by People's Parity Project | Sep 15, 2022 | BigLaw Watch, In the News, Legal Profession, Public Interest, Student Debt
Roy Strom writes for Bloomberg Law: University of Michigan Law School […] students began a campaign to boycott firms that worked on election issues that aided Trump […] The People’s Parity Project, a group of activist law students, pushed the Michigan...
by Molly Coleman | Sep 10, 2022 | Public Interest, Uncategorized
The legal profession has long been captured by corporate interests. As a result, we have a legal system built to serve those same interests, rather than the everyday people most in need of justice. This corporate capture begins as soon as law students arrive on...
by People's Parity Project | Oct 26, 2020 | Courts, Events, Harvard, Public Interest
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...
by Molly Coleman | Sep 22, 2020 | Courts, Events, Legal Profession, Public Interest
It’s no secret that law schools don’t teach you what you need to know about the law. From the ways in which corporate America has built itself a private legal system devoid of justice or oversight to the doctrines that allow police officers to get away with murder,...
by Molly Coleman | Sep 21, 2020 | Courts, Events, Public Interest
Organizing around legal issues like the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction can be tricky. We’ve been there — but it can be done! More importantly, it must be done. From Medicare for All to a Green New Deal, the current judiciary is a threat to progress in all...
by Molly Coleman | Sep 21, 2020 | Courts, Events, Public Interest
On Friday, September 18th, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away at the age of 87, after a lifetime of service. Even as the country mourned, we knew Mitch McConnell and the Federalist Society would not hesitate to take this moment and use it to cement conservative...
