A Practitioner’s Thoughts on a Mind Science 2.0 Conference

Mona Tawatao is a Senior Attorney at the Western Center on Law and Poverty and a member of the Equal Justice Society board of directors. On the train from O’Hare to downtown Chicago, my seat mate, eyeing the materials I was reading in preparation for the Mind Science conference at Northwestern Law School the next day (AprilContinueContinue reading “A Practitioner’s Thoughts on a Mind Science 2.0 Conference”

A Practitioner’s Thoughts on a Mind Science 2.0 Conference

Mona Tawatao is a Senior Attorney at the Western Center on Law and Poverty and a member of the Equal Justice Society board of directors. On the train from O’Hare to downtown Chicago, my seat mate, eyeing the materials I was reading in preparation for the Mind Science conference at Northwestern Law School the next day (AprilContinueContinue reading “A Practitioner’s Thoughts on a Mind Science 2.0 Conference”

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Caltrans Equal Opportunity Program

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today in the case of Associated General Contractors, San Diego Chapter v. Caltrans (AGC v. Caltrans), affirming the California Department of Transportation’s outreach program to promote fairness and equity in its federal contracting. Download the opinion AGC brought suit in 2009 challenging Caltrans’ Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program,ContinueContinue reading “Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Caltrans Equal Opportunity Program”