word out about this new series, "Big [F]law." See flyer for more details. Complete the survey at
bit.ly/3ErBjGX
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The [F]law
over 2 years ago
The [F]law is on Bluesky now! Because apparently the only person as invested in destroying corporate power as we are is the richest person on earth
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