Keith Kamisugi

Eva Paterson to Speak at ’40 Years After Milliken’ at Harvard Law School on April 15

Eva Paterson will be one of the keynotes at “40 Years After Milliken: Remedying Racial Disparities in a ‘Post-Racial’ Society,” presented by the Harvard Journal on Racial & Ethnic Justice and sponsored by the Harvard Law School Milbank Tweed Fund. The symposium is on Tuesday, April 15, 2014, from 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. inContinueContinue reading “Eva Paterson to Speak at ’40 Years After Milliken’ at Harvard Law School on April 15”

Study: Affirmative Action Does Not Hurt Graduation Rates and Post-Graduation Success

The following is text from a press release issued by William Kidder of UC Riverside on April 1, 2014. A new critique of the 2012 book “Mismatch” by Richard Sander and Stuart Taylor, Jr. calls into question the validity of the book’s conclusion that affirmative action causes more harm than good. “Based upon a sweep ofContinueContinue reading “Study: Affirmative Action Does Not Hurt Graduation Rates and Post-Graduation Success”

SF Court Says Race-Based Prison Lockdown Procedure Unconstitutional

In a habeas corpus proceeding challenging the California Department of Corrections’ use of race as a proxy for gang membership for prison lockdowns, a San Francisco trial court agreed with the petitioner (Randolph Haro) that the procedure in place at the Solano prison was unconstitutional. The trial court granted Mr. Haro’s petition and the DepartmentContinueContinue reading “SF Court Says Race-Based Prison Lockdown Procedure Unconstitutional”