Toxic Legal Elitism
Why are elite lawyers unwilling to hold each other accountable when they participate in and enable the violation of democratic and constitutional norms? On October 15, the Harvard Parity Project hosted a panel with Professors Leah Litman (University of Michigan Law...
Massachusetts Students Demand Universities Stop Lobbying for the GOP’s COVID-19 Corporate Immunity Plan
Students at Boston University, Suffolk University, and Harvard Law School launched petitions demanding that their schools break with prominent higher ed lobby groups, which are advocating for legislation that would immunize corporations from COVID-19-related lawsuits....
A Student’s Guide to Judicial Clerkships: How to Look Out for Yourself in a Broken System
We know that clerkships are likely the last thing on most students’ minds right now—and truly, there should be no need to focus on them for the time being. But for those of you applying to clerkships now, PPP has a guide for you! Unfortunately, the clerkship...
Gibson Dunn Drops Forced Arbitration Following Law Student-Led Campaign
The firm will no longer require employees to sign a forced arbitration clause as a condition of employment. Cambridge, MA — This week, high-profile law firm Gibson Dunn announced that it will no longer force employees to sign an arbitration clause as a condition of...
Law Students Leaflet to Say: “Not Cool, Cooley”
On Tuesday, January 21, Cooley LLP held a recruiting event for law students in the Boston area called “Planning Ahead: Tips for Surviving Fall Recruiting and a Preview of Law Firm Life.” But the People’s Parity Project showed up to make sure that prospective...
Just learned that one of our major local law firms that is prominently featured as a sponsor of bar association events and legal aid organizations spends its days defending major corporations against veterans' mesothelioma claims. Love this for us
It bears repeating over and over and over again that forced arbitration is central to abuses of corporate power. It squelches private enforcement, and we're left with public enforcement agencies that don't have anywhere near the resources to attack these issues alone. https://twitter.com/leah_nylen/status/1600173553420099589
@FTC Chair Khan speaking at the WSJ CEO Council this AM on taking on the biggest companies: The FTC is “entirely outgunned, especially when we are up against some of the most formidable and wealthiest and most powerful companies in America."
Funding for the NLRB has been static since 2014, even as petitions to form a union are up 58% in 2022 compared with 2021.
If we don't fully fund the NLRB, the laws that protect unionizing workers go unenforced. Tell your senators that's unacceptable: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/fund-the-nlrb/
No serious person can believe that firms that make their money by defending corporations who destroy the environment and exploit workers are hostile to conservatism - they are its main defenders.
"What the Court of Appeals does affects the same sweep of life and law that the Supreme Court does. Courts like this need diversity of experience. They need judges in their collective who come in with different sensitivities and appreciations." https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/ny-state-of-politics/2022/11/29/hochul-s-chief-judge-pick-will-be-closely-watched